# Chelsea Peretti
**Chelsea Peretti** (born 1978) is an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director best known for playing the police precinct administrator Gina Linetti on the comedy series *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* and for her 2014 Netflix stand-up special *One of the Greats*. Her full name is Chelsea Vanessa Peretti, and she was born in [Oakland, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/oakland-california).[1](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-peretti/bio/3030644180/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2003229/) Her career spans stand-up, television writing on shows including *Parks and Recreation* and *Saturday Night Live*, a long-running call-in podcast, voice work on animated series, and a feature directorial debut, *First Time Female Director*.[3](https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/chelsea-peretti/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | Oakland, California, United States; birth name Chelsea Vanessa Peretti[1](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-peretti/bio/3030644180/) |
| Education | Barnard College, degree in English, graduated 2000[1](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-peretti/bio/3030644180/) |
| Signature role | Gina Linetti, the civilian administrator of the 99th precinct, on *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (FOX 2013–2018, NBC 2018 onward)[4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/Chelsea-Peretti/) |
| Stand-up specials | Half-hour *Comedy Central Presents* (2011); hour-long *One of the Greats* on Netflix, released November 14, 2014, directed by Lance Bangs, runtime 1 hour 14 minutes[5](https://www.chelseaperetti.com/bio) • [6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chelsea_peretti_one_of_the_greats) |
| Writing credits | *Parks and Recreation*, *Saturday Night Live*, *The Sarah Silverman Program*, *Portlandia*, *Kroll Show*[3](https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/chelsea-peretti/) |
| Podcast | *Call Chelsea Peretti*, a weekly call-in show that debuted at number 1 on the iTunes comedy charts[7](https://time.com/3543456/chelsea-peretti-stand-up-netflix-comedy/) |
| Directing | *First Time Female Director*, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2023; streams on The Roku Channel[8](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/chelsea-peretti-interview-about-first-time-female-director) |
| Music | Two 2020 EPs, *Foam & Flotsam* and *Phosphorescent Panic*, in preparation for a coffee-themed concept album[5](https://www.chelseaperetti.com/bio) • [8](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/chelsea-peretti-interview-about-first-time-female-director) |
## Early life and start in comedy
Peretti was born in Oakland, California, and graduated from [Barnard College](https://www.edgepedia.org/barnard-college) with a degree in English in 2000.[1](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-peretti/bio/3030644180/) She comes from a family already steeped in internet media: her older brother [Jonah Peretti](https://www.edgepedia.org/jonah-peretti) co-founded [BuzzFeed](https://www.edgepedia.org/buzzfeed) and the Huffington Post, and the two siblings together created the spoof website Black People Love Us.[4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/Chelsea-Peretti/) • [3](https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/chelsea-peretti/)
Her early comedic work was often online rather than on stage. She created the New York City Rejection Line, the highly trafficked website BlackPeopleLoveUs.com, and the web series *Making Friends* and *All My Exes*, and she was a founding member of the comedy group Variety Shac, appearing in its live shows and short films.[3](https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/chelsea-peretti/) • [1](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-peretti/bio/3030644180/) Her first onscreen appearance came in the British sketch show *Comedy Lab* in 2004.[4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/Chelsea-Peretti/)
## Writing for television
After interning at the *Village Voice* right out of college, Peretti moved into comedy writing, and [Sarah Silverman](https://www.edgepedia.org/sarah-silverman) gave her her first major writing job, on *The Sarah Silverman Program* on [Comedy Central](https://www.edgepedia.org/comedy-central); the move took her from New York to Los Angeles.[9](https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts-culture/chelsea-peretti-on-wolf-mode-writing-for-kroll-show-and-season-two-of-brooklyn-nine-nine-6577762/) That led to writing work on *Parks and Recreation*, where she served as a writer and script editor on NBC from 2011 to 2012, and then to *Kroll Show*, *Portlandia*, and *Saturday Night Live*.[9](https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts-culture/chelsea-peretti-on-wolf-mode-writing-for-kroll-show-and-season-two-of-brooklyn-nine-nine-6577762/) • [4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/Chelsea-Peretti/) • [3](https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/chelsea-peretti/)
She described the choice to leave the *Parks and Recreation* writing staff to concentrate on stand-up in an interview with Cosmopolitan: "When I look at stand-up I don't think there's a lot of people out there like me and I didn't just want that to fall away with the writing workload."[7](https://time.com/3543456/chelsea-peretti-stand-up-netflix-comedy/)
## Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Gina Linetti
Peretti's widest recognition came from *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*, the workplace comedy created by [Michael Schur](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-schur) and Daniel Goor about a New York police precinct, which premiered on FOX in 2013 and later moved to NBC.[4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/Chelsea-Peretti/) She starred as Gina Linetti, the precinct's civilian administrator, alongside [Andy Samberg](https://www.edgepedia.org/andy-samberg), Terry Crews, and [Joe Lo Truglio](https://www.edgepedia.org/joe-lo-truglio).[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2003229/) The show won two Golden Globe Awards in 2014, including Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2003229/)
Her connection to the show ran through the writers' room: before joining the cast she had worked as a writer and script editor on Schur's *Parks and Recreation*, taking one minor onscreen part as Zelda in the Season Four episode "Live Ammo."[4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/Chelsea-Peretti/) Peretti was nominated for Favorite Comedy Supporting Actress, Television, at the 2014 American Comedy Awards.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2003229/)
## Stand-up and One of the Greats
Peretti's roots are in stand-up. Her half-hour *Comedy Central Presents* special aired in 2011, and in 2014 Netflix released her hour-long special *One of the Greats*, taped at the [Palace of Fine Arts](https://www.edgepedia.org/palace-of-fine-arts) in San Francisco and directed by Lance Bangs.[5](https://www.chelseaperetti.com/bio) • [10](https://www.avclub.com/chelsea-peretti-one-of-the-greats-1798181941) [The A.V. Club](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-a-v-club) gave the special a grade of B+.[10](https://www.avclub.com/chelsea-peretti-one-of-the-greats-1798181941) On Rotten Tomatoes the special holds a 100% Tomatometer from 8 reviews.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chelsea_peretti_one_of_the_greats)
The special deliberately broke the stand-up format. It opens with a mock-grandiose voice-over of Peretti riding a motorcycle to the venue, followed by a montage of imagined specials for fictional networks.[10](https://www.avclub.com/chelsea-peretti-one-of-the-greats-1798181941) During the set the show cuts to staged audience reactions, including babies, dogs, couples making out, and Peretti herself in a clown suit taunting herself from the wings.[10](https://www.avclub.com/chelsea-peretti-one-of-the-greats-1798181941) • [11](https://thecritic.co.uk/starring-chelsea-peretti-as-herself/) Kieran Setiya, a philosopher writing a series on online comedy for *The Critic*, described these interruptions as revealing "the constructedness of what we are watching."[11](https://thecritic.co.uk/starring-chelsea-peretti-as-herself/) Much of her material addresses gender roles in stand-up, including a routine deconstructing how male comics talk about sex on stage and the stereotype that female comedians joke constantly about their periods.[10](https://www.avclub.com/chelsea-peretti-one-of-the-greats-1798181941) • [12](https://exclaim.ca/comedy/article/chelsea_peretti-one_of_the_greats) In a 2014 GQ interview she rejected the label "female comedian," saying "I'd rather just be seen as a comedian. I'm doing the same set."[13](https://www.gq.com/story/the-gqa-chelsea-peretti-on-the-difference-between-her-and-louis-ck)
## Podcasting
Peretti was an early podcast figure. Her call-in show *Call Chelsea Peretti*, launched in 2012, debuted at number 1 on the iTunes comedy charts, several years before podcasts entered the mainstream.[7](https://time.com/3543456/chelsea-peretti-stand-up-netflix-comedy/) • [8](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/chelsea-peretti-interview-about-first-time-female-director) A Guardian review described the show as a cross between an absurdist call-in program and podcast insult comedy, noting her "exaggerated nasal whine prone to bursting into song."[14](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/15/call-chelsea-peretti-podcast-review-brooklyn-nine-nine) After a relaunch the show added interviews and video, and the archive of 65 episodes remains active on Apple Podcasts.[15](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/call-chelsea-peretti/id568560996)
## Directing and other projects
*First Time Female Director*, Peretti's feature directorial debut, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2023 and streams on [The Roku Channel](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-roku-channel). She also stars in it as Sam, an amateur director mounting a Southern-style play at a community theater in [Glendale, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/glendale-california). The script drew [Amy Poehler](https://www.edgepedia.org/amy-poehler) on as a producer and a cast including Megan Mullally, Max Greenfield, Natasha Leggero, Kate Berlant, and Meg Stalter.[8](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/chelsea-peretti-interview-about-first-time-female-director) The film grew out of a play, *Rain's Comin' In*, that Peretti performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in 2017.[8](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/chelsea-peretti-interview-about-first-time-female-director)
Her acting credits beyond the sitcom include the films *The Photograph* (directed by Stella Meghie), *Game Night*, *Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping*, *Friendsgiving*, and *Spinster*, the Amazon Prime Video comedy special *Yearly Departed*, and voice roles on *Big Mouth*, *The Simpsons*, *Sing 2*, *Crank Yankers*, and *American Dad*.[5](https://www.chelseaperetti.com/bio) • [3](https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/chelsea-peretti/) She has also released two music EPs, *Foam & Flotsam* and *Phosphorescent Panic* (both 2020), as preparation for a coffee-themed concept album, extending a running coffee obsession that began with her podcast anthem "Coffee Crankin' Through My Sys."[5](https://www.chelseaperetti.com/bio) • [8](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/chelsea-peretti-interview-about-first-time-female-director)
## Personal life
Peretti married the comedian, writer, and director [Jordan Peele](https://www.edgepedia.org/jordan-peele) in 2016, in a private ceremony.[1](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-peretti/bio/3030644180/) • [16](https://as.com/us/us/2021/08/29/tikitakas/1630261894_614377.html) Her honors include a 2015 Webby Award for Outstanding Comedic Performance, and nominations in 2012 and 2013 for WGA Awards for Comedy Series for her writing work.[1](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-peretti/bio/3030644180/)
## References
1. [Chelsea Peretti Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-peretti/bio/3030644180/)
2. [Chelsea Peretti, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2003229/)
3. [Chelsea Peretti, CAA Speakers](https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/chelsea-peretti/)
4. [Chelsea Peretti, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/Chelsea-Peretti/)
5. [BIO, chelseaperetti.com](https://www.chelseaperetti.com/bio)
6. [Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chelsea_peretti_one_of_the_greats)
7. [Watch the Trailer for Chelsea Peretti's Netflix Comedy Special, TIME](https://time.com/3543456/chelsea-peretti-stand-up-netflix-comedy/)
8. [Chelsea Peretti Is Officially a 'First Time Female Director', The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/chelsea-peretti-interview-about-first-time-female-director)
9. [Chelsea Peretti on Wolf Mode, Writing for Kroll Show, and Season Two of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Phoenix New Times](https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts-culture/chelsea-peretti-on-wolf-mode-writing-for-kroll-show-and-season-two-of-brooklyn-nine-nine-6577762/)
10. [Chelsea Peretti: One Of The Greats, The A.V. Club](https://www.avclub.com/chelsea-peretti-one-of-the-greats-1798181941)
11. [Starring Chelsea Peretti as Herself, The Critic, Kieran Setiya](https://thecritic.co.uk/starring-chelsea-peretti-as-herself/)
12. [Chelsea Peretti, One of the Greats, Exclaim!](https://exclaim.ca/comedy/article/chelsea_peretti-one_of_the_greats)
13. [The GQ+A: Chelsea Peretti on the Difference Between Her and Louis C.K., GQ](https://www.gq.com/story/the-gqa-chelsea-peretti-on-the-difference-between-her-and-louis-ck)
14. [Call Chelsea Peretti review, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/15/call-chelsea-peretti-podcast-review-brooklyn-nine-nine)
15. [CALL CHELSEA PERETTI, Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/call-chelsea-peretti/id568560996)
16. [5 cosas que probablemente no sabías de Jordan Peele, AS](https://as.com/us/us/2021/08/29/tikitakas/1630261894_614377.html)
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