Mary Beth Barone
Who Mary Beth Barone is
Mary Beth Barone is a Manhattan-based stand-up comedian, improviser, actor and writer. After her late-night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon she headlined sold-out shows at the New York Comedy Festival, Netflix Is A Joke Fest and the Edinburgh Fringe, and her self-produced debut special, Thought Provoking, came out as an album on 800 Pound Gorilla Records in July 2024, followed in 2026 by her Netflix special Galaxy Brain.
She played a lead in The Anne Frank Gift Shop, shortlisted for the 2024 Oscar for best live-action short, was cast in Netflix's Black Mirror, and her feature script You're My Best Friend made The Black List. She co-hosts the podcast Ride with Benito Skinner for Dear Media, which debuted in Spotify's top ten, and her track What's On Right Now was played on SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel in September 2025.
At a glance
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Stand-up specials
- Thought Provoking and Galaxy Brain
- Albums
- Thought Provoking and Galaxy Brain
- Podcasts
- Ride
- On screen
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Anne Frank Gift Shop and Black Mirror
- Official site
- marybethbarone.com ↗
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: marybethbarone.com ↗.
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
Stand-up specials
- Thought Provoking self-produced, 2024
- Galaxy Brain Netflix, 2026
Albums
- Thought Provoking 800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2024
- Galaxy Brain MCA Comedy, 2026
On screen
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
- The Anne Frank Gift Shop short film, lead
- Black Mirror Netflix
Podcasts
- Ride co-host, with Benito Skinner, Dear Media
Career timeline
- 2024Thought Provoking (self-produced, 2024) Special
- 2024Thought Provoking (800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2024) Album
- 2026Galaxy Brain (Netflix, 2026) Special
- 2026Galaxy Brain (MCA Comedy, 2026) Album
Questions and answers
Where is Mary Beth Barone performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: marybethbarone.com ↗.
What stand-up specials have they released?
Thought Provoking and Galaxy Brain.
What podcast do they host?
Ride.
What TV shows and films are they in?
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Anne Frank Gift Shop and Black Mirror.
Where are they based?
New York, NY, as their record gives it.
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.
Sources
- Official site ↗ 'Mary Beth Barone is a Manhattan-based comedian, improviser, and actor'; links to her Netflix special and to stream the album Galaxy Brain (as of 8 October…
- 800 Pound Gorilla — Mary Beth Barone's debut stand-up special, Thought Provoking ↗ 31 July 2024: her self-produced debut special Thought Provoking, now an album via 800 Pound Gorilla; late-night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy…
- Netflix — Galaxy Brain ↗ The title page for her Netflix special, Mary Beth Barone: Galaxy Brain (as of 8 October 2026)
- Apple Music · music.apple.com ↗ Thought Provoking (31 July 2024, ℗ 800 Pound Gorilla Records); Galaxy Brain (19 August 2026, ℗ MCA Comedy) (as of 8 October 2026)
- xmplaylist — Raw Comedy (archived 12 September 2025) ↗ SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel: 'What's On Right Now' by Mary Beth Barone, from Thought Provoking, played 12 September 2025 (00:52 UTC) (as of 8 October 2026)
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026