Caroline Rhea Biography

Fast Facts

• Has supported charities including Dream Foundation and Rosie's Broadway Kids
• Studied in the stand-up program at the New School of Social Research and performed many of her first gigs at the Catch a Rising Star comedy club in New York
• Quote: "I find being on stage completely calming․ I always consider it a dinner party: I am bringing some ingredients and the audience brings the other part․ When it’s organically funny, it is very joy-inducing․"
• Quote: "Doing stand-up comedy is like doing therapy․ It's a great way to deal with everything․ It's like having your own talk show where there are no cameras, so you don't really have to worry․ You can say whatever you want on stage․"
• Many of her characters have been mothers or aunts to main characters
• Started her career as a standup comic, but eventually transitioned into scripted comedy roles such as Hilda Spellman on "Sabrina the Teenage Witch․"
• Returned to the upstate New York summer camp she'd frequented as a child as a Counselor, during which time she taught Drama