Alycia Cooper

Dubbed “The Female Chappelle” by her comedy peers, twenty-three year stand-up comic, Alycia Cooper, has always

been a natural performer. A Washington DC area native, Alycia grew up in Seat Pleasant and later, Temple Hills,

MD. She then went on to graduate from The University of Maryland at College Park with a Bachelor’s of Arts

degree in Radio-Television-Film and a minor in theater.

While in college, she fell in love with comedy by watching HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam.” There, she saw people her

age who reminded her of herself performing the funniest routines she had ever seen. They were raw and uncut, but

most of all hilarious. After college, she worked at BET in Washington, DC as a music television producer. Years

later, after having moved to Los Angeles in hopes of creating sitcoms, Alycia tried her hand in stand-up, and was

bitten by the bug.

She has been on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” BET’s “Comicview”, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” Nuvo TV’s

“Stand Up & Deliver,” Byron Allen’s “Comics Unleashed,” TV Guide’s “Stand Up in Stilettos”, “Laff Mobb’s

Laugh Tracks” on Tru TV, “Coming to the Stage” on Apple TV, and TV One’s “Who’s Got Jokes,” to name a few.

In addition to her stand-up, this comedy chameleon has appeared in the number one streaming movie on Netflix

called, “Guest House” with Pauly Shore, the first scripted series on Facebook, “Loosely, Exactly Nicole,” and several

network television shows; including “Kenan” on NBC, “The Parkers” on UPN, and “The Resident” on Fox where

she acted alongside Morris Chestnut.

She then went on to appear in a string of independent films, voiced several characters in The Oscar Award

winning film, “Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse,” all while having six top albums in heavy rotation on

Sirius Satellite Radio and iTunes. She also has her own Pandora Station. You can also check out her

latest special, “Alycia Cooper for President” on Tubi.

Alycia has been featured in Essence Magazine as “One to Watch.” You can find her at “The World Famous

Comedy Store” on Sunset Boulevard most weekends, where her name is displayed on the wall alongside the likes of

Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Marsha Warfield, and Jerry Seinfeld. She has performed in over 40 countries while

entertaining our courageous men and women in uniform. She is currently writing, directing, and producing films.

She has four critically acclaimed short films in that has won awards in various festivals: “Trade”, “Just Us,” “Fat

Stripper,” and her most recent comedy: “We Got Ours.”