Gaby Dunn | |
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Dunn appearing in a 2016 Vlogbrothers video
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Born |
Gabrielle Teresa Dunn June 1, 1988 Florida, U.S. |
Other names | Gaby |
Occupation | Comedian, Journalist, Blogger |
Years active | 2010–present |
Gaby Dunn (born June 1, 1988) is an American actor, comedian, scriptwriter, activist, journalist, blogger and YouTuber who lives in Los Angeles. She was a part-time writer/director for BuzzFeed Video, but has since left to focus on her weekly YouTube comedy show called Just Between Us with fellow comedian and best friend, Allison Raskin.
Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Playboy, Vice, The Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, Salon, and Slate. She currently hosts the acclaimed Bad with Money podcast. She also leads the Peoples Improv Theater house team BIRDS, and is a producer of the independent community radio station WFMU. Her web project, 100interviews.com, was named "Best Blog" by The Village Voice in 2010.
Dunn was born on June 1, 1988. She attended David Posnack Jewish Day School in Davie, Florida, and Emerson College, where she majored in Multimedia Journalism, graduating in 2009.
Dunn began performing during her freshman year at Emerson, with the sketch comedy troupe Chocolate Cake City (CCC). Dunn had wanted to audition for CCC, but was too scared to do so until she was urged to take the audition slot of a former boyfriend who had become sick the day before and could not perform. Her audition was successful and she became a member of the troupe. At the time she considered herself a better writer than actor, and working in CCC allowed her to do both, since members were expected to write and perform their own sketches.