Kristeen
von Hagen
has been hailed as one of the Top 30 Power Women in
Canada by Elle Magazine alongside such
entertainers as Avril Lavigne, Sarah Polley, and Wrestling
Diva Trish Stratus.
Kristeen
just taped a set for the new SHOWTIME
stand up comedy show Comedy Without Borders
in Los Angeles – due to air September 2008. Kristeen
has also been seen on Premium Blend, on Comedy
Central.
Kristeen
has appeared in TWO of Montreal's Just For Laughs
Festival TV galas. She has recently taped her
second highly-rated Comedy NOW! episode
on CTV and The Comedy Network, and
other notable appearances include: The Debaters on
CBC Radio, Video on Trial on Much Music,
March of Dames Festival (all-women comedy fest) and
Cream of Comedy on The Comedy Network.
Kristeen
has just finished a successful cross-Canada theatre
tour with Debra DiGiovanni and Laurie Elliott called
Girls Night Out . She has recently
been opening for Russell Peters in Canada and the US.
She has also toured Canada with Puppetry of
the Penis; not as the main attraction, of course,
but she was a fantastic fluffer.
Kristeen wrote on the 2008 Junos Awards,
is a writer on CBC's Test the Nation She was also a
creator and staff writer of The Toronto Show on Toronto
1, as well as a writer for the third season
of Global TV's, Train 48 . She has also written for
CBC's, This Hour Has 22 Minutes .
Kristeen excels at sketch as well; she wrote & performed
on the last season of Comedy INC on CTV
and the Comedy Network and in CBC's,
SketchCom with troupe, Pale By Comparison.
She
has won three Canadian Comedy
Awards - Best Female Stand-up, Best Comedic
Play and Best writing for a TV special.
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