BRIANNA LEE
Actor | Writer | Comedian
ABOUT
Brianna Lee is a NYC based actor, writer & comedian. She has written, produced, and performed in dozens of comedy projects.
Brianna studied and completed improv training in NYC at the Upright Citizens Brigade training center. She's performed as a company member of both Gotham City Improv's improv team "Yes In The City", and the company's house sketch team. She's performed with the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble (IRTE) in the 2014 performance of "League of Extraordinary Blondes", and in five other shows during their 2015 and 2016 season ("Big Rich & Powerful", "DIG", "Happy Birthday Stupid Kid!", "The Sense-ations", and "The Experiment").
In October 2017, Brianna performed in "A Sketch of New York" comedy show, and filmed several comedy shorts and web series in NYC.
Her sketch comedy groups include:
- CityOnFilm (2004 - PRESENT; digital shorts, music videos, and the feature length film ‘SEAN’)
-Wrong Island Pictures (2015 - 2017; ft. Joe Berlangero)
- CyberGirls (since 2019) - IG @cybergirlsofficial
-full web series Quarantine House
- Brianna and comedian Bill Berg performed as two-person improv team BB guns all over NYC in 2016 & 2017.
In 2018, Brianna co-wrote and starred in two comedy shorts called The Professional and The Bungalow .The Professional was accepted into the 14th Annual LA Indie Film Festival in February 2019, and won the award for Best of The Fest: Short Short!The Professional was an official selection and screened in the following film festivals:
-The Webisode Film Festival in Houston, Texas
- Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival 2019, Los Angeles
- Hollyshorts Film Festival, Los Angeles
- LA Lift Off Film Festival, Los Angeles
- AwesomeCon Film Festival, 2020, Washington DC
The Bungalow was an official selection at the Die Laughing Film Festival 2019, Los Angeles, CA.
Brianna's film OLD FRIENDS was an official selection in the following film festivals:
- The Lift Off Sessions FF 2020, Global
- LA Indie Film Festival, Los Angeles 2020
- Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival, Los Angeles 2020
After relocating to LA, Brianna performed as a company member for the LA Connections Comedy Theater in Burbank. In June 2018, Brianna and select group of improvisers from LAC taught reality TV star Andy Milonakis how to improvise in a live televised event on TwitchTV- watch here!
In March of 2019, Brianna created a new long-form improv structure called "The TUPAC". Her indie team COACH performed The Tupac at comedy venues all over Los Angeles.
During the pandemic, Brianna wrote and created several comedy sketches. A few include: OLD FRIENDS, Quarantine Zone, Eye of the Beholder, Quarantine Zone, To Serve Man, Under The Old Oak Tree, Everything's Great.
She has several upcoming projects in different stages of production and development in 2023, so stay tuned.
From "Gotham City Knights", comedy sketch show
