Sandra Bernhard Complete Bio

Sandra Bernhard is a trailblazing American performer—actress, singer, comedian, and author—whose career spans five decades and continues to shape culture across comedy, film, television, and live performance.

In 2026, Bernhard appears in the Oscar-nominated A24 feature Marty Supreme opposite Timothée Chalamet, directed by Josh Safdie, and joins Season 4 of HBO’s The White Lotus, filming this spring. She also graces the March 2026 cover of Town & Country here. Recent television highlights include Season Two of Apple TV+’s critically acclaimed Severance, a guest judge turn on RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV), Netflix’s Survival of the Thickest opposite Michelle Buteau, and Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians, where she starred as one of the Gray Sisters alongside Margaret Cho and Kristen Schaal.

In 2024, Bernhard appeared in the Netflix documentary Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution and CBS’s So Help Me Todd, following her work in FX’s American Horror Story: NYC. She was also a series regular on FX’s Emmy-winning Pose, reprising her acclaimed role as Nurse Judy Kubrak, and made a memorable guest appearance on American Horror Story: Apocalypse.

A pioneer of the modern one-woman show, Bernhard’s live performances fuse stand-up, cabaret, rock-and-roll, and social commentary. She was named one of Comedy Central’s “100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time” and delivered a standout set for Netflix Is a Joke’s Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration. In December 2026, she marks the 20th anniversary of her iconic annual holiday residency at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Notable stage works include Without You I’m Nothing, I’m Still Here… Damn It!, Everything Bad and Beautiful, and #blessed.

Her film credits include Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy opposite Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis—earning her the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress—along with Track 29, Hudson Hawk, Dinner Rush, and the performance film Without You I’m Nothing. Television credits include Roseanne, The Larry Sanders Show, The Sopranos, Will & Grace, The New Adventures of Old Christine, You’re the Worst, Difficult People, Broad City, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Two Broke Girls. She made nearly 30 guest appearances on Late Night with David Letterman.

Bernhard has released three music albums—I’m Your Woman, Excuses for Bad Behavior, and Whatever It Takes—and authored three books: May I Kiss You on the Lips, Miss Sandra?, Confessions of a Pretty Lady, and Love, Love and Love. She is currently in her 10th year hosting the weekly SiriusXM Radio Andy show Sandyland, for which she received a Gracie Award.

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