Cristela Alonzo
Stand-up comedian

Cristela Alonzo

Who Cristela Alonzo is

American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and producer raised in San Juan, Texas, who started doing stand-up in 2003 while working as office manager of the Addison Improv, part of a small Dallas scene. She created, wrote and starred in the ABC sitcom Cristela (2014–2015), the first Mexican American woman to do so for a primetime comedy, voiced Cruz Ramirez in Pixar's Cars 3 and hosted The CW's Legends of the Hidden Temple revival. Her Netflix specials are Lower Classy (2017), Middle Classy (2022) and Upper Classy (2025).

At a glance

Born
1979
Came up through
Last Comic Standing
Stand-up specials
The Half Hour, Lower Classy, Middle Classy and 1 more
Podcasts
Music to My Years: A Mixtape-Memoir of Growing Up and Standing Up, To Be Continued with Cristela Alonzo and Chicano Squad
On screen
Last Comic Standing, Cristela, Cars 3 and 5 more
Next on stage
6 November 2026 — Ontario Improv, Ontario, CA
Official site
cristelaalonzo.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

Podcasts

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

Other comedians in SUCDb who came through Last Comic Standing:

The Launching Pads: the shows the comedians came through →

Comedians like Cristela Alonzo

Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.

Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →

Career timeline

  1. 1979Born
  2. 2010Last Comic Standing (semi-finalist, 2010) On screen
  3. 2013The Half Hour (2013, Comedy Central) Special
  4. 2014Cristela (creator, writer and star, 2014–2015) On screen
  5. 2016The Angry Birds Movie (Shirley, voice, 2016) On screen
  6. 2017Lower Classy (2017, Netflix; Empire Theatre, San Antonio) Special
  7. 2017Cars 3 (Cruz Ramirez, voice, 2017) On screen
  8. 2019The Laundromat (Special Agent Kilmer, film, 2019) On screen
  9. 2019His Dark Materials (Hester, voice, 2019–2022) On screen
  10. 2019Music to My Years: A Mixtape-Memoir of Growing Up and Standing Up (memoir, 2019) Book
  11. 2020Coast (Debora Avila, 2020) On screen
  12. 2020To Be Continued with Cristela Alonzo (podcast host, 2020–2025) Podcast or book
  13. 2020Chicano Squad (podcast host and narrator, 2020–2021) Podcast or book
  14. 2021Legends of the Hidden Temple (host, 2021–2022) On screen
  15. 2022Middle Classy (2022, Netflix) Special
  16. 2025Upper Classy (2025, Netflix) Special

Questions about Cristela Alonzo

Where is Cristela Alonzo performing next?

Friday 6 November 2026, 7:30 PM (Cristela Alonzo: The Midlife Mixtape Tour) at Ontario Improv, Ontario, CA, then 4 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?

The Half Hour, Lower Classy, Middle Classy and Upper Classy.

What podcast do they host?

Music to My Years: A Mixtape-Memoir of Growing Up and Standing Up, To Be Continued with Cristela Alonzo and Chicano Squad.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Last Comic Standing, Cristela, Cars 3, The Laundromat, His Dark Materials and Legends of the Hidden Temple, among 8 credits.

Where did they get their start?

Last Comic Standing (semi-finalist).

When were they born?

In 1979.

Who are some comedians like them?

Gabriel Iglesias (also in Cristela) and Ali Wong (also in The Angry Birds Movie).

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 27 September 2026