Samantha Bee
{{short description|Canadian-American comedic talk show host, actress and writer}}
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{{Infobox comedian
|name = Samantha Bee
|image =Samantha Bee - NEG 1672 (38976953031) (cropped).jpg
|caption = Bee in December 2017
|birth_name = Samantha Anne Bee
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|10|25}}
|birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|nationality = {{ubl|Canada|United States (since 2014)}}
|education = {{ubl|McGill University|University of Ottawa (BA)|George Brown College}}
|active = 2000–present
|medium = {{hlist|Television|theatre|film|books}}
|genre = {{hlist|Political/news satire||improvisational comedy|blue comedy|sarcasm|sketch comedy|surreal humor}}
|subject = {{hlist|American politics||Canadian culture|political punditry|popular culture|current events|mass media/news media|civil rights}}
|spouse = {{marriage|Jason Jones|2001}}
|children = 3
}}
Samantha Anne Bee (born October 25, 1969){{cite web|url=https://www.damemagazine.com/2018/11/16/like-a-boss-yes-really/|title=Like A Boss. Yes, Really.|work=Dame Magazine|date=November 16, 2018|access-date=November 20, 2018}} is a Canadian-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actress, and television host.
Bee rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where she became the longest-serving regular correspondent. In 2015, she departed the show after 12 years to start her own show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. The show was canceled in 2022 as a "business-based decision" by TBS.
In 2017, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual Time 100 list.
Early life
Bee was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Debra and Ronald Bee. She has said of her family: "Dating from well before the turn of the 20th century, if there has ever been a successful, happy marriage in my family lineage, I've yet to hear about it."{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127217785|title=The Not-So-Secret Life Of Samantha Bee|date=June 2, 2010|publisher=NPR|work=Fresh Air|access-date=November 1, 2010}} Bee's parents split up soon after her birth, and she was initially raised by her grandmother, who worked as a secretary at the Catholic school Bee attended,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/how-samantha-bee-crashed-the-late-night-boys-club-20160630|title=How Samantha Bee Crashed the Late-Night Boys' Club|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 30, 2016|access-date=July 3, 2016}} on Roncesvalles Avenue during her childhood. She attended Humberside Collegiate Institute and York Memorial Collegiate Institute.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2009/10/10/samantha_bee_a_beeautiful_life.html|title=Samantha Bee: A Bee-autiful Life|last=Ouzounian|first=Richard|work=Toronto Star|date=October 10, 2009|access-date=March 21, 2015}}
After graduating from high school, Bee attended McGill University, where she studied humanities. Dissatisfied with a range of issues at the school, she transferred to the University of Ottawa after her first year. At the University of Ottawa, Bee signed up for a theatre class, thinking it would be easy. The class led to Bee discovering her love of performing.{{cite web|url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Biographies&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1650004669&source=Bookmark&u=mlin_b_northest&jsid=3de1204273193c50638555a32fe31d7b|title=Samantha Bee|publisher=Biography in Context {{subscription required}}|access-date=February 9, 2016}} Bee later enrolled in the George Brown Theatre School in Toronto.
Career
=Career beginnings=
Bee started auditioning for acting roles in Toronto while working as a waitress. At age 26, Bee toured with a stage production of Sailor Moon where she played the titular role.{{cite news|title=Daily Show's Bee helps keep Canada in the "news": However, correspondent does not hide her past as Sailor Moon at the CNE|last=Wyatt|first=Nelson|date=July 22, 2005|work=Edmonton Journal|agency=The Canadian Press}} (754 words) Bee performed in Sailor Moon{{'}}s "A" cast and future husband Jason Jones was a member of the "B" cast.
Bee was one of the four founding members of Toronto-based sketch comedy troupe The Atomic Fireballs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2016/07/28/toronto-native-samantha-bee-has-a-message-for-unhappy-americans-canada-is-full.html|title=Toronto native Samantha Bee has a message for unhappy Americans: 'Canada is full'|last=Sullivan|first=Margaret|date=July 28, 2016|website=thestar.com|publisher=Toronto Star|access-date=July 28, 2016}} The Fireballs were all women. Demonstrating mutual support, the group would try to perform as many of each other's ideas as they could.{{Cite news|url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2016/01/samantha-bee-full-frontal-c-v-r.html#|title=Smirking in the Boys' Room with Samantha Bee|last=Taister|first=Rebecca|date=January 26, 2016|work=The Cut|publisher=New York Media|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
=2003–2014 at ''The Daily Show''=
Bee became a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on July 10, 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-july-10-2003/bee-white-house-uranium-admission|title=Bee White House Uranium Admission|work=The Daily Show with Jon Stewart|publisher=Comedy Central|date=July 10, 2003|access-date=December 24, 2013}} Bee was the sole female correspondent on The Daily Show from her debut in 2003 until Kristen Schaal joined the show in March 2008. She was The Daily Show{{'}}s first non-US citizen correspondent.{{cite news|url=http://www.cracked.com/article_15338_an-interview-with-3Ci3Ethe-daily-show3Ci3Es-samantha-bee.html|title=An interview with The Daily Show's Samantha Bee|first=Jeffrey|last=Felshman|work=Cracked.com|date=April 26, 2007|access-date=February 9, 2016}} On that program, Bee demonstrated an ability to coax people into caricaturing themselves—particularly in segments like "Kill Drill", on hunters and fossil fuel executives claiming to be environmentalists;{{cite web|title=Kill Drill|date=April 20, 2004|url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/ag8ezh/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-kill-drill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117210946/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/ag8ezh/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-kill-drill|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 17, 2016|access-date=November 17, 2016}} "They So Horny?",{{cite web|title=They So Horny?|date=November 20, 2003|url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/b97ic9/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-they-so-horny-|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212012607/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/b97ic9/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-they-so-horny-|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2016|access-date=November 17, 2016}} on the dearth of Asian men in U.S. pornography; "Tropical Repression", on Ed Heeney, a Florida politician running his campaign based on opposition to gay rights;[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=128868&title=tropical-repression Tropical Repression], video aired August 2, 2004. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307161535/http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=128868&title=tropical-repression|date=March 7, 2008 }} "The Undecided", an over-the-top look at the undecided voters leading up to the 2004 US presidential elections; the "Samantha Bee's So You Want To Bee A..." report series, which humorously caricatured the way in which one can easily obtain a certain job, like becoming a 527 group; and a segment entitled "NILFs" ("News I'd Like to F#@k"), discussing the sexiness of news anchors: "CNN has the wholesome girl-next-door NILFs, the kind you can bring home to meet your mother. MSNBC has the dirty-over-30 NILFs. Fox has the filthy NILFs who will report anything. They're the Hustler of NILFs."{{cite web|url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/nhw1i8/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-news-i-d-like-to-f--k|title=News I'd Like To F@#K|date=May 16, 2007|publisher=Comedy Central|work=The Daily Show with Jon Stewart|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406002315/http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=87155&title=news-id-like-to-f@#k|archive-date=April 6, 2008|access-date=March 24, 2016}}
Bee had her first starring role in a feature film in 2004 with the Canadian independent film Ham & Cheese, co-written by her husband Jason Jones and starring Canadian comics Scott Thompson and Dave Foley.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/ham-cheese-1200534562/|title=Review: 'Ham & Cheese'|last=Eisner|first=Ken|date=March 12, 2004|newspaper=Variety|access-date=January 8, 2017}} The film marked Bee's first starring role.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/02/samantha-bee-timeline.html|title=The Rise and Rise of Samantha Bee|last=Duca|first=Lauren|date=February 8, 2016|work=Vulture|access-date=January 10, 2016}} She won a Canadian Comedy Award for "Pretty Funny Female Performance" for her role. Jones joined The Daily Show as a correspondent in 2005, two years after his wife.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/samantha-bee-joins-the-late-night-boys-club/|title=Samantha Bee joins the late-night boys' club|date=January 31, 2016|work=CBS News|access-date=January 8, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE1D6123EF930A25752C1A9639C8B63|title=A night out with: Samantha Bee; Joking for Two|last=Miller|first=Winter|date=November 13, 2005|newspaper=The New York Times|edition=online|access-date=February 9, 2016}} Jones became a freelance correspondent for the show while Bee reduced her workload during her pregnancy.
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In December 2005, on The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly used a clip of Bee from The Daily Show as an example of "The War on Christmas", presenting it as having aired recently. The satirical clip featured Bee mentioning how Christmas was the only religious holiday that's also a federal holiday in the United States, with O'Reilly talking about "Secular Central...excuse me, Comedy Central".The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News Channel, December 2, 2005.The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, December 2, 2005. Jon Stewart responded on his show; inviting Bee out for a discussion, and unlike in the clip that aired on Factor, Bee was visibly eight months pregnant. Bee joked it was obvious that the footage O'Reilly showed was a year old (it originally aired in 2004) because she had different highlights in her hair, before stating that her water had just broken.{{cite web|url= http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-7-2005/headlines---secular-central|title= Secular Central|date=December 7, 2005|work=The Daily Show with Jon Stewart|publisher=Comedy Central|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101110144957/http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-7-2005/headlines---secular-central|archive-date=November 10, 2010}} Bee was recognized with a 2005 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female TV Performance for her work on The Daily Show.{{cite web|title=Our 2005 Canadian Comedy Award recipients|url=http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/awardwinners.php?year=2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211223434/http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/awardwinners.php?year=2005|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 11, 2016|website=Canadian Comedy Awards|access-date=February 8, 2016}}
On January 20, 2008, Bee finished as the highest scoring celebrity in the CBC game show Test the Nation. She had a minor role in Episode 15, "Spy Something or Get Out", of Little Mosque on the Prairie. Bee also appeared in the 12th episode of Season 20 of Law & Order ("Blackmail", episode 445), which aired on January 15, 2010. She played a minor role in an episode of the HBO series Bored to Death. She appeared as herself on the "Madame President" episode of The Electric Company. Bee also did a guest voice role of a talk show hostess named Pam in the Season 2 finale of Bob's Burgers, in addition to providing the voice of Lyla Lolliberry for two episodes in Season 4 of Phineas and Ferb. She appeared on Sesame Street during Season 42 as Mother Goose.
In 2009, Bee appeared in the original cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore.{{cite web|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/theater/reviews/02love.html|title=Spandex Agonistes: Why Don't You Try It On?|access-date=April 21, 2011|date=October 2, 2009|author=Isherwood, Charles|work=The New York Times}} That same year, she had a small role in the comedy Whatever Works, written and directed by Woody Allen.{{cite web|publisher=ChristianAnswers.Net|url=http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2009/whateverworks2009.html|title=Whatever Works|author=Schumacher, Spencer}}
Bee authored a book titled I Know I Am, But What Are You?,{{cite book|title=I know I am, but what are you?|first=Samantha|last=Bee|oclc=419815571|isbn=978-1-4391-4273-8|year=2010|publisher=Gallery Books |url=https://archive.org/details/iknowiambutwhata00bees}} which was published in 2010.{{cite news|first=Diedre|last=Donahue|title=Hot summer author: Samantha Bee|date=May 27, 2010|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2010-05-26-summer-bee_N.htm|work=USA Today|access-date=June 10, 2010}} She became the longest-serving regular Daily Show correspondent after passing Stephen Colbert's record in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/31/entertainment/gallery/the-daily-show-famous-alumni/|title='The Daily Show's' famous alumni|work=CNN|date=March 31, 2015|access-date=January 7, 2016}} The same year, Bee collaborated with her longtime friend Allana Harkin on the parenting blog "Eating Over the Sink" for the online magazine Babble.{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2016/01/samantha-bee-full-frontal-c-v-r.html|title=Smirking in the Boys' Room with Samantha Bee|first=Rebecca|last=Traister|work=New York|date=January 25, 2016|access-date=October 15, 2017}} In 2012, she appeared in Ken Finkleman's series Good God as Shandy Sommers, a devoutly Christian cable news host. She has also played roles in the series Bounty Hunters and Game On. In 2014, Bee was a panellist on Canada Reads, the CBC's annual national book debate. She defended Rawi Hage's novel Cockroach.{{cite web|title=Samantha Bee and Rawi Hage talk Canada Reads|url=http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/2013/12/samantha-bee-and-rawi-hage-talk-canada-reads.html|work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=December 12, 2013|access-date=November 24, 2016}} On October 7, 2014, in the absence of Jon Stewart, she co-hosted The Daily Show with Jones.
=2015–2022: ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee''=
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In March 2015, it was announced that she would leave The Daily Show – after 12 years – to host her own satirical news show on TBS.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/samantha-bee-leaves-the-daily-show-to-start-her-own-satirical-news-program-1.2983660|title=Samantha Bee leaves The Daily Show to start her own satirical news program|first=Alexandra|last=Hunnings|work=CBC News|edition=online|date=March 5, 2015|publisher=CBC/Radio Canada|access-date=November 21, 2015}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/02/samantha-bee-full-frontal-premiere-january-promo|title=Samantha Bee's Full Frontal to premiere in January |first=Ariana|last=Bacle|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|edition=online|date=September 2, 2015|access-date=November 21, 2015}} Bee departed The Daily Show on April 30, 2015.{{cite episode |series= The Daily Show |title= Thursday, April 30, 2015|airdate=April 30, 2015}} Her new show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, debuted on February 8, 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/arts/television/review-full-frontal-with-samantha-bee.html|title=Review: Samantha Bee's Fierce, Fiery Feminism Anchors 'Full Frontal'|first=James|last=Poniewozik|work=The New York Times|date=February 9, 2016|access-date=February 9, 2016}} With the program's debut, Bee became the first woman to host a late-night satire show. Bee also tried to implement a hiring process which would give her show a more diverse staff than what is typical for a late night comedy show. The first season of Full Frontal generated critical acclaim{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/full_frontal_with_samantha_bee/s01|title=Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: Season 1|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=December 1, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/full-frontal-with-samantha-bee|title=Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: Season 1|work=Metacritic|access-date=December 1, 2016}} and in November 2016, the show was renewed for a second season throughout 2017.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsovDxkIeKs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/TsovDxkIeKs| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Real or Fake: Extra Special Announcement|website=YouTube|publisher=Full Frontal with Samantha Bee|date=November 16, 2016|access-date=December 1, 2016}}{{cbignore}}
Bee is an executive producer of the TBS comedy series The Detour (2016–2019), which she created with her husband, Jason Jones.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/jason-jones-samantha-bee-the-detour-renewed-season-3-tbs-1202076899/|title=Jason Jones & Samantha Bee's 'The Detour' Renewed For Season 3 By TBS|last=Petski|first=Denise|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 25, 2017|access-date=May 1, 2017}} One year into Bee's run on Full Frontal, Time named Bee one of the 100 most influential people in the world.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4742710/samantha-bee/|title=Samantha Bee|last=Curtin|first=Jane|date=April 20, 2017|access-date=April 21, 2017|magazine=Time}} On April 29, 2017, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee hosted "Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner" which aired on TBS the same evening.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/entertainment/samantha-bee-not-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/index.html|title=Samantha Bee is throwing her own party the same night as White House Correspondents' Dinner|last=Gonzalez|first=Sandra|website=CNN|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=January 30, 2017}} In July 2017, Bee's "Nasty Woman Shirt" campaign raised over $1 million for Planned Parenthood.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nasty-woman-emmy-nominee-samantha-bee-hits-1-million-goal-planned-parenthood-1020861|title='Nasty Woman' (and Emmy Nominee) Samantha Bee Hits $1 Million Goal for Planned Parenthood|last=O'Connell|first=Michael|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 13, 2017|access-date=July 19, 2017}} In January 2018, TBS renewed Full Frontal for a third and fourth season, set to air through 2020. Bee's deal with Turner runs through 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/full-frontal-samantha-bee-renewed-2-more-seasons-at-tbs-1073891|title='Full Frontal With Samantha Bee' Renewed for Two More Seasons at TBS|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 11, 2018|access-date=January 11, 2018}}
In 2018, Bee faced backlash on social media and from the White House for calling Ivanka Trump a "feckless cunt", while criticizing her stance as a mother regarding the immigration policy of Donald Trump. The comments were made in the context of highlighting the administration's actions on immigration and the separation of undocumented children from their parents. Critics on Twitter started a hashtag calling for a boycott of TBS network until Bee's show is canceled.{{cite news |title=Calls for national boycott of TBS after Samantha Bee's Ivanka Trump outburst |url=https://filmindustry.network/calls-for-national-boycott-of-tbs-after-samantha-bees-ivanka-trump-outburst/33053 |publisher=Film Industry Network |date=May 31, 2018}} The day after the segment aired, Bee apologized and "deeply [regretted]" the comment.{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/31/media/samantha-bee-apologizes-ivanka-trump/index.html|title=Samantha Bee apologizes for vulgar remark about Ivanka Trump: 'I crossed a line'|last=Pallotta|first=Frank|date=May 31, 2018|work=CNNMoney|access-date=June 5, 2018}} Comedians Kathy Griffin, Michelle Wolf, Sarah Silverman, and Jon Stewart defended Bee, with Stewart suggesting much of the outrage over the joke was strategic rather than genuine.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/06/jon-stewart-samantha-bee-defense-michelle-wolf-the-break|title=Jon Stewart Doesn't Buy the Outrage About Samantha Bee's Ivanka Trump Dig|last=Bradley|first=Laura|date=June 4, 2018|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=June 8, 2018}} The show featured fewer national advertisements the following week.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/samantha-bee-full-frontal-apology-sees-advertisers-pause-but-no-mass-withdrawal-1202405522/|title=Samantha Bee 'Full Frontal' Apology Sees Many Advertisers Hit Pause|last=Hayes|first=Dade|date=June 7, 2018|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 8, 2018}} Bee began the episode with an apology to any women she had offended and lamenting that one bad word had overshadowed the policy of detaining undocumented immigrant children which she had been criticizing.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/samantha-bee-ivanka-trump-apology-feckless-donald-trump-immigration-full-frontal-tbs-video-1202404885/|title=Samantha Bee Apologizes Defiantly For Last Week's First-Daughter Slur On 'Full Frontal'|last=de Moraes|first=Lisa|date=June 7, 2018|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 8, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-samantha-bee-20180606-story.html|title=Samantha Bee apologizes and lashes back at her critics on 'Full Frontal' over Ivanka Trump controversy|last=Ali|first=Lorraine|date=June 6, 2018|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 8, 2018}}
In 2018, Bee formed a production company called Swimsuit Competition, focused on creating original content for television, aiming to work with underrepresented talent and those whose work has been underestimated in the past. The company signed a first-look deal with TBS. Full Frontal producer Kristen Everman was named head of development.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/samantha-bee-swimsuit-competition-production-company-first-look-deal-tbs-full-frontal-kristen-everman-1202512834/|title=Samantha Bee Forms Production Company, Inks First-Look Deal With TBS|last=de Moraes|first=Lisa|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=December 6, 2018}}
She appeared as Jillian on the revived The Kids in the Hall, released in May 2022.{{cite web |title=It's Head-Crushing Time! Prime Video Announces the Premiere Date and Trailer Release for Canadian Amazon Original Series The Kids in the Hall |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/it-s-head-crushing-time-prime-video-announces-the-premiere-date-and-trailer-release-for-canadian-amazon-original-series-the-kids-in-the-hall-821836739.html |website=newswire.ca |access-date=April 13, 2022 |date=April 13, 2022}}
On July 25, 2022, Bee's representatives announced that TBS had not renewed Full Frontal for a seventh season, and was officially canceled by TBS.{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=2022-07-25 |title=Samantha Bee's 'Full Frontal' Canceled in Latest Late-Night Cutback |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/samantha-bee-canceled-full-frontal-1235324772/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
In 2023, Bee was named as the host of the 11th Canadian Screen Awards broadcast on April 16.Noel Ransome, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/samantha-bee-csa-1.6739769 "Comedian Samantha Bee to host Canadian Screen Awards"]. CBC News, February 7, 2023.
Influences
Bee has credited Jon Stewart as one of her major influences,{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-daily-show-comedians-who-got-their-start-2015-7|title=12 influential comedy careers Jon Stewart helped launch on 'The Daily Show'|work=Business Insider|author=Ian Phillips|date=August 6, 2015|access-date=January 25, 2017}} and in several interviews she has said that her other comedic influences include Steve Martin, David Letterman, Mary Tyler Moore, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Betty White,{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UFwLpSel4kg| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203013814/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFwLpSel4kg&app=desktop| archive-date=2017-02-03 | url-status=dead|title=Samantha Bee comic influences|work=YouTube|date=June 6, 2010|access-date=January 25, 2017}} and Joan Rivers.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2016/feb/08/samantha-bee-full-frontal-comedy-im-the-only-woman-stupid-enough-to-do-this-job?|title=Samantha Bee: 'I'm the only woman stupid enough to do this job'|work=The Guardian|author=Lorraine Berry|date=February 8, 2016|access-date=January 25, 2017}}
Personal life
In 2001, Bee married actor and writer Jason Jones, whom she first met in 1996. They reside in Manhattan, New York.{{cite news|url=http://tvnewsroom.org/biography-images/samantha-bee-3776/|title=Samantha Bee – Biography and Images|newspaper=Tv Newsroom |date=January 15, 2007|access-date=February 9, 2016}} In January 2006, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Piper, then returned to The Daily Show in March 2006. On January 24, 2008, Bee announced a second pregnancy on air during a bit about the media's coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign,[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=148479&title=daily-show-down Daily Show-Down], video aired January 24, 2008. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307011532/http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=148479&title=daily-show-down|date=March 7, 2008}} and gave birth to their second child, a son named Fletcher, later that year.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/samantha-bee-adjusts-to-her-party-of-five/|title=Samantha Bee Adjusts to Her Party of Five|work=People|date=December 1, 2010|access-date=February 9, 2016}} Their third child, a daughter named Ripley, was born in late 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/magazine/31FOB-Domains-t.html?_r=0|title=Samantha Bee's Laughing Pad|last=Lewine|first=Edward|date=October 28, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 21, 2015}} During her third pregnancy, Bee joked she and Jones were "just procreating like we're farmers."{{cite web|url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/j7j50y/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-the-spilling-fields---vietnamese-fisherman|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126131619/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/j7j50y/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-the-spilling-fields---vietnamese-fisherman|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 26, 2016|title=The Spilling Fields – Vietnamese Fisherman|date=June 3, 2010|work=Comedy Central|access-date=July 31, 2017}}
Bee holds dual Canadian-American citizenship after being naturalized in 2014.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/samantha-bee-on-election-i-want-it-to-be-over-so-badly-w442956|title=Samantha Bee on 2016 Election: 'I Want It to Be Over So Badly'|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|date=October 1, 2016|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=January 8, 2017|quote=this year's election marks the first time she and her husband, fellow former Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones, would be able to vote since they now have dual citizenship|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731232447/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/samantha-bee-on-election-i-want-it-to-be-over-so-badly-w442956|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/samantha-bee-to-discontented-americans-canada-is-full/2016/07/27/25b7593a-5372-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html|title=Samantha Bee says her show isn't influential. Don't believe her.|first=Margaret|last=Sullivan|date=July 27, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 8, 2017|quote=Samantha Bee has been a United States citizen for only a couple of years}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !class="unsortable" |Notes |
|---|
| 2004
| Beth Goodson | |
| 2007
| Underdog | Principal Helen Patterson | |
| 2008
| Nancy Cooper | Won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance by a Female in a Film at the 10th Canadian Comedy Awards |
| 2008
| data-sort-value="Love Guru, The" | The Love Guru | Cinnabon Cashier | |
| 2009
| Chess Mother | |
| 2009
| Alison Hopper | |
| 2010
| Woman in Times Square | Uncredited |
| 2010
| Principal Baker | |
| 2014
| Debbie | |
| 2015
| Raitch (voice) | aka A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown |
| 2015
| Sisters | Liz | |
| 2018
| Elliot the Littlest Reindeer | Hazel (voice) | |
| 2023
| Herself | Documentary |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !class="unsortable" |Notes |
|---|
| 2000
| Real Kids, Real Adventures | Neighbour | Episode: "Explosion: The Christopher Wise Story" |
| 2001
| data-sort-value="Endless Grind, The" | The Endless Grind | | |
| 2003–2015
| data-sort-value="Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The" | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Herself (correspondent) | 332 episodes |
| 2003
| Kathy | Television film |
| 2005
| Linda Callahan (voice) | Episode: "Law and Lawless" |
| 2006
| Carol Dulac – Letterman Booker | Episode: "The One That Got Away" |
| 2007
| Not This But This | Various | Also co-producer |
| 2007
| Little Mosque on the Prairie | Nancy Layton | Episode: "Spy Something or Get Out" |
| 2007
| Real Estate Agent | Episode: "Animal" |
| 2007
| Two Families | | Television film |
| 2009–2011
| Renee Dalton | 3 episodes |
| 2010
| Vanessa Carville | Episode: "Blackmail"'' |
| 2010
| Love Letters | Melissa | Television film |
| 2010–2012
| Mother Goose | 2 episodes |
| 2011
| Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays | Nancy Slade | Episode: "Sweating" |
| 2012
| Good God | Shandy Sommers | 9 episodes |
| 2012–2017
| Pam, Nurse Liz (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2013
| Stacy (voice) | 13 episodes |
| 2013–2014
| Lyla Lolliberry (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2017
| Mom (voice) | 22 episodes |
| 2014
| data-sort-value="Michael J. Fox Show, The" | The Michael J. Fox Show | Dr. Young | Episode: "Surprise" |
| 2014
| Deadbeat | Darcy | 2 episodes |
| 2015
| Wendy | Episode: "The Amazing Race" |
| 2015–2016
| Game On | Geri | 25 episodes |
| 2016–2022
| Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | Herself (host) | 218 episodes; also creator, writer, executive producer |
| 2016–2019
| data-sort-value="Detour, The" | The Detour | Nate's Mother | 2 episodes |
| 2017
| data-sort-value="History of Comedy, The" | The History of Comedy | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2020
| Herself (voice) | Episode: "The Horny Unicorn" |
| 2020
| Herself | Episode: "Happy Birthday, Blue!" |
| 2021
| Barbara, Sadness (voice) | Episode: "May Cause a Whole Lotta Scabs" |
| 2022
| data-sort-value="Kids in the Hall, The" | The Kids in the Hall | Jillian | Episode 5 |
| 2024
| Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World | Herself (guest judge) | Season 2, Episode 4: "Reading Battles" |
==As crew member==
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title !class="unsortable" |Notes |
|---|
| 2016–2019
| data-sort-value="Detour, The" | The Detour | Co-creator, writer, executive producer |
| 2020
| It's Personal with Amy Hoggart |Executive producer |
Stage
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| 2009
| {{n/a}} |{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/theater/reviews/02love.html?mcubz=0|title=Spandex Agonistes: Why Don't You Try It On?|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|work=The New York Times|date=October 1, 2009|access-date=August 31, 2017}} |
Published works
- {{cite book|title=America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction|publisher=Warner Books|year=2004|isbn=978-0-446-53268-6}}
- {{cite book|title=I Know I Am, But What Are You?|first=Samantha|last=Bee|publisher=Gallery Books|year=2010|isbn=978-1-4391-4273-8|url=https://archive.org/details/iknowiambutwhata00bees}}
- {{cite book|title=Cracking Up|first=Samantha|last=Bee|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|year=2016|isbn=978-0-374-30199-6}}
Awards and nominations
Notes
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.cc.com/topics/z7wkn6/samantha-bee Samantha Bee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105091114/http://www.cc.com/topics/z7wkn6/samantha-bee |date=November 5, 2019 }} at Comedy Central
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