Sandra Bernhard

A successful performer, actress, singer, and author for five decades, Sandra Bernhard continues her reign in 2025, appearing in season two of the Emmy-nominated AppleTV+ series Severance, in the forthcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians (premiering December 10 on Disney+) and in the A24 feature film, Marty Supreme alongside Timothée Chalamet [directed by Josh Safdie and opening Christmas Day]. She recently starred as a guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV), appeared in season two of both Survival of the Thickest (Netflix) opposite Michelle Buteau and also starred in the Page Hurwitz Netflix documentary film, Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution. 

Past television credits include Ryan Murphy’s series American Horror Story and the Emmy Award winning POSE, Broad City, Difficult People, 2 Broke Girls, Brooklyn 99, You’re the Worst, Will & Grace, The Sopranos, and Roseanne. Bernhard’s most notable film credit in Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy opposite Robert De Niro, won her Best Supporting Actress by the National Society of Film Critics. Her other films include Track 29, Hudson Hawk, Dinner Rush, In Bed With Madonna and the live performance film Without You I'm Nothing.

Bernhard gained attention in the late ‘70s with her stand-up comedy and continues today with live stage performances throughout the U.S. and overseas. A pioneer of the one-woman show, Bernhard brings a completely unique and raucous mix of cabaret, stand-up, rock-n-roll, and social commentary.

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Music albums include I'm Your Woman (Polygram, 1986), Excuses for Bad Behavior (Epic, 1994) and the world music album Whatever It Takes (Mi5, 2009). She has written 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 tenth year hosting her weekly radio show “Sandyland” on SiriusXM, for which she won a broadcasting Gracie Award.