Eva Victor

Eva Victor is an American comedian, writer, and actress.

Early life and education

Victor was born in Paris to a French mother and father but moved to San Francisco, where she grew up, when Victor was one. [1] Victor went to a French-speaking high school but later switched to a nearby English-speaking one. She went to college at Northwestern University for acting with a minor in playwriting. While attending, she also discovered comedy on the improv team. After graduating, she gained representation after performing a dramatic acting showcase.[2]

Career

Victor began working at feminist satire website Reductress as an intern.[2][3] Victor later became an associate editor and staff writer at Reductress. She has written for the New Yorker's Daily Shouts section and has appeared on MTV’s Decoded.[2]

Victor works as an actress with the arts education organization Story Pirates, based in New York City.[2]

Victor has received press for the videos she posts on Twitter that have gone viral.[2][3][4][5] She performed some of these videos at a live event hosted by Buzzfeed in 2019.[6] Victor also makes videos for Comedy Central.[3]

Victor appears in the fifth season of Billions on Showtime. In December 2019, Victor was cast in Jonah Feingold's directorial debut Dating in New York.[7]

gollark: 9 (mod 10).
gollark: Mere vector graphics. I'm sure there are monochrome ones.
gollark: This also makes them more accessible to other cultures.
gollark: Just use highly comprehensible emojis.
gollark: If you run out of those use emojis.

References
  1. Chee, Karen (June 15, 2018). "Eva Victor Isn't Scary, So Don't Be Scared of Her, Okay?". Vulture.
  2. Escandon, Rosa (June 19, 2019). "25-Year-Old Eva Victor Is Now Writing For Herself". Forbes.
  3. Kroeger, Victoria Clark (October 29, 2019). "The Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2019". Vulture.
  4. Browning, Bil (June 6, 2019). "This woman's hilarious video about 'straight pride' is so funny even straight people are sharing it". LGBTQ Nation.
  5. Taylor, Jeff (June 6, 2019). "Woman's Video Explaining Importance of Straight Pride to Boyfriend Goes Viral". NewNowNext.
  6. Spanos, Brittany (July 26, 2019). "Review: BuzzFeed Brings Your Chaotic Timeline to Life at First 'Internet Live' Event". Rolling Stone.
  7. N'Duka, Amanda (December 13, 2019). "Francesca Reale & Jaboukie Young-White Star In 'Dating in New York'; Terry Moore, Isabella Blake-Thomas Topline 'Evie Rose'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.