Vanessa Gonzalez
Who Vanessa Gonzalez is
Vanessa Gonzalez is a stand-up comedian from Laredo, Texas, who started doing comedy in Austin in 2009 and was voted the city's Best Stand-Up Comic by the Austin Chronicle in 2017, 2022 and 2023. A New Face at Montreal's Just For Laughs in 2017, she created and starred in the web series Ms. Vanessa for Mas Mejor, part of Broadway Video, her Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents half hour premiered on 18 October 2019, and that year Vulture named her one of its Comedians You Should and Will Know; Variety named her one of its 10 Comics to Watch in 2022.
She has been featured on truTV's Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks, HBO Latino's Entre Nos, A Little Late with Lilly Singh and Jimmy Kimmel Live, can be seen in Comedy Chingonas and Entre Nos: Spot On on HBO Max, This Joka on the Roku Channel and Netflix's Verified Stand-Up, and opened for Chelsea Handler on her 2023 tour. Her debut album, My Birthday's Tomorrow (aspecialthing records, 2020), is on iTunes and Spotify, and her stand-up was among the most-played on SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel in November 2024.
At a glance
- Stand-up specials
- Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents
- Albums
- My Birthday's Tomorrow
- On screen
- Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks, Entre Nos, Entre Nos: Spot On and 6 more
- Official site
- vanessacomedy.com ↗
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: vanessacomedy.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
- Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents half hour, Comedy Central, 2019
Albums
- My Birthday's Tomorrow aspecialthing records, 2020
On screen
- Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks truTV
- Entre Nos HBO Latino
- Entre Nos: Spot On HBO Max
- Comedy Chingonas HBO Max
- This Joka Roku Channel
- Verified Stand-Up Netflix
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh NBC
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Ms. Vanessa web series, Mas Mejor
Comedians like Vanessa Gonzalez
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.
- Alfred Robles also in Entre Nos
- Chaunté Wayans also in Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks
- Cipha Sounds also in Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks
- Correy Bell also in Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks
- Gianmarco Soresi also in Verified Stand-Up
- Isiah Kelly also in Verified Stand-Up
- Leslie Liao also in Verified Stand-Up
- Marlena Rodriguez also in A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Questions and answers
Where is Vanessa Gonzalez performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: vanessacomedy.com ↗.
What stand-up specials have they released?
Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks, Entre Nos, Entre Nos: Spot On, Comedy Chingonas, This Joka and Verified Stand-Up, among 9 credits.
Who are some comedians like them?
Alfred Robles (also in Entre Nos), Chaunté Wayans (also in Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks), Cipha Sounds (also in Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks), Correy Bell (also in Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks) and Gianmarco Soresi (also in Verified Stand-Up).
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 ↗ Named one of Variety's Top 10 Comics to Watch in 2022 and Best Stand Up Comic in Austin by the Austin Chronicle in 2017, 2022 and 2023; TruTV's Laff Mobb's…
- Laugh Factory · laughfactory.com ↗ Originally from Laredo, Texas; started comedy in Austin in 2009; voted Best Stand-up Comic by The Austin Chronicle; a New Face of the 2017 Just For Laughs…
- Improv · improv.com ↗ Originally from Laredo, Texas; opened for Chelsea Handler; shot her half-hour Comedy Central Stand-Up special in 2019, the same year Vulture named her one of…
- New York Comedy Club ↗ Comedy Chingonas on HBO MAX, This Joka on the Roku Channel, opening for Chelsea Handler on the 2023 Little Big Bitch Tour (as of 8 October 2026)
- Apple Music — My Birthday's Tomorrow ↗ 6 March 2020, (P) 2020 aspecialthing records (as of 8 October 2026)
- xmplaylist — Raw Comedy most played (archived 5 November 2024) ↗ SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel most-played list: a Vanessa Gonzalez track, six plays (as of 8 October 2026)
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026