Jessimae Peluso is a stand-up comedian, writer, performer, TV and podcast host whose work blends raw comedy with emotional depth. Known for her breakout role on MTV’s Girl Code and hosting Netflix’s Tattoo Redo and Surviving Paradise, Jessimae has spent nearly two decades turning personal pain into punchlines.

After losing both her parents—her father to Alzheimer’s and her mother shortly after—Jessimae became a fierce advocate for brain health and grief awareness. She now serves as an ambassador for Hilarity for Charity and the Alzheimer’s Association, using her platforms to bring visibility, funding, and humor to the conversation around loss.

She’s performed worldwide with the USO, bringing her high-energy, wildly relatable comedy to troops in Japan, Iraq, Poland, Norway, Bahrain, and Afghanistan. Her stand-up has been featured at Just For Laughs, New York Comedy Festival, and MoonTower, and she’s made multiple appearances on The Joe Rogan Experience, Chelsea Lately, Comedy Central’s @Midnight, David Spade’s Lights Out, and more.

Her new podcast, Dying Laughing with Jessimae, debuted with her favorite person ever, John Stamos as the first guest! The show explores grief and loss—with just enough inappropriate jokes to make you feel okay about crying.

Whether on stage, on air, or online, Jessimae brings her whole self: honest, hilarious, and here to remind us there’s light on the other side of loss.Syracuse native, Jessimae Peluso, appeared on MTV’s “Girl Code” and “Safe Word”, TBS’s “Deal With It”, NBC’s “Last Call w/Carson Daly”, E!’s “Chelsea Lately”, FOX’s “World’s Funniest Fails”, VH1’s “Hip Hop Squares”, AXS’ “Gotham Live”, TruTV’s “Comedy Knockout”, and multiple appearances on Comedy Central’s late great panel show, “@Midnight.

Jessimae, most known from MTV’s “Girl Code”, can be heard weekly hosting the Sharp Tongue and Highlarious podcasts. Both available on iTunes, Stitcher, Sound Cloud and Google Play. You can watch her LIVE every Wednesday on her Instagram and Facebook show “Weedsday”, sponsored by High Time. On “Weedsday”, Jessimae interacts with her fans by answering questions and raising awareness and donations for Alzheimer’s Disease, which her father was diagnosed with in late 2017.

Jessimae was featured in the Moontower Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, North Carolina Comedy & Arts Festival, and Just For Laughs and featured on Kevin Hart’s LOL Live network. She has contributed to Cosmopolitan Magazine, High Times Magazine, DOPE Magazine, Self Magazine, GQ.Com, Playboy.com, MadeMen.com, and was highlighted in Huffington Post as ‘one of the funniest comics to follow on Twitter’.