Leah Rudick is a comedian currently living in Los Angeles by way of New York by way of Ohio. Most recently she filmed her first special with the streaming platform “Seed & Spark” at the Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles which is slated to be released at the end of the summer. She is the co-creator/co-star of the critically acclaimed web series Made To Order (madetoorderseries.com) which has been featured on Indie Wire, New York Observer, Flavorwire, and Decider to name a few and was listed as one of “6 Brilliant Web Series” by Marie Claire.
She began performing comedy in NYC in 2006 with her sketch duo Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting (Upright Citizens Brigade, Caroline's on Broadway, the People's Improv Theater). Festivals include: New York Sketchfest, Fringe Festival NYC, Los Angeles Comedy Festival, Charleston Comedy Festival, Ladies Are Funny Festival, East to Edinburgh at 59E59, Capital Fringe Festival in DC, Women in Comedy Festival, FRIGID New York and Out of Bounds. Her duo has been critics picks in Time Out New York, Washington Post, and Charleston City Paper and they have been highlighted in WNYC Culture Blog, Heeb Magazine, Pomp & Circumstance, and Pluck Magazine. They were named as one of the twenty-five funny people that should have their own television show by Complex Magazine.
Some favorite film credits include “Chemical Cut” (Official selection of Slamdance Film Fest), “Jammed” (Runaway Bandit Productions), “Prayer To a Vengeful God” (Insurgent Pictures) and “Cut to Black” (Insurgent Pictures). She is a regular performer on the webby-winning channel The Key of Awesome. She can be seen as Isabel on the HBO hit High Maintenance.
She also recently co-starred and co-wrote the Indie feature “Sweet Parents”, which premiered this summer at the Brooklyn International Film Festival and won the “Best Brooklyn Film” award, followed by a stint at the Lower East Side Film Festival where it took home the “LESFF Neighborhood Award.”
Currently, she co-hosts the monthly comedy show The Reunion at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood and performs stand up around the city at venues such as The Comedy Store, Flappers, HaHa Cafe, and UCBT.