The Comedy Zone: Helen Hong

A fan favorite on the hit NPR podcast “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me,” Helen Hong is a beloved comedian and actor. You may have seen her guest star on the Coen brother’s film Llewyn Davis, “Jane the Virgin,” “Parks and Recreation” and “Pretty Little Liars.” She also plays recurring characters on HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” CBS’ “The Unicorn,” “The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia” and “Huge in France” on Netflix, Nickelodeon’s “The Thundermans,” “Blunt Talk “on Starz.

Her sharp wit and pulse on current events have regularly landed her on CNN, The Young Turks and “The Stephanie Miller Show.” She’s performed standup comedy on “The Arsenio Hall Show,” “Last Call with Carson Daly,” “Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen,” Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and for troops in the middle east and international audiences all over the world.