Shawn Pelofsky

Born as one out of only ten Jews in Oklahoma, Shawn Pelofsky knew at a young age she wanted to be a comedic actress. With a couple years of improv and training at The Groundlings under her belt, she became a member of The ACME Comedy Theater. During her time at ACME, Shawn flourished in the field of stand-up comedy. She has toured all over the world and had the honor of entertaining our troops in places like Afghanistan, Bosnia, Bahrain and Guantanamo Bay. Adding to her many comedic accolades, Shawn has been featured in The Montreal "Just for Laughs" Comedy Festival and is the producer and creator of the popular live show Social Media Meltdowns which has sold out to packed houses for the past five years. Her gay following is truly her success. She is especially proud to be an alley of the LGBTQIA+ community in which, has given her countless opportunities to entertain on Atlantis, Outbound Cruises, Gay Pride and HRC events. She has opened for greats such as Richard Lewis, Robert Klein and Bill Maher and written for comedic legend, Joan Rivers on Fashion Police. Currently, she is a producer for the hilarious CBS game show Funny You Should Ask and can be heard on the podcast Trailer Park Diaries with cohost and AGT finalist, Vicki Barbolak.

Some of her television and film credits include her hit one-hour comedy special: Stretch it Out!

(Amazon), Community (NBC), The Dark Side of Comedy (VICE) This Is Meg, TRI, Lip Service (Showtime), Chelsea Lately (E!), Weather Gone Viral (The Weather Channel) and more.