Pallavi Gunalan is a stand-up comedian, writer, actor, improviser, biomedical engineer, and fan of the oxford comma.
REPRESENTATION
- Management: Seven Summits Management – James Cristiano
- Film/Theatrical: Global Artists Agency – Saskia Delp-Kullock
- Commercial: Reign Agency – Laura Soo Hoo
WRITING
- Writer at Lovett or Leave It – Crooked Media (09/2020-10/2023)
- Writer/Creator of Impostor Bear (Web Comic)
- Writer of Depressed Graph (Web Comic)
STAND-UP COMEDY
- Featured for Maria Bamford and opened for Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall, Moses Storm, Preacher Lawson, and Todd Barry.
- Produces Facial Recognition Comedy
- Festivals:
- Big Pine Comedy Festival (2024)
- Rip City Comedy Festival (Best of Fest 2023)
- Netflix is a Joke (2022, 2024)
- SF Sketchfest (2023, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2023, 2024)
- Pacific Crest Comedy Festival (2019)
- The Point Break Comedy & Meatball Sammich Festival (2019)
- New York Comedy Festival (2018)
- 208 Comedy Festival (2018)
- All Jane Comedy Festival (2018)
- Portland Queer Comedy Festival (2019, 2018)
- Pittsburgh Comedy Festival (2018)
- Desi Comedy Festival (2017)
- Notable:
- Laugh Factory Fresh Faces (01/2020)
IMPROV COMEDY
- Dropout TV (Smartypants, Dirty Laundry)
- South Asian AF Improv Team (2019 – Present)
- Second City Hollywood House Ensembles (2020 – Pandemic)
- Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Mess Hall Team (2019)
- Upright Citizens Brigade Diversity Scholarship (2019 – Fall, 2018 – Spring, Fall)
ACTING
- Pluto TV (Commercial)
- The Hollywood Improv (Commercial + Print)
- The Launch (Lori)
- Electrify America (Commercial)
- Gal Pals S3 (Not Dr. Fill)
- Funny or Die’s Coach Von Pidgeon (Lisa)
- 36 1/3 (Sabrina)
- Happy Spookaversary! (Laurel)
- Adulting Web Series (Customer)
- LOS ANGELESS (Cassie)
VOICE-OVER
- The Big See – The Skin Cancer Foundation
- Voices of the Revolution (Amy Rodriguez)
- Vocal skits on Ruby Ibarra‘s hit debut album, Circa91
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
- Writer/Creator/Producer of City Counsel (Podcast and Live Stand-up Show)
- Writer/Creator/Producer of Dirty Science (Web Series)
- Co-Producer of Facial Recognition Comedy (Podcast, Clubhouse Creator First Show, and Live Stand-up Show)