Debra DiGiovanni Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Debra DiGiovanni is a Canadian stand-up comedian of Italian descent originally from Tillsonburg, Ontario.Her comedy career began with the help of Humber College's inaugural year of their Comedy Writing and Performance course, in 2000 and has since been nominated for the coveted Tim Sims Comedy Encouragement Award in 2002. In the same year she won the Canadian Comedy Award for the Best Stand-up Newcomer in Stand Up. In 2003, NOW magazine named her headline show as the 3rd Best of the Year. She taped her Comedy Now Special for CTV in the summer of 2004 and in 2005 was nominated for Best Female Stand up. 2005 was her first appearance Just For Laughs Festival where she was invited on a cross Canada tour opening for Russell Peters.Presently, she is a sought after headliner and accomplished voice performer. Debra can also be heard on CBC radio on The Debaters as well as being a favourite judge on the popular MuchMusic show Video on Trial and its spinoff Stars on Trial.She appeared in the fifth season of Last Comic Standing. By winning an audition in Montreal, she was selected to participate in a semifinal qualifying round in Hollywood, making it to the top 10 finalist. She participated in the show until she was eliminated and placed 8th.She hosted the 2007 Canadian New Media Awards and the 2007 Canadian Comedy Awards in 2007, she also won the Best Female Comedian at the Canadian Comedy Awards. In July 2008 she appeared on eTalk, interviewing contestants on the sixth season of Canadian Idol. She also hosted the Genie Awards alongside Sandra Oh and also hosted one night of the Gemini Awards in 2008. She recently completed two seasons of the Slice network's Plastic Makes Perfect. She is currently making regular appearances on The Comedy Network 2012 version Match Game.
Canadian Comedy Award for Live / Best Stand-Up Newcomer, Canadian Comedy Award for Live / Best Female Stand-Up
Music Groups
Boys Like Girls
Nominations
Gemini Award for Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series, Canadian Comedy Award for Live / Best Taped Live Performance, Canadian Comedy Award for Television / Best Writing - Television Program or Series, Canadian Comedy Award for Best Standup Comic, Canadian Comedy Award for Intern...
Movies
Unlucky
TV Shows
Video on Trial, Stars on Trial, The Toronto Show, Halifax Comedy Festival
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Fact
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Nominated for the prestigious Tim Sims Award in 2001.
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A popular Toronto stand-up comedienne.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cute Boy of the Week
2013-2014
TV Series 45 episodes
The Ha!ifax Comedy Fest
2009-2012
TV Series writer - 7 episodes
Debra Digiovanni: Single, Awkward, Female
2011
TV Special written by - as Debra Digiovanni
The Debaters
2011
TV Series contributing writer - 1 episode
CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival
2010
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Just for Laughs
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Live at Gotham
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Headlines on Trial
2006
TV Series 1 episode
Comedy Now!
2005
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cute Boy of the Week
2013-2014
TV Series executive producer - 45 episodes
Debra Digiovanni: Single, Awkward, Female
2011
TV Special executive producer - as Debra Digiovanni
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mr. D
2015
TV Series
Tiffany Callaghan
Sasquatch Sketch Comedy
2014
TV Series
Straight Man
2013
TV Series
Quaraline
Unlucky
2011
Jeanette
Jay's Movie Is a Piece of Shit
2010
Debra Pisani
The Latest Buzz
2010
TV Series
Female Judge on Make Me an Icon
Jimmy Two-Shoes
2009
TV Series
Princess Weavil
The Jane Show
2006
TV Series
Fourth Floor Staffer #1
Headlines on Trial
2006
TV Series
The Toronto Show
2003
TV Series
Deb the Receptionist
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Bachelorette Canada After Show
2016
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Night Time Show with Stephen Kramer Glickman
2016
TV Series
Herself
Just for Laughs: All-Access
2014-2015
TV Series
Herself
Cute Boy of the Week
2013-2014
TV Series
Herself - Cohost
Sleepover with Dan & Lauren
2014
TV Series
Herself
Gotham Comedy Live
2013
TV Series documentary
Herself - Comedian
Match Game
2012-2013
TV Series
Herself - Guest Panelist
StandUp in Stilettos
2012
TV Series
Herself - performer
The Hour
2011-2012
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Panelist
The Marilyn Denis Show
2011-2012
TV Series
Herself
The Ha!ifax Comedy Fest
2009-2012
TV Series
Herself - Comedian / Herself
Debra Digiovanni: Single, Awkward, Female
2011
TV Special
Herself - Comic
The 12th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards
2011
TV Special
Herself - Winner - Best Female Stand-up
The Queen's Toast: A Royal Wedding Special
2011
TV Movie
Herself
The Debaters
2011
TV Series
Herself - Performer
The 11th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards
2010
TV Special
Herself - Performer
Video on Trial
2005-2010
TV Series
Herself
CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival
2010
TV Series
Herself
CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival
2010
TV Special documentary
Herself - Comedian (as Deb DiGiovanni)
The 10th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards
2009
TV Special
Herself - Winner - Best Female Stand-up; Nominee - Best Taped Live TV Performance