Lisa Lampanelli
Stand-up comedian

Lisa Lampanelli

Also known as Lisa Marie Lampugnale

Who Lisa Lampanelli is

Lisa Lampanelli is a former stand-up and insult comic from Trumbull, Connecticut, known for Comedy Central roasts and her HBO and Comedy Central specials. She began in New York in the early 1990s, broke out at the 2002 Friars' Club roast of Chevy Chase, and released specials including Dirty Girl (2007), Long Live the Queen (2009), Tough Love (2011) and the Grammy-nominated Back to the Drawing Board (2015). She wrote the play Stuffed, staged off-Broadway in 2016 and 2017, retired from stand-up in 2018, and now hosts the podcast Shrink This! with Lisa Lampanelli and teaches stand-up and storytelling as a creativity coach.

At a glance

Born
1961
Stand-up specials
Lisa Lampanelli: Back to the Drawing Board, Tough Love, Lisa Lampanelli: Long Live the Queen and 2 more
Albums
Back to the Drawing Board and Dirty Girl
Podcasts
Shrink This! with Lisa Lampanelli and Chocolate, Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat, and Freaks
On screen
Comedy Central Roasts, Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase, The Celebrity Apprentice 5 and 2 more
Official site
insultcomic.com ↗

Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

Albums

On screen

Podcasts

Comedians like Lisa Lampanelli

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Career timeline

  1. 1961Born
  2. 2002Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase (roaster, 2002) On screen
  3. 2005Take It Like a Man (2005, DVD) Special
  4. 2007Dirty Girl (2007, Comedy Central) Special
  5. 2007Dirty Girl (2007) Album
  6. 2009Lisa Lampanelli: Long Live the Queen (2009, HBO) Special
  7. 2009Chocolate, Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat, and Freaks (book, 2009) Book
  8. 2011Tough Love (2011, Comedy Central) Special
  9. 2012The Celebrity Apprentice 5 (contestant, 2012) On screen
  10. 2015Lisa Lampanelli: Back to the Drawing Board (2015) Special
  11. 2015Back to the Drawing Board (2015) Album
  12. 2025Celebrity Weakest Link (contestant, 2025) On screen

Questions about Lisa Lampanelli

What stand-up specials has Lisa Lampanelli released?

Lisa Lampanelli: Back to the Drawing Board, Tough Love, Lisa Lampanelli: Long Live the Queen, Dirty Girl and Take It Like a Man.

What podcast do they host?

Shrink This! with Lisa Lampanelli and Chocolate, Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat, and Freaks.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Comedy Central Roasts, Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase, The Celebrity Apprentice 5, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Celebrity Weakest Link.

When were they born?

In 1961.

Who are some comedians like them?

Greg Giraldo (also in Comedy Central Roasts) and Ian Fidance (also in Comedy Central Roasts).

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.

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Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 27 September 2026