Jess Lane is a writer, director, actor, editor and comedian originally from New Jersey, currently in Los Angeles, and frequently in New York.
Her pilot HUNGRY MAN was recently developed as an adult animated comedy series with Hulu. She’s worked in punch-up rooms for Dreamworks and HBOMax, was a finalist for the 2019 NBC Writers on the Verge Fellowship, and her pilots Mizz Miraculous and The Brothers Sisters were screened as official selections at the New York Television Festival.
She’s directed videos for truTV, Funny or Die, The Special Without Brett Davis, Two Minutes to Late Night, Nerdist, and various music videos. Her web series Queer Bones, Punks, My Dead Lesbian Ex-Girlfriend, and many others have screened at Channel 101 in both New York and Los Angeles.
As an actress, she has appeared in The Special Without Brett Davis, Two Minutes to Late Night, Adult Swim’s Fart-Copter, the CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rodney Ascher’s The Nightmare, and various sketches on Funny or Die, The Hard Times, UCBComedy, and Nerdist.
She’s been performing stand-up comedy for over 10 years and has been featured on The Macauley Culkin Show, The Hard Times Showcase, The Cinder Block Comedy Fest, and Hell Yes Fest in New Orleans.
An improviser for over 15 years, she performed weekly on the UCB Harold Team Mister Town City, Mess Hall Team LaserDisc, indie team Varmint, the Magnet Theater's Featherweight, and was a host of Mach Improv at The Clubhouse in Los Angeles.
A breast cancer survivor, Jess can also play the guitar, is learning to play the drums, and owns no less than 7 differently colored vegan leather jackets.