Eliza Skinner
Stand-up comedian · Los Angeles, CA

Eliza Skinner

Who Eliza Skinner is

Eliza Skinner is a Los Angeles-based comedian, writer and producer whose first writing job was for Joan Rivers. She was co-executive producer, head writer and the voice of the Roaster Toaster on Disney+'s Earth to Ned, head writer of NBC's John Legend's Legendary Christmas Special and TBS's Drop the Mic, and has written for The Late Late Show, Totally Biased, Play-Doh Squished and Adam Ruins Everything; she was nominated for an Emmy in 2019 for writing the Film Independent Spirit Awards and won one for the show the following year.

As a comic she has performed around the world, including Montreal's Just For Laughs and the Edinburgh Fringe, and on Broadway with Lin-Manuel Miranda's Freestyle Love Supreme. Her stand-up was played on SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel in January 2025.

At a glance

Based in
Los Angeles, CA
Albums
Regarding My Lovers and Just for Laughs - Select, Vol. 10
On screen
Earth to Ned, John Legend's Legendary Christmas Special, Drop the Mic and 6 more

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Albums

On screen

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Their stand-up

Eliza Skinner co-hosted Magic Bag, a stand-up showcase in Los Angeles, with DC Pierson, and her set Cat Lady from Just for Laughs 2017 appears on the festival's Select album series. She was the guest comedian on truTV's Upload with Shaquille O'Neal on 7 March 2013.

Career timeline

  1. 2013Upload with Shaquille O'Neal (guest comedian, truTV, 2013) On screen
  2. 2019Just for Laughs - Select, Vol. 10 (compilation, Just For Laughs, 2019) Album
  3. 2020Regarding My Lovers (aspecialthing records, 2020) Album

Questions and answers

Where is Eliza Skinner performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Earth to Ned, John Legend's Legendary Christmas Special, Drop the Mic, The Late Late Show, Totally Biased and Adam Ruins Everything, among 9 credits.

Where are they based?

Los Angeles, CA, as their record gives it.

Who are some comedians like them?

Al Jackson (also in Upload with Shaquille O'Neal), Hampton Yount (also in Upload with Shaquille O'Neal), River Butcher (also in Adam Ruins Everything), Adam Conover (also in Adam Ruins Everything) and Ashley Barnhill (also in Drop the Mic).

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 →

Sources

Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026