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Deb Hiett has appeared on TV's "The Good Place," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Veep," "Documentary Now!," "Baskets," "Arrested Development," "Parks and Recreation," "The Office," and many other shows. Films include "Barbie" directed by Greta Gerwig, "Bombshell" directed by Jay Roach, "Booksmart" directed by Olivia Wilde, and "Unicorn Store" directed by Brie Larson. She moved to Los Angeles after years of living in New York City, where she performed in the band "Orson Welk" and such diverse Off-Broadway shows as "Henry V," "Crimes of the Heart," "Whisky Down," and the European tour of "West Side Story." Regional and L.A. theater credits include "Little Shop of Horrors," "All My Sons," "The Pajama Game," "All in the Timing," "Sweet Charity," "Power in the Blood," and "Holiday."
"Gratitude Jar Time Capsule," co-written by and co-starring Deb, won "Best Comedy Television Pilot" in the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival 2020. "Open House," the short film Deb wrote, produced, and starred in, won Los Angeles Film Festival/FunnyorDie's "Make 'Em LAFF" Showcase, Best Comedy Short at the Women in Comedy Festival Film Night, and Best Video Short at iOWest's Funny Women LA Festival. She also co-wrote and co-starred in the short comedy film "A Bit of Counseling" which won the Audience Choice Awards at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, the L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival, the Over the Fence Short Film Festival(Australia), and the Ojai Film Festival. Her original one-woman show, "Tattoo Expo and Accordion Show" premiered in L.A.'s Second City theater, and her sketch comedy show (co-written with Richard Kuhlman), "Deb and Rick on a Stick" ran for four weeks in the same venue.
Deb was a frequent panelist on the NPR comedy/quiz podcast "Says You." She graduated from New York University (Gallatin) with a B.A. in Writing and Philosophy. She writes plays, musicals, monologues, and screenplays, and her hit humor book about the great college football rivalry "When Mommy Loves Bama and Daddy Loves Auburn" is available on Amazon.
Deb is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors' Equity, The Playwrights Union, and the Dramatist's Guild.
