Speaker Biographies

Mary Gallagher

Very Funny Lady
Mary Gallagher, a Girl Next Door*, made her national late night television debut in 2018 on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She recently recorded her first live comedy album, filmed a Dry Bar comedy special and appeared in seasons one and two of Netflix’s Prank Encounters starring Gaten Matarazzo from Stranger Things, as well as season two of Amazon Prime’s Laugh After Dark.

Mary has also guest-starred on popular TV shows like Friends, NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, The West Wing, and David Spade’s TV show Fameless, on TruTV. Her film roles include starring in Flightplan with Jodie Foster and How Do You Know with Reese Witherspoon. She has appeared at various comedy festivals such as New York and Burbank, Comedy Central’s Laugh Riots, Laughfest, and Big Pines. Mary is also an accomplished host, having co-hosted Kelsey Grammer’s World Cup Comedy, Game Show Network’s Faux Pause, and E! Entertainment’s The Short Show.

Originally from Wisconsin, Mary graduated from Chicago’s Second City and now lives in Los Angeles when not touring clubs, colleges and theaters.

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