Caroline Rhea

Caroline Rhea Profile

Caroline Rhea, stand-up comedian and actress began her career in 1989 when she moved from Montreal to New York to study in the stand-up program at the New School of Social Research. She trained at the comedy club, Catch a Rising Star, and then began booking gigs at some of New York’s venerable clubs. Caroline went on to make appearances on MTV’s Half-Hour Comedy Hour, Comic Strip Live and Caroline’s Comedy Hour. For the last 20 years she has performed to sold-out audiences in top comedy clubs all over the United States and Canada.

Caroline’s film credits include The Perfect Man, Man on the Moon, Christmas with the Kranks and Ready to Rumble. Her television career began with a starring role on The WB’s sitcom, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. From there she hosted The Caroline Rhea Show and The Biggest Loser, and she was a regular guest on Hollywood Squares. Caroline has also appeared on The Drew Carey Show; the TV movie, Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire; Pride and Joy; Pulp Comic; Comic Relief 8; HBO’s One Night Stand and the pilot episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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  Corporate Comedian, Actress

  Caroline Rhea, stand-up comedian and actress, brings a fresh, smart and spontaneous approach to all of her work.

  In 1989, Caroline ventured to New York to start her career in stand-up comedy. She studied in the stand-up program at the New School of Social Research and trained at the comedy club, Catch a Rising Star. With nightly gigs at New York′s venerable clubs, Caroline′s status quickly grew and she became an integral part of the city′s comedy scene. Her career was further boosted by numerous appearances on MTV′s Half-Hour Comedy Hour, Comic Strip Live and Caroline′s Comedy Hour. For the last seventeen years, Caroline has continued to perform to sold-out audiences in top comedy clubs all over the country and in Canada.

  Her feature credits include, The Perfect Man, with Heather Locklear, a supporting role in Man on the Moon, the story of the late comedian
  Andy Kaufman, co-starring Jim Carrey, Christmas With the Kranks, opposite Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, and the wrestling film, Ready to Rumble, opposite Oliver Platt, David Arquette and Scott Caan. Caroline′s television career has taken off since she first starred as Aunt Hilda on The WB′s sitcom Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.

  Other credits include; host of The Caroline Rhea Show, regular guest on Whoopi Goldberg′s Hollywood Squares, Drew′s girlfriend on The Drew Carey Show, the made for television movie Mom′s Got a Date with a Vampire, Pride and Joy on NBC, Host of NBC′s The Biggest Loser, Comedy Central′s Pulp Comic, Comic Relief 8 and HBO′s One Night Stand. She also appeared in the pilot of HBO′s Curb Your Enthusiasm, written by Larry David.

  A Montreal native, Caroline currently resides in New York and Los Angeles.