Sierra Katow
Cheerful self-deprecation hiding a filthy, tactical joke writer.
1 special · 2024
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Sierra Katow steps on stage with the bright, eager energy of a camp counselor, flashing a mischievous grin that disarms the room immediately. She paces with a loose posture, speaking in a conversational, upbeat rhythm. She will set up a premise with a wide smile, then casually drop a graphic punchline about her bedroom habits while pointing out her parents in the crowd. She doesn’t wait for applause breaks. She just keeps talking, letting the joke detonate in the middle of a sentence.
Specials
On stage
She has built a solid footprint in the LA club scene and the wider comedy circuit. While a lot of comics her age pivot to heavy, confessional theater shows, Katow stays strictly committed to the punchline. She wants laughs, not quiet nods of recognition.
She points the joke straight at her own physicality. She describes having a “comedy bod” and being permanently stuck in the “training bra phase of life” with total detachment, twisting self-deprecation into absurdity rather than self-pity. She takes what looks like a standard identity premise about being a petite Asian-American woman and finds a weird, specific angle, like calculating that her refusal to become a tech worker out of internalized racism cost her millions of dollars. The material occasionally wanders into familiar family dynamics, but she usually rescues the bit with a bizarre, left-field detail.
Her background feeds the act directly. She started doing standup at sixteen, which explains why she looks entirely unbothered if a room gets quiet. Her Harvard computer science degree isn’t treated as a credential, but as a deeply embarrassing, lucrative backup plan she abandoned to tell jokes in basements.
Turning points
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Youngest Comic on Last Comic Standing Season 9
Auditioning during her junior year at Harvard, Katow became the youngest comedian featured on Season 9 of NBC's Last Comic Standing.
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Release of Debut Comedy Special Funt
Katow released her debut hourlong standup special Funt via Comedy Dynamics and Amazon Prime after filming at the inaugural Comedy Dynamics Festival.
At a glance
Podcasts
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SCUSSION with SCLARQ + SKATOW · co-host
A comedy podcast hosted alongside fellow comedian and Harvard alumnus Sam Clark.
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Stay Podsitive with Sierra Katow · host
Katow interviews a different guest every week about their secrets to positive thinking.
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Top Chef Fantasy League · host
Also on screen
- 2021–2022
- The Sex Lives of College Girls
- Raya and the Last Dragon
- Distancing Socially
- The G Word with Adam Conover
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
A clip to start with
Sierra Katow - Dating a White Guy