Rebecca Drysdale (born 1978 or 1979 in

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) is an American comedian and writer who was a member of the Second City Chicago E.T.C. cast. She won the 2005 Breakout Performer Award at the 2005 United States Comedy Arts Festival. She performed as part of the multi-arts group performance Synesthesia. She has written for sketch comedy shows such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2011, she made a video for the ''

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Personal life

Drysdale currently lives in Los Angeles; she is openly

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. She is the younger sister of comedy writer Eric Drysdale.

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