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Kristeen von Hagen has been hailed as one of the Top 30 Power Women in Canada by Elle magazine alongside such entertainers as Avril Lavigne, Sarah Polley, and Wrestling Diva Trish Stratus.
Kristeen won the 2012 Best Female Comic at the Canadian Comedy Awards.
She is excited to head to Montreal this summer to tape her 4th Just for Laughs Gala. Kristeen has appeared on the Winnipeg Comedy Festival on CBC, the Showtime stand-up comedy show Comedy Without Borders and has also been seen on Premium Blend on Comedy Central.
Kristeen taped her second highly-rated Comedy NOW! special for CTV and The Comedy Network and is a regular on the The Debaters on CBC Radio.
Kristeen was part of a successful cross-Canada theatre tour with Debra DiGiovanni and Laurie Elliott called Girls Night Out. She has recently been opening for Russell Peters in Canada and the US. She continues to headline Yuk Yuk's clubs across Canada.
Kristeen was the head writer on the CBC show Test the Nation. She wrote on the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards hosted by Martin Short. Other writing credits include the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Canada's Walk of Fame and the 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 Juno Awards and the 2011 Gemini Awards. She was a writer on highly-rated Russell Peter's Christmas Special. Kristeen has also written for The Toronto Show, Train 48 and CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
She has won four Canadian Comedy Awards - Best Female Stand-up, Best Comedic Play and Best writing for a TV special.
Kristeen is currently opening up for Puppetry of the Penis in Las Vegas.