Chelsea Peretti

Chelsea Peretti (born February 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She portrayed Gina Linetti in the comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine and has written for various TV series, including Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live and Kroll Show.

Early life and education 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, 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.

Career

Writing Peretti has written for The Village Voice, Details, Playgirl, Jest, and American Theatre Magazine, as well as online publications including The Huffington Post.

Television After moving to Los Angeles, Peretti made appearances on programs such as Kroll Show, Louie, The Sarah Silverman Program, World's Dumbest..., and Tosh.0. She appeared as a guest correspondent on one episode of Lopez Tonight, interviewing local citizens about Prop 8.

Peretti is credited as a story editor on the fourth season of Parks and Recreation from 2011 to 2012.

From 2013 until 2019, Peretti was a series regular on NBC's detective/police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, playing Gina Linetti, until she announced her departure from the show in October 2018. Her departure episode was "Four Movements." She returned later in the season in a guest appearance, in "Return of the King," which premiered May 2, 2019. She also returned for the two-part finale.

In other media While in New York, Peretti made short films with Variety SHAC, a comedy troupe she formed in 2004 with Andrea Rosen, Heather Lawless, and Shonali Bhowmik.

In July 2010, Peretti made Variety magazine's "Ten Comics to Watch in 2010" list.

On April 21, 2020, Peretti released an EP titled Foam and Flotsam, a musical comedy concept album about coffee. She created the music in collaboration with Kool Kojak, and the songs feature guests Reggie Watts, Terry Crews, and Juliette Lewis. and "Oatmilk." Her music style is described as "whimsical yet depressive...[slamming] you into a wall and then [sliding] you up that wall and [releasing] you into a new galaxy."

Personal life Peretti began dating comedian and filmmaker Jordan Peele in 2013. They got engaged in November 2015. On April 26, 2016, Peretti announced that she and Peele had eloped. They have a son who was born on July 1, 2017.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Twisted Fortune Rachel 2011 Guy Talk Girl 2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Brunette CMZ Reporter 2018 Game Night Glenda 2019 Spinster Gaby 2020 The Photograph Sara Rodgers Friendsgiving Claire 2021 Sing 2 Suki Lane Voice 2023 Cora Bora Laurie First Time Female Director Sam Clifford Also director, writer, and producer TBA Cut Off TBA Post-production

Television

Brooklyn 99

Extended plays