Emma Willmann
Stand-up comedian · New York, NY

Emma Willmann

Who Emma Willmann is

Emma Willmann is a New York City-based stand-up comedian and actor from Blue Hill, Maine, and a regular at the Comedy Cellar. Willmann made a televised stand-up debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2016 and has returned to the show several times, was a New Face at Montreal's Just for Laughs festival the same year, and performed a 15-minute set in the first season of Netflix's The Comedy Lineup. On screen Willmann played Beth on The CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and appeared in HBO's Crashing and Paramount+'s The Good Fight, and co-hosted the podcast Inside the Closet with Matteo Lane.

At a glance

Born
1985
Based in
New York, NY
Came up through
Just for Laughs New Faces
Podcasts
Inside the Closet, Secret Keepers Club, Ask Men Anything and 1 more
On screen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, The Comedy Lineup and 4 more
Next on stage
16 October 2026 — Helium Comedy Club, Portland, OR
Official site
iamemmawillmann.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

On screen

Podcasts

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

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Career timeline

  1. 1985Born
  2. 2016The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (stand-up; televised debut 2016, several appearances) On screen
  3. 2018The Comedy Lineup (15-minute stand-up set, Netflix, 2018) On screen
  4. 2018Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Beth, The CW, 2018) On screen

Questions about Emma Willmann

Where is Emma Willmann performing next?

Friday 16 October 2026, 7:30 PM (The Neon Room) at Helium Comedy Club, Portland, OR, then 4 more dates on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What podcast do they host?

Inside the Closet, Secret Keepers Club, Ask Men Anything and The Check Spot.

What TV shows and films are they in?

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, The Comedy Lineup, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Crashing and The Good Fight, among 7 credits.

Where did they get their start?

Just for Laughs New Faces (New Face).

Where are they based?

New York, NY, as their record gives it.

When were they born?

In 1985.

Who are some comedians like them?

Caitlin Peluffo (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Josh Johnson (also in The Comedy Lineup), Marina Franklin (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Fumi Abe (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and Alex English (also in Night Train with Wyatt Cenac).

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