Ariel Elias
Stand-up comedian · Queens, NY

Ariel Elias

Who Ariel Elias is

Ariel Elias is a stand-up comedian who grew up Jewish in Lexington, Kentucky, began performing while at Tulane University in New Orleans and lives in Queens, New York. She warmed up audiences on the set of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, was named a New Face at Just for Laughs in 2021 and one of Paste Magazine's Best Comedians of 2022, and a viral video of her handling a heckler in 2022 led to her late-night debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, followed by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Her special A Jewish Star, recorded at the Vermont Comedy Club, was released on YouTube in 2025.

At a glance

Based in
Queens, NY
Came up through
Just for Laughs New Faces
Stand-up specials
A Jewish Star
On screen
Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Next on stage
7 October 2026 — Rooster T Feathers Comedy Club, Sunnyvale, CA
Official site
arieleliascomedy.com ↗

On stage

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →

Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

On screen

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

Other comedians in SUCDb who came through Just for Laughs New Faces:

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Comedians like Ariel Elias

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Career timeline

  1. 2022Jimmy Kimmel Live! (late-night debut, 2022) On screen
  2. 2024The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2024) On screen
  3. 2025A Jewish Star (2025, YouTube) Special

Questions about Ariel Elias

Where is Ariel Elias performing next?

Wednesday 7 October 2026, 8:00 PM (Sunnyvale, CA) at Rooster T Feathers Comedy Club, Sunnyvale, CA, then 11 more dates on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What stand-up specials have they released?

A Jewish Star.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Where did they get their start?

Just for Laughs New Faces (New Face).

Where are they based?

Queens, NY, as their record gives it.

Who are some comedians like them?

Caitlin Peluffo (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Emma Willmann (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Fumi Abe (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Gina Brillon (also in Jimmy Kimmel Live!) and Sarah Tollemache (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 29 September 2026