Kelsey Cook
Acting
Biography
Kelsey Cook is the daughter of an International Yo-Yo Champion and a Professional Foosball player, which made for a humor-filled life at a young age. Kelsey’s stand-up special “The Hustler” was recently released on YouTube and crossed one million views in 4 weeks. She's performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon multiple times, and has also appeared on Comedy Central’s This is Not Happening, EPIX's Unprotected Sets, NBC's A Little Late with Lilly Singh, and Greatest Party Story Ever on MTV. She is currently on “The Nice Try Tour,” headlining 40 cities across the country. Kelsey also co-hosts the Self-Helpless podcast with fellow comedians, Taylor Tomlinson and Delanie Fischer. It can regularly be found on the iTunes Top Comedy Charts and has featured guests like Brian Regan, Michael Bublé, Whitney Cummings, Tan France and Bert Kreischer. Her foosball web-series Wrists of Fury currently has over twenty episodes where Kelsey hustles fellow comedians who don’t know she’s a World Champion foosball player.
Known For
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Celebrated comedian Taylor Tomlinson hosts the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet alongside a panel of guests from the worlds of entertainment, comedy, music, and beyond.
After Midnight
Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the setting of an hourlong series that is shot in front of an audience at the club. Each episode features routines by several comics -- a list that has included such names as David Alan Grier, Gilbert Gottfried and Artie Lange -- in what the network says is an unedited and uncensored format. In addition to the big names of the field who take the Gotham stage, the show also features up-and-comers who want to make a name for themselves in the stand-up comedy business.
Gotham Comedy Live
Kelsey got divorced one week before the pandemic. Perfect timing. So while her friends used the time to get sober or get fit, Kelsey spent the pandemic getting used to divorced life. Hear about it in her hilarious new hour, The Hustler.
Kelsey Cook: The Hustler
A comedian shares hilarious takes on dating an older guy, health care adventures, family challenges, and life changes after relocating to Minnesota with her fellow comic boyfriend.