Amanda Xeller is a character comedian, sketch writer, and director residing in Brooklyn. Her work has been featured across the States and in Canada. She won The Lifetime Achievement Award at Montreal Sketchfest ‘22.
She’s been on Adult Swim, Disney+, in music videos including "Go Fish" by Gymshorts, on Ground Floor and The Farce Report, and was in the short film "All Aboard The Gravy Train," which premiered in Cannes. She was on the stand up episode of the Chompers podcast with Gimlet Media. She's competed in 3 comedy competitions and won all of them, baby!
Amanda produces the annual Moxie Sketch Lab for women, trans, and non-binary comedians and Character Night, which is consistently listed amongst the Best Thing To Do In NY by TimeOut NY. She directs for BoogieManja and The Magnet Theater. She teaches sketch comedy at the Magnet Theater.
Amanda studied comedy at the Magnet Theater, Annoyance NY, & Upright Citizen's Brigade. She’s studied theater at Movement Theater, Barrow Group, and with Complicité in London, England. She's an alumna of the National Theater Institute. She holds a BA in Theatre from Fairfield University where she received The Award for Outstanding Service to the Theater Arts Program for her achievements and pursuits in comedy. She’s currently studying at Terry Knickerbocker Studio.
Amanda hails from Houston, Texas. She wishes she could sing like Justin Hawkins. The black bowl cut is a wig. See!