Shelby Fero

American writer and comedian

Shelby Fero

Fero in 2012

Birth name| Shelby Ann Fero
Born|  (1993-10-27) October 27, 1993 (age 30)
Santa Clara, California, United States
Medium| Stand up, television, video, Twitter
Education| USC School of Cinematic Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
Years active| 2010–present[1]
Genres| Observational comedy
Subject(s)| gender dynamics, female stereotypes, everyday life
Notable works and roles| Other Space
Money from Strangers
@midnight
Chozen
Robot Chicken

Shelby Ann Fero (born October 27, 1993) is an American writer and comedian.

## Early life

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Fero was born at Stanford Hospital on October 27, 1993.[2] After graduating from Menlo-Atherton High School, she attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts before leaving to pursue a career in comedy.[3]

## Career

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Shelby Fero is an American comedian best known for her popular tweets.[4][5] She has written for Cracked[1] and HelloGiggles.[6] Fero has done stand-up at Magic Bag (Eliza Skinner's and DC Pierson's stand-up showcase in Los Angeles).[6][7] She appeared on a live version of WTF with Marc Maron, and have been a panelist several times on National Public Radio's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me show. She played Denise (mispronounced as Dee-nice) in Key & Peele's viral "Substitute Teacher" sketch.[8] In 2016, she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program.[9]

## Filmography

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### Film

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* 2013 Froyo Robbery (Short)
* 2014 DeAndre Jordan's Amazing Charles Barkley Impression (Short)
* 2014 The Live Read of Space Jam with Blake Griffin (Short)

### Television

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* Other Space
* Money from Strangers
* @midnight
* Chozen
* Robot Chicken
* Brad Neely's Harg Nallin Sclopio Peepio
* Disney's 3x5 Live
* Idiotest Season 3, episode 18 (2016)
* Loiter Squad Season 3

## See also

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* List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes (2016)
* List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes (2014)
* Hey Girl (TV series)
* List of WTF with Marc Maron episodes

## References

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1. ^ a b Fero, Shelby. "Fero". cracked.com. "Member Since: January 17th, 2010 08:53 pm"
2. ^ "Shelby Ann Fero, Born 10/27/1993 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
3. ^ LAWS, WILL (March 9, 2014). "Shelby Fero: The young 'Chozen' one". Daily Trojan. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
4. ^ Maeby, Liana (July 8, 2013). "10 hilarious tweets from comedian Shelby Fero". HitFix, Inc. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
5. ^ "Twitter 140 2014: Shelby Fero". TIME. 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
6. ^ a b Kroeger, Jake (November 9, 2011). "Who is Shelby Fero?". The Laughspin. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
7. ^ Magic Bag show, Hosted by Eliza Skinner and DC Pierson,
at SModcastle, 6468 Santa Monica, Hollywood, CA;
later at Underground Annex, 1314 Wilton Pl, Los Angeles, CA;
later at Little Modern Theater, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
8. ^ ""Key and Peele" Episode #2.4 (TV Episode 2012) - IMDb". IMDb.
9. ^ "Outstanding Short Form Animated Program 2016". emmys.com. Retrieved September 15, 2016.

## External links

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* Shelby Fero on Twitter
* ShelbyFero's channel on YouTube
* Shelby Fero on Instagram
* Shelby Fero at IMDb