Alex Kern is a writer, comedian, and copywriter based in Los Angeles, CA. Alex's work has been featured by VANITY FAIR, New York Magazine, Splitsider (Vulture), The New York Observer, HelloGiggles, Backstage, Decider, The Comedy Bureau, Comedy Cake, Nerve, Brokelyn, Numero 8, FRIDAY, and more. Her work has screened at The Cleveland International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Comedy Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Hollyweb Fest, NYC Web Fest, the Funny Women Festival, and the Los Angeles Animation Festival. She performs stand up, storytelling, and characters across Los Angeles (The Comedy Store, Flappers, HaHa comedy club), and has appeared at The Westide Comedy Festival, The Funny Women Festival, and The Cleveland Comedy Festival. She can be seen in the feature film, “The Hater” (Red Crowne) opposite Bruce Dern, and the upcoming indie comedy, “My Divorce Party.”
Alex’s award-winning solo show, “Thank You So Much for Coming,” written and performed by Alex, premiered this past June at The Hollywood Fringe Festival to sold out audiences. She won the “Best of Broadwater” Award, and the “Best Immersive Show” (TVO Awards), and received several encore performances.
Formerly, Alex was the co-host and producer of the all-female variety show and podcast, persisters, held bi-monthly at the Black Cat in Silver Lake. She is the sole writer, creator, and star of the critically acclaimed web series, SingleDumb featured by HelloGiggles as a "Series We Love." She is the co-creator of the animated series, Pawla Dean’s White House Kitchen, which is currently making the rounds at festivals, recently winning “Best Series at the Los Angeles Animation festival and “Best Animated Web Series” at Palm Springs International Comedy Festival. She enjoys doing characters and celebrity impressions which can be found on her Instagram: @alexgkern
Alex has worked as a comedy writer and producer at AwesomenessTV on their daily live comedy variety show, TOP FIVE LIVE. She has also worked with WhoHAHA, College Humor, and Above Average. She has been in many a web video and in commercials, which mostly air between re-runs of Sex and the City.
Alex has studied at The Groundlings, The Upright Citizen’s Brigade (NYC), The Second City (Chicago), The People’s Improv Theater (NYC), and The Magnet (NYC). She is a graduate of the New Actors Workshop (NYC) where she studied with one of her filmmaking idols, Mike Nichols. She is a graduate of Georgetown University where she played Division 1 field hockey before ditching it for the stage. She hails from Cleveland, Ohio. She speaks French, hates gum, and dreams of one day owning a minivan. Her comedy idols are Elaine May, Lucille Ball, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Mary Tyler Moore. Oh, and of course, Jim Carrey and Robin Williams.
