Hoodo Hersi
Stand-up comedian · New York, NY

Hoodo Hersi

Who Hoodo Hersi is

Hoodo Hersi is a stand-up comedian and writer from Toronto, now based in New York, who made her late-night stand-up debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers. She was a New Face at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, performed on CBC Gem's The New Wave of Standup and Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring, and wrote on two seasons of Ramy Youssef's #1 Happy Family USA. She played Zara in the 2023 film I Used to Be Funny and hosts the YouTube interview show That's So Haram!

At a glance

Based in
New York, NY
Came up through
Just for Laughs New Faces
On screen
Late Night with Seth Meyers, The New Wave of Standup, Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring and 2 more
Next on stage
23 October 2026 — Eastville Comedy Club, Brooklyn, NY

On stage

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Specials, shows and podcasts

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 Hoodo Hersi

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Questions about Hoodo Hersi

Where is Hoodo Hersi performing next?

Friday 23 October 2026, 10:00 PM — with Liam Dalton (Mariel Jimenez, Liam Dalton, Lauren Cocroft, Hoodo Hersi, Neko White, Dave Temple) at Eastville Comedy Club, Brooklyn, NY. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Late Night with Seth Meyers, The New Wave of Standup, Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring, #1 Happy Family USA and That's So Haram!.

Where did they get their start?

Just for Laughs New Faces (New Face — New Faces: Canada).

Where are they based?

New York, NY, as their record gives it.

Who are some comedians like them?

Ahamed Weinberg (also in #1 Happy Family USA), Ian Lara (also in Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring), Jarrett Campbell (also in The New Wave of Standup), Asha Ward (also in Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring) and Jordan Temple (also in Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring).

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 5 October 2026 · the record checked 29 September 2026