Maddy Kelly
Stand-up comedian · New York, NY

Maddy Kelly

Who Maddy Kelly is

Maddy Kelly is a Canadian-born stand-up comedian, writer, actor and producer from Vancouver, now based in New York City, known for viral stand-up clips with millions of views. She has written for Canada's long-running news satire This Hour Has 22 Minutes, won a 2025 Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program for Check This Out, and co-hosts and writes the Webby Award-winning CBC podcast series Let's Make a Sci-Fi, Let's Make a Rom-Com and Let's Make a Horror. Named a Just For Laughs New Face of Comedy in 2023, she has appeared on CBC's The New Wave of Standup, CTV's The Standup Show with Jon Dore and CBC Radio's The Debaters, and made her late-night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in May 2026. She headlines Comedy Off Broadway in Lexington on 7 October, Helium Atlanta on 8 October, the Emerald City Comedy Club in Seattle on 13 October, Helium Portland on 14 October and Comedy Works Downtown in Denver on 29 October 2026.

At a glance

Based in
New York, NY
Podcasts
Let's Make a Sci-Fi, Let's Make a Rom-Com and Let's Make a Horror
On screen
This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Check This Out, The New Wave of Standup and 2 more
Next on stage
8 October 2026 — Helium Comedy Club, Alpharetta, GA
Official site
maddykelly.net ↗

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

Comedians like Maddy Kelly

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.

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Questions about Maddy Kelly

Where is Maddy Kelly performing next?

Thursday 8 October 2026, 7:30 PM at Helium Comedy Club, Alpharetta, GA, then 1 more date on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What podcast do they host?

Let's Make a Sci-Fi, Let's Make a Rom-Com and Let's Make a Horror.

What TV shows and films are they in?

This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Check This Out, The New Wave of Standup, The Standup Show with Jon Dore and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Where are they based?

New York, NY, as their record gives it.

Who are some comedians like them?

Hoodo Hersi (also in The New Wave of Standup), Jarrett Campbell (also in The New Wave of Standup) and Sophie Buddle (also in This Hour Has 22 Minutes).

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 6 October 2026 · the record checked 6 October 2026