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Mitra Jouhari
An image of Mitra Jouhari, who has curly brown hair that is half up and half down. She is wearing large square eyeglasses and looking directly at the camera. She has olive skin and light green eyes.
Jouhari in 2018
Born (1993-01-18) January 18, 1993 (age 30)
NationalityAmerican
EducationOhio State University
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Comedian
  • Actress
Years active2015-present
Notable workThree Busy Debras

Mitra Jouhari is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for starring in the television series Three Busy Debras, based on the sketch comedy group she co-founded. Jouhari has written for the television series Big Mouth, High Maintenance, and Miracle Workers.[1][2]

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Three Busy Debras

Three Busy Debras

Three Busy Debras is an American surreal comedy television series created, written by, and starring Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha, and Mitra Jouhari. It premiered on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim on March 30, 2020 and ended on May 23, 2022, with a total of 16 episodes over the course of two seasons.

Big Mouth (American TV series)

Big Mouth (American TV series)

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High Maintenance

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Early life and education

Jouhari was raised in West Chester, Ohio and is Iranian-American.[3][4] She was a fan of comedy from childhood and considers the television shows The Daily Show and M*A*S*H pivotal to developing her interest.[2]

She attended Lakota West High School, graduating in 2011. Jouhari attended college at Ohio State University and began to perform improv comedy as a member of 8th Floor Improv, as well as writing for the Sundial Humor Magazine.[5][6] After taking internships at the TV shows The Daily Show and Late Night, she moved to New York City without graduating to pursue a career in comedy.[2]

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West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio

West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio

West Chester Township is one of the thirteen townships of Butler County, Ohio, United States, located in the southeastern corner of the county. It is the most populous township in Ohio, with a population of 65,242 at the 2020 census. Situated between Sharonville and Liberty Township, West Chester is about 18 miles (29 km) north of Cincinnati and is included in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. Exits 19, 21 and 22 off Interstate 75 serve West Chester.

Ohio

Ohio

Ohio, officially the State of Ohio is a state in the Midwestern United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area. With a population of nearly 11.8 million, Ohio is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated state. Its capital and largest city is Columbus, with the Columbus metro area, Greater Cincinnati, and Greater Cleveland being the largest metropolitan areas. Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Ohio is nicknamed the "Buckeye State" after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes". Its state flag is the only non-rectangular flag of all the U.S. states.

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

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M*A*S*H (TV series)

M*A*S*H (TV series)

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Ohio State University

Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, Ohio State was founded in 1870 as the state's land-grant university and the ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862. Ohio State was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College and focused on various agricultural and mechanical disciplines, but it developed into a comprehensive university under the direction of then-Governor and later U.S. president Rutherford B. Hayes, and in 1878, the Ohio General Assembly passed a law changing the name to "the Ohio State University" and broadening the scope of the university. Admission standards tightened and became greatly more selective throughout the 2000s and 2010s.

Improvisational theatre

Improvisational theatre

Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted, created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, action, story, and characters are created collaboratively by the players as the improvisation unfolds in present time, without use of an already prepared, written script.

Sundial Humor Magazine

Sundial Humor Magazine

The Sundial Humor Magazine is an independent humor magazine in Columbus, Ohio by students at Ohio State University. Founded in 1911, it is one of the oldest college humor magazines in the country.

Career

She contributes writing to the website The Reductress, and has written for the television series High Maintenance, Miracle Workers, and Big Mouth.[5] Jouhari's writing for The President Show was nominated for a 2017 Writers Guild of America award.[2]

In 2015, Jouhari co-founded the sketch comedy trio Three Busy Debras alongside Sandy Honig and Alyssa Stonoha.[7][5] They performed weekly at The Annoyance in Brooklyn, typically to a sold-out audience.[8] The trio later moved to Los Angeles to develop the show for television.[8] A live action comedy series of the same name was picked up by Adult Swim on May 7, 2019. Jouhari, Honig, and Stonoha star in and executive produce Three Busy Debras, which is about the "surreal day-to-day lives of three deranged housewives, all named Debra, in their affluent suburban town of Lemoncurd, Connecticut."[9] The series premiered on March 29, 2020.[10]

In 2015, Jouhari and Catherine Cohen, later joined by Patti Harrison, started co-hosting It's A Guy Thing, a monthly show in Brooklyn.[11]

Jouhari co-hosts podcast Urgent Care with Joel Kim Booster + Mitra Jouhari with comedian Joel Kim Booster under Earwolf.[12]

In 2022, Jouhari guest-starred in an episode of Abbott Elementary, where she played an art teacher named Sahar.[13]

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Miracle Workers (2019 TV series)

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Big Mouth (American TV series)

Big Mouth (American TV series)

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The President Show

The President Show

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Writers Guild of America

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Three Busy Debras

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Three Busy Debras is an American surreal comedy television series created, written by, and starring Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha, and Mitra Jouhari. It premiered on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim on March 30, 2020 and ended on May 23, 2022, with a total of 16 episodes over the course of two seasons.

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Personal life

Jouhari resides in Los Angeles.[14] She is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2017 The Big Sick Yazmin

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015–2018 The Special Without Brett Davis Various roles 4 episodes
2016 Above Average Presents Cindi Episode: "When You Find Out Your Boyfriend Is Short"
2016 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Mitra Episode: "Full Frontal Election Documentary"
2017 Friends from College Kristen 2 episodes
2017 Broad City Greeter Episode: "Twaining Day"
2019 High Maintenance Mitra Episode: "Proxy"
2019, 2021 Miracle Workers Various 2 episodes
2020 Search Party Laney
2020–2021 Big Mouth Sorority Girl #1 (voice) 4 episodes; also writer and story editor
2020–2022 Three Busy Debras Debra 16 episodes; also writer and creator
2021 Ten Year Old Tom Nurse Denise (voice) 6 episodes
2022 Abbott Elementary Sahar Episode: "Art Teacher"
2022 Human Resources Waiter (voice) Episode: "International Creature Convention"; also writer
2023 History of the World, Part II Various 3 episodes
2023 Digman! Saltine (voice)
2023 Clone High Cleopatra (voice) Replacing Christa Miller

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Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

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Friends from College

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Friends from College is an American comedy television series created by Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller. The series was greenlit for Netflix as an original on March 11, 2016. The first season consists of eight half-hour episodes, and premiered on Netflix on July 14, 2017. On August 21, 2017, Netflix renewed the series for a second season of eight episodes, which was released on January 11, 2019. The series was canceled on February 18, 2019.

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High Maintenance

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Big Mouth (American TV series)

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Big Mouth is an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett for Netflix. The series centers on teens based on Kroll and Goldberg's upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional younger self. Big Mouth explores puberty while embracing an openness about the human body and sex.

Abbott Elementary

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History of the World, Part II

History of the World, Part II

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Digman!

Digman!

Digman! is an American animated sitcom created by Neil Campbell and Andy Samberg. Samberg stars in the titular role as a celebrity archaeologist along with Tim Robinson, Tim Meadows, Melissa Fumero, Guz Khan, Mitra Jouhari, and Dale Soules. The series premiered on March 22, 2023 on Comedy Central.

Clone High

Clone High

Clone High is an adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Bill Lawrence. The series centers on a high school populated by the clones of well-known historical figures. The central cast includes adolescent depictions of Abe Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Gandhi, Cleopatra, and JFK. The series also serves as a parody of teen dramas such as Dawson's Creek and Beverly Hills, 90210; every episode is introduced as a "very special episode".

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

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Christa Miller

Christa Miller

Christa Beatrice Miller is an American actress and model who has achieved success in television comedy. Her foremost roles include Kate O'Brien on The Drew Carey Show and Jordan Sullivan on Scrubs. She has also appeared in Seinfeld, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and CSI: Miami. From 2009 to 2015, she starred in the TBS sitcom Cougar Town.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Results Ref.
2018 Writers Guild of America Awards Comedy/Variety Sketch Series The President Show Nominated [16]
2023 Short Form New Media Three Busy Debras Won [17]

Source: "Mitra Jouhari", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 25th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitra_Jouhari.

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  10. ^ Erbland, Kate (2020-03-30). "'Three Busy Debras' Review: Bite-Sized Absurdist Comedy Upends Suburban Boredom, but It Needs More Zing". IndieWire. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  11. ^ Riedy, Jack (18 January 2019). "The three hilarious women of It's a Guy Thing bring their act to the Tomorrow Never Knows festival". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  12. ^ "Urgent Care with Joel Kim Booster and Mitra Jouhari". Earwolf.com. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  13. ^ "Abbott Elementary IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  14. ^ "Mitra Jouhari". Junior High. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  15. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/sarahsquirm/status/1306675146564931584. Retrieved 2022-09-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ Variety Staff (2018-02-12). "WGA Awards: The Complete Winners List". Variety. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  17. ^ "2023 Writers Guild Awards Winners & Nominees". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
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