Janine Ditullio is an American comedy writer, voice actress, and stand-up comedian. She has been nominated for six

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and won two

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for her writing on ''

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'' .

Career

As a stand-up comedian from Massachusetts, Ditullio has performed in the Boston area, including at the Catch a Rising Star club, several Boston First Night events, the Comedy Studio, and a fundraiser with

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, and

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for the

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League of Massachusetts. In New York City, she twice performed at the King Sized Laundromat and Dry Cleaners during Spin Cycle Comedy evenings in the late 1990s. In 1994, Ditullio joined ''

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'' as a writer, and in 1995, then became a writer for ''

''. She was the first woman hired as a writer at each show. She was a writer at ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' until 2001, and part of the team that wrote the nightly monologue. She also wrote for ''

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'' from May through November 2010. She was also the voice of Paula Small in the animated series ''

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'', replacing the original voice actress,

. She played a scientist who stabs monkeys on the

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. In 2012, she joined ''

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'' as the writing director. Ditullio wrote the ''

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'' episode "Dethmas" with show creator

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, along with several other scripts for seasons three and four of the series. Both Ditullio and her writing partner Kelly Kimball served as co-executive producers on the short lived ABC series ''

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'' starring

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. Ditullio is also the founder of Chirpbug, an interactive online technology.

Awards and honors

Filmography

References

External links

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