Known For: American comedian and actress
Category: Actresses
Occupation: comedian, stand-up comedian, television actor, screenwriter, film actor, voice actor, actor, film director
Country: United States of America
City: Oakland
Date of Birth: Monday, 20 February 1978
Language English
Chelsea Peretti is an American comedian and actress. She is best known for portraying Gina Linetti in the comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She wrote for various TV series, including Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live and Kroll Show.
BirthPlace | Oakland |
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Spouses | Jordan Peele |
Website | https://www.chelseaperetti.com/ |
Wikipedia | Chelsea_Peretti |
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Peretti was born on February 20, 1978, in Oakland, California, to Amanda Cherkin, a schoolteacher, and Gene Peretti, a criminal defense lawyer and painter. Her father is of Italian and English descent, and her mother is Jewish. Her step-mother was African-American. She was raised in Oakland. She has an older brother, internet entrepreneur Jonah Peretti, co-founder of BuzzFeed and The Huffington Post. Chelsea Peretti attended The College Preparatory School in Oakland. She moved to New York City in 1996 to attend Barnard College of Columbia University, during which time (in her junior year) she took a study year abroad to Royal Holloway, University of London. She graduated in 2000. She attended elementary school with her Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-star Andy Samberg and junior high school with comedian Moshe Kasher.