Chelsea Peretti
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Peretti performing in March 2010
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| Birth name | Chelsea Vanessa Peretti |
| Born |
February 20, 1978 Oakland, California, United States |
| Medium | Comedian, actress, writer |
| Spouse | Jordan Peele (m. 2016) |
| Relative(s) | Jonah Peretti (brother) |
| Website | chelseaperetti |
Chelsea Vanessa Peretti (born February 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for portraying Gina Linetti on the Fox comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine.Paste ranked her Twitter account #75 on the "The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2014".
Peretti was born and raised in Oakland, California, the daughter of an Italian American father and Jewish mother. Her older brother is internet entrepreneur Jonah Peretti, who founded BuzzFeed and co-founded The Huffington Post.
Peretti attended The College Preparatory School in Oakland. She moved to New York City in 1996 to attend Barnard College and graduated in 2000. She attended elementary school with her Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-star Andy Samberg, and junior high school with comedian Moshe Kasher.
Peretti has written for The Village Voice, Details, Playgirl, Jest, American Theatre Magazine, as well as online publications like The Huffington Post. While in New York she made short films with Variety SHAC, a comedy troupe she formed in 2004 along with Andrea Rosen, Heather Lawless, and Shonali Bhowmik.
After moving to Los Angeles, Peretti made appearances on programs such as Louie, The Sarah Silverman Program, TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest..., and Tosh.0. She appeared as a guest correspondent on one episode of Lopez Tonight interviewing local citizens about Prop 8.
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