SAM JAY Netflix,HBO's Pause, & SNL

Stand-up comic and Emmy-nominated writer SAM JAY can currently be seen on season 2 of HBO’s Pause

with Sam Jay, a weekly late-night series on which she serves as Host and Executive Producer. She can

also currently be seen on the Peacock series Bust Down, which she co-created with co-stars Langston

Kerman, Jak Knight, and Chris Redd. She is a two-time Emmy nominee and WGA award nominee for her

writing on Saturday Night Live. In 2018, she wrote for The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards and the MTV

Movie & TV Awards, and in 2020 she wrote for the BET Awards. Sam was named as one of Variety’s 10

Comics to Watch in 2018, and a Comedy Central Comic to Watch in 2015.

This year, Sam recorded a set as part of Netflix’s Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration, along with

Margaret Cho, Sandra Bernhard, Billy Eichner, and Eddie Izzard—now streaming on Netflix. In 2020, Sam

debuted her first one-hour stand up special Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning on Netflix. In 2019, Sam made her

Netflix debut on The Comedy Lineup and released her album Donna’s Daughter through Comedy Central

Records. In 2017, Sam was a standout of the Just For Laughs: New Faces showcase; made her late night

debut on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!; and released her Comedy Central Presents half hour to rave

reviews. Sam has performed internationally at comedy clubs and festivals including the Vodafone Dublin

Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot Festival, 208 Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Portland’s

Bridgetown Festival, The Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival, Boston’s Women In Comedy Festival,

among others.

Sam can next be seen opposite Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the upcoming Kenya

Barris-directed feature film, You People, coming soon to Netflix. Sam’s TV credits include her hosting role

on Ricking Morty, the Rick and Morty post-show on Adult Swim. Additional TV credits include The Eric

Andre Show; HBO Max’s That Damn Michael Che; MTV’s SafeWord; a recurring role on TV Land’s

Nobodies; Starz’s Take My Wife, Comedy Central’s White Flight, Crank Yankers, The Meltdown with

Jonah and Kumail, and Broad City; and Viceland’s Party Legends and Flophouse.