Jade Catta-Preta

Jade Catta-Preta (born 19 February 1984) is a Brazilian stand-up comedian and actress. She was the host of the 2020 revival of The Soup, and she has hosted Hotties on Hulu since 2022. Her first stand-up special, jaded., was released in 2022.

Early life

Jade Catta-Preta was born in São Paulo on February 19, 1984, to Suely Moreira and Fernando Catta Preta. She has one older sister, Bianca. Catta-Preta credits her father with exposing her to comedy from a young age.

Career

While in college, Catta-Preta began acting and hosted the show Secret Lives. She moved to Los Angeles to further her acting career, working as a bartender before trying comedy. The show features jokes lampooning clips from talk shows and reality television, and Catta-Preta said the revival would be more inclusive and the jokes would be "more self-deprecating than ever just because I am a fan of this stuff". She worked in the writers' room every day on the show and picked the showrunner.

Since 2022, Catta-Preta has hosted Hotties on Hulu. The show is a blind date food competition where the contestants eat extremely spicy foods.

Catta-Preta released her first stand-up special, jaded., in 2022. The special was filmed at the Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia and released on YouTube by Helium Comedy Studios.

Personal life

Catta-Preta is bisexual.

Her biggest comedy influences include Sarah Silverman, Lily Tomlin, Andrew Dice Clay, Ellen DeGeneres, and Bill Burr.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stand-up