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 is now one
of the warm-up people for the Nate Berkus Show,
shooting in NYC airing on CBS. And she just taped
a debate for the new TV show The Debaters, which
will air on CBC this spring.
Kristeen
just taped her 3rd Just
for Laughs Gala in Montreal
this past summer! Kristeen recently appeared on the SHOWTIME
stand-up comedy show Comedy Without Borders and has
also been seen on Premium Blend on Comedy Central.
Kristeen taped her second highly-rated Comedy
NOW! special for CTV and The Comedy Network. Other
notable appearances include: The Debaters on CBC Radio,
Video on Trial on Much Music, March of Dames
Festival 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. She continues to headline Yuk Yuk's
clubs across Canada.
Kristeen was the head
writer on the CBC show Test the Nation.
She also wrote 2009, 2010 and 2011 Canada’s Walk of Fame and the
2008 and 2009 Juno Awards and on the 2011 Gemini
Awards. 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 in CBC's, SketchCom with troupe, Pale By Comparison.
She has won
3 Canadian Comedy Awards - Best
Female Stand-up, Best
Comedic Play and Best
writing for a TV special. This year she is once again
nominated for Best Female Stand-up.
Kristeen now makes her home in NYC.
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