Annie Lederman
{{short description|American comedian (born 1983)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}}
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| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| education = College of Santa Fe (BA)
| years_active = 2009–present
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Annie Lederman ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɛ|d|ə|r|m|ə|n}}; born July 20, 1983) is an American comedian and podcast host. She has appeared on the MTV series Girl Code and hosted the E! shows We Have Issues and Chelsea Lately, and @midnight.{{cite news|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/110901-who-is-annie-lederman-the-we-have-issues-host-is-an-accomplished-comedian-ready-for-her|title=Who Is Annie Lederman? The 'We Have Issues' Host Is an Accomplished Comedian Ready For Her Breakout Hit|work=Bustle|date=September 18, 2015|access-date=October 6, 2018}} She is also known as the voice of Cheryl Fawkes in Grand Theft Auto V. Lederman's comedy has referred to her troubled past, including problems with alcoholism.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/annie-ledermans-troubled-past-has-helped-her-forge-a-great-stand-up-career-412303.html|title=Annie Lederman's troubled past has helped her forge a great stand-up career|newspaper=Irish Examiner|date=July 26, 2016|access-date=April 13, 2018}}
Early life and education
Lederman was born in Philadelphia to Abby and Scotty, shortly after midnight on July 20, 1983.{{efn|"Lederman explains on WTF with Marc Maron that she and her fraternal twin brother were born July 20 and July 19, respectively; she was born shortly after midnight on July 20."{{cite interview|last=Lederman|first=Annie|title=Episode 970|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47vwn80X6-g&t=34m47s|date=November 22, 2018|time=34:47|work=WTF with Marc Maron|interviewer=Marc Maron}}}}{{cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/annielederman/status/1020333564645130240|number=1020333564645130240|user=annielederman|title=Come see me @TheComedyStore tonight. It's my birthday so bring me weed and Funyuns and DMT!!!!|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190217080047/https://twitter.com/annielederman/status/1020333564645130240|archive-date=February 17, 2019|date=July 20, 2018|last=Lederman|first=Annie}} Her fraternal twin brother was born minutes before her, on July 19.{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=35:00}} She is of Scottish, Irish, German and Jewish ancestry, according to her at the 7-minute mark of The Harland Highway Podcast. {{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=28:05}} Lederman's father worked as a treasurer at the University of Pennsylvania, while her mother did social service work.{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=26:00}} Lederman was raised a Quaker and attended a Quaker school for her early education.{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=29:30}}
During her teenage years, Lederman trained to be a Junior Olympic swimmer, but gave up the sport after sustaining a foot injury in a car accident caused by a drunk driver.{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=61:00}} She subsequently studied at The Crefeld School{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BqqDvGPDYUX/ | title=Annie Lederman on Instagram: "I poured my heart out to @marcmaron for hours before realizing I was just talking to a framed picture of him. My episode of WTF is up on iTunes now. Please listen to it. Thank you so much for having me, Marc! Initially I asked Marc to edit out the name of my high school out of an irrational fear that somehow someone from the school would "get me." but I regret it, because any parent considering sending a kid to the Crefeld School in Chestnut Hill, PA should know exactly what happened to me. Besides receiving an utterly substandard education, (One class was called "movie class," in which we literally just laid on pillows and watched movies.) I was sexually assaulted by a Crefeld teacher. I reported him to faculty, the principal, my parents, and the police. Everyone I was supposed to. I took him to court where he pled guilty. The details of how I was treated at the Crefeld School are in the podcast. Here I'll just say my worst nightmare is to have a child go through what I did at Crefeld. This is still all very scary for me, I'm just done protecting the people who didn't protect me. Thanks again to Marc and his producer." }} and was sexually assaulted by a male teacher from the school.{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=51:00–55:00}} The incident led to a trial in which Lederman and another female student testified against him.{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=51:00–55:00}} She subsequently became involved with numerous troubled peers who dealt drugs and participated in other criminal activities. After graduating from high school at sixteen, Lederman spent the following year performing service work, first doing dolphin training in Hawaii before working in Central America for a nonprofit organization helping underprivileged children.{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=1:04:29}} She subsequently returned to the United States and worked as a camp counselor for Easterseals, as well as working at organizations helping children with disabilities such as cerebral palsy and spina bifida.{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=55:00–57:00}}
After spending a year doing service work, Lederman enrolled at The College of Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico,{{Cite news|url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/santa-fe-university-of-art-and-design-to-close-in/article_57adac92-1fb3-11e7-a116-d78535d012ce.html|title=Santa Fe University of Art and Design to close in 2018|last=Mexican|first=Andrew Oxford The New|work=The Santa Fe New Mexican|access-date=April 13, 2018|language=en}} where she intermittently took classes for eight years, majoring in art and counseling.{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=1:05:00–1:08:30}} While attending college, Lederman developed a drinking problem, and suffered numerous blackout incidents, one of which included her crashing on a motor scooter and suffering serious injuries.{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=1:10:00–1:14:00}} "I wasn't getting wasted to have fun and be drunk," she recalled. "I wanted a fucking break. I hated myself. I just didn't want to be near myself."{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=1:10:45}} The college went out of business and closed two weeks after her graduation.
Career
In 2009, Lederman relocated to New York City to pursue a career in comedy, and became sober.{{sfn|Maron|Lederman|2018|loc=1:15:00–1:16:55}} Lederman created the YouTube channel Sausage Party Presents with video artist Abbey Luck in 2011.{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/23/sausage-party-presents-a-christmas-story_n_1167990.html|title=Sausage Party Presents 'A Christmas Story' (VIDEO)|date=December 23, 2011|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=April 13, 2018|language=en-US}} Between 2012 and 2014, she was a regular panelist on the E! series Chelsea Lately.
In 2013, Lederman provided the voice of Cheryl in the Rockstar video game Grand Theft Auto V.{{cite web|work=Rockstar Games|title=GTA with Dan Soder, Annie Lederman, Yamaneika Saunders|url=https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/60104/GTA-with-Dan-Soder-Annie-Lederman-Yamaneika-Saunders|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190316055920/https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/60104/GTA-with-Dan-Soder-Annie-Lederman-Yamaneika-Saunders|archive-date=March 16, 2019|date=January 12, 2017|access-date=March 16, 2019|url-status=live}} In 2015, she appeared on the short-lived comedy series We Have Issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/696629/we-have-issues-julian-mccullough-and-annie-lederman-talk-taylor-swift-s-butt-ben-foster-and-more|work=E!|title=We Have Issues' Julian McCullough and Annie Lederman Talk Taylor Swift's Butt, Ben Foster and More!|last=Duncan|first=Gabi|date=September 16, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190902233301/https://www.eonline.com/news/696629/we-have-issues-julian-mccullough-and-annie-lederman-talk-taylor-swift-s-butt-ben-foster-and-more|archive-date=September 2, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|url-status=live}}
In 2018, her comedy routine about dental floss has been widely repeated over the internet.{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater/dance/2018/01/09/laugh-lines-annie-lederman/qnkLZoKu519yibZTHR0LzI/story.html|title=Laugh Lines – Annie Lederman|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=January 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006194741/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater/dance/2018/01/09/laugh-lines-annie-lederman/qnkLZoKu519yibZTHR0LzI/story.html|archive-date=October 6, 2018|last=Zaino|first=Nick A. III}} The same year, she had a minor role in The Long Dumb Road.{{cite web|last=Galuppo|first=Mia|date=April 12, 2017|title=Jason Mantzoukas, Tony Revolori to Star in Indie Road Trip Film (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jason-mantzoukas-tony-tevolori-star-indie-road-trip-comedy-993304|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190316061423/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jason-mantzoukas-tony-tevolori-star-indie-road-trip-comedy-993304|archive-date=March 16, 2019|access-date=March 16, 2019|work=The Hollywood Reporter}} She enjoys making jokes on social media as well as stand-up, and believes it is easier to make one person laugh at a single joke than sustain a whole audience for an extended period.
Lederman started a podcast, Meanspiration, in 2019.{{cite web|work=Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meanspiration-with-annie-lederman/id1475056491|title=Meanspiration with Annie Lederman|access-date=March 6, 2020|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415065458/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meanspiration-with-annie-lederman/id1475056491|url-status=dead}}
On February 16, 2021, Lederman, Khalyla Kuhn & Esther Povitsky launched Trash Tuesday, which they describe on their YouTube channel page as: "It's a podcast. It's a show. It's comedy. It's drama. It's everything you want it to be and more."{{cite web|last1=Lederman|first1=Annie|last2=Kuhn|first2=Khalyla|last3=Povitsky|first3=Esther|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/TrashTuesday/about|title=TrashTuesday|website=YouTube}}
On November 28, 2022, Lederman relaunched her Meanspiration podcast to AnnieWood.{{cite web|last=Lederman|first=Annie|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZFfIAeyJtoazcmljNfESpw8R6enQhGJR|title=AnnieWood Podcast|website=YouTube}} At the end of Trash Tuesday episode no. 160, Lederman announced she will no longer be a part of the podcast, focusing more on her podcast and upcoming projects.{{cite web|last1=Lederman|first1=Annie|last2=Kuhn|first2=Khalyla|last3=Povitsky|first3=Esther|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xz9z5N8K1w|title=It's Not Goodbye, It's See You Next Tuesday Ft. Brittany Furlan|publisher=Trash Tuesday|website=YouTube|date=12 March 2024|access-date=12 March 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| scope="row" |2013
|Bert and Arnie's Guide to Friendship |Drunk Girl 2 | |
| scope="row" |2015
|Knight Birds |Police Officer |Short film; voice role |
| scope="row" |2018
|Monica | |
| scope="row" |2018
|Tasteless |Herself |Documentary |
| scope="row" |2024
| Graven Image Co-Host | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| scope="row" |2012–2014
| Herself | 15 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2013
|Money From Strangers | Herself | 3 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2013
| Herself | Episode: "Front Yard Comedy" |
| scope="row" |2014–2017
| Herself | 5 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2014
|Stand Up & Deliver! | Herself | Episode: "Annie Lederman" |
| scope="row" |2015
| Herself | 4 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2016
| Herself | 10 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2016
|This Is Not Happening{{Cite web|title=Camp Crush - Uncensored - This Is Not Happening (Video Clip)|url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/exsk20/this-is-not-happening-camp-crush---uncensored|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408024241/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/exsk20/this-is-not-happening-camp-crush---uncensored|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 8, 2016|access-date=2020-12-18|website=Comedy Central}} | Herself | Episode:"Camp Crush" |
| scope="row" |2019
| Tampa | Episode: "A Smooth Holiday Coincidence" |
| scope="row" |2020
| Herself | Episode: "Joe Rogan Returns" |
= Video games =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |
| scope="row" |Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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| 2013
|Cheryl Fawkes |Video game; voice role |
Podcasts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
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| scope="row"| 2019–present
| AnnieWood (formerly Meanspiration) | Solo podcast |
| scope="row"| 2021–2024
|[https://www.youtube.com/c/TrashTuesday Trash Tuesday] (formerly Bloodbath) |Co-hosted with Esther Povitsky and Khalyla Kuhn | style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trash-tuesday-w-annie-esther-khalyla/id1570695066|work=Apple Podcasts|title=Trash Tuesday w/ Annie, & Esther, & Khalyla|access-date=December 30, 2021}} |
Notes
{{notelist}}
References
{{reflist}}
Sources
- {{cite AV media|last1=Maron|first1=Marc|last2=Lederman|first2=Annie|title=Episode 970|date=November 22, 2018|work=WTF with Marc Maron|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast?tag=Annie+Lederman}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|4897305}}
- {{Instagram|annielederman|Annie Lederman}}
- {{twitter|annielederman}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/sausagepartypresents Sausage Party Presents]
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