New York City native Vanessa Hollingshead is stand-up comedian and actress who got her start in comedy at an open mic night in 1994. Less than a year later she was performing at some of the city's most notorious comedy clubs and receiving invitations to appear on various late-night talk shows. Hollingshead earned her own Comedy Central Presents special in 2004, and has since been collecting a following throughout the US with her sharp brand of comedy.
