Pallavi Gunalan is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. She used to be an engineer, but not a good one. Her writing for Lovett or Leave It with Crooked Media and performances with Dropout.tv has established her as “having an actual career” by the college friends whose couches she sleeps on. Her parents, however, were only convinced once she opened for the likes of Jay Leno and Arsenio Hall. Pallavi tours all over the US and has toured in India. She runs a monthly show called Facial Recognition Comedy with two of her South Asian doppelgängers/co-producers at The Comedy Store. Pallavi has other accolades but really doesn’t know what they all mean in the big scheme of things. In the end, she’d like to make a funny thing or two and pay her dogs’ rent.
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)