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Patti Harrison

Acting
Known For

34 Years Old

Patti Harrison (born October 31, 1990) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her roles in comedy series such as Shrill (2019–2021) and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019–present), as well as the comedy film Together Together (2021), with the latter earning her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Harrison was born in Orient, Ohio, on October 31, 1990, the youngest of seven children of a Vietnamese mother and a White American father. Her father, a native of Detroit, was in the U.S. Army and met her mother during the Vietnam War when she was working as a janitor in his barracks. He died of a heart attack when Harrison was six years old. Her first involvement in comedy came from her participation in an improv team during her time at Ohio University, from which she did not graduate. Harrison moved to New York City to pursue a comedy career in 2015, but later moved to Los Angeles. She has said that her stand-up comedy style has changed drastically since her early days of performing, having initially felt anxious about making jokes about sex and her sexuality due to internalized transphobia stemming from being a trans woman. In an interview with Vogue, she described her comedic persona: "I'm a nasty, stupid person—that's my voice. I'm an evil, shitty person on stage, in a very conscious way—the evil is punching up." In 2017, Harrison gained wider prominence for her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she made jokes about then-President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people in the military. Since then, she has appeared in the television shows High Maintenance, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, Broad City, and Search Party, as well as the film A Simple Favor. In 2019, she began playing Ruthie in the Hulu comedy series Shrill after the show's co-creator and star Aidy Bryant contacted her through Instagram and encouraged her to audition. She later joined the team of writers for the animated comedy series Big Mouth during its fourth season. Harrison was named one of Variety magazine's "10 Comics to Watch" in 2019. Later that year, she co-hosted Comedy Central's digital series Unsend with Joel Kim Booster. She also co-hosts a podcast called A Woman's Smile with River L. Ramirez. In 2020, she co-starred in Yearly Departed, alongside other comedians such as Rachel Brosnahan and Ziwe Fumudoh. That same year, she began hosting a monthly show called Died & Gone to Heaven! at Largo in Los Angeles. In February 2021, Harrison was banned from Twitter after a stunt in which she impersonated the account of Nilla Wafers in a parody of corporate pinkwashing, and in particular a tweet from the Oreo brand of cookies. The controversy led to her appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to discuss it. Later that year, she became the first transgender actor to take part in a Disney animated film when she voiced Tail Chief in Raya and the Last Dragon. She also made her debut feature film leading role in Together Together, for which she earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.

Born

Orient, Ohio, USA on 31st October 1990

All Credits

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
American Dad! Image
American Dad!
Ali (voice)
Bob's Burgers Image
Bob's Burgers
Pixie Princess Patricia (voice)
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Bob's Burgers
Patti (voice)
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Honest Trailers
Lulu (archive footage)
The Great North Image
The Great North
Momma Marita (voice)
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The Great North
Debbie (voice)
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BoJack Horseman
Peekaboo The Necky Giraffe (voice)
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Poker Face
Alex
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Broad City
Anthropologie employee
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Made for Love
Bangles de la Morga
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Three Busy Debras
London England
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Image
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Lulu
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Ren & Stimpy
Courtney Nature (voice)
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Ren & Stimpy
Woman (voice)
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Ren & Stimpy
Roachel (voice)
Teenage Euthanasia Image
Teenage Euthanasia
Ziwe Image
Ziwe
Hollywood Agent
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Ziwe
Ally
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Ziwe
Self, Christine
Shrill Image
Shrill
Ruthie
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Q-Force
Stat (voice)
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Fantasmas
Fish
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Image
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
Carrie
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I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
Tracy
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I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
Candy
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I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
The Capital Room Investor
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The Electric State
Ligotti
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Raya and the Last Dragon
Tail Chief (voice)
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Trolls Band Together
Brandy (voice)
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Search Party
Renee
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The Lost City
Allison
A Simple Favor Image
A Simple Favor
Kiko
The Luckiest Man in America Image
The Luckiest Man in America
Janie
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The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
Megg (voice), online only version
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Together Together
Anna
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Theater Camp
Caroline Krauss
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Mack & Rita
Stephanie
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Self
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Self
Turn Me On Image
Turn Me On
Morgan
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Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
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Millennial Hunter
Claire / News Reporter (voice)
Yearly Departed Image
Yearly Departed
Self
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Bagdad, Florida
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Spirit Riser
Patti the Babysitter
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Cool Blue Car
Woman
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New Game
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I Love My Friends
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She Keeps Me Young
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Channel Surfing
Appolonia Moorehouse
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Bicstan - Hudson Mohawke
Dancer
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Caller Number Nine!
Maria
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Congratulations