FORTUNE
FEIMSTER

Fortune Feimster is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor. Drawing on stories and observations from her life, she has built a career across live comedy, television and film. Her relaxed delivery makes room for both the detail of a personal story and the pace of an ensemble comedy.

Feimster studied improvisation and sketch comedy with the Groundlings, then became known to television viewers through Chelsea Lately. The experience of writing and performing helped establish a comic voice that could work in short exchanges as well as longer stories.

She became a series regular on The Mindy Project, playing Colette. Working within a continuing ensemble gave her comedy a relationship to characters audiences could follow over time, rather than a single stand-up set.

Her Netflix stand-up special Sweet & Salty (2020) draws on her Southern upbringing and personal experiences. Later specials include Good Fortune and Crushing It. In each, the storytelling format gives her time to build a situation before revealing what makes it funny.

In Netflix’s action-comedy FUBAR, Feimster appears alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. She also voices Nibbles in Disney’s Zootopia 2 (2025). The roles carry her comic timing into different settings, from a live-action ensemble to animation.