Chloe Radcliffe (born November 16, 1990) is a NYC-based

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, actor, and writer.

Early life

Chloe grew up in Prior Lake,

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and went to college at

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. She helped build the Gustavus forensics team into one of the top programs in the nation while also being a five-time national finalist and winning two individual event national championships during her college careers. She was also a part of the LineUs Improv Comedy Troupe and school theater program. She was chosen as Commencement Speaker in 2012 and worked at

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HQ in

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before starting comedy. She moved to New York City in 2018.

Career

Radcliffe was named a TBS Comic To Watch at the New York Comedy Festival in 2017. and was a staff writer on

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in 2020. Radcliffe led

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’ recommendations for the 2024 New York Comedy Festival. She was named one of

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’s Comedians You Should And Will Know in 2024 and one of

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’s 15 Comedians Ready To Break Out In 2025. Chloe premiered her one-woman show CHEAT at the 2023

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, with reviews calling it, “Hilarious and sharply-crafted” (Deadline), “Worthy of the greats like Mike Birbiglia” (Chortle), and “A new take on an old topic, with hard-hitting punchlines” (The New York Times). In 2023 Chloe starred in Steven Soderbergh’s Command Z, and was nominated for a 2024 WGA award for her writing on the series. She has been seen on Comedy Central, Don’t Tell Comedy, and After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson. In 2025, she launched an interview series called In Tandem with Chloe Radcliffe, where she and another comedian ride a tandem bike together.

Personal life

Radcliffe is in a relationship with

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comedian Stuart Laws.https://dancushnie.substack.com/p/critics-wooed-by-the-new-stuart-laws

References

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