Annie McKnight's Biography

From New York City’s hottest comedy clubs to Chicago and all of California coastline from San Francisco to San Diego- McKnight’s extensive list of credits include the Apollo Comedy Hour, Bet’s Comic View, and the Tom Joyner Morning Show. She has hit the airwaves as a guest-host on L.A.’s Power 106 with Big Boy, and Lee Bailey’s Radio Scope.

Annie recently performed in the Big Black Comedy Show, and in Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues directed by Penny Marshall, and opened for Martin Lawrence, appeared on the Tonight Show, and Bet’s sketch comedy show The Way We Do It!

The unforgettable Annie McKnight is so funny she took home 10,000.00 dollars as the first place winner on America’s Funniest People. Rapidly becoming internationally recognized, Annie has also toured South Korea, Japan and Panama.

This talented actress has among her film credits appearances in Crimes of the Heart starring Sissy Spacek and directed by Bruce Beresford, Two Degrees, and Hair Show produced by Jeff Flannagen and Magic Johnson.

Annie McKnight earned a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Theatre from Columbia College and appeared in several theatre productions including Macbeth, Purlie Victorious and Negritude.

“Annie McKnight is an exciting new talent with the rare ability to make you laugh or cry” says Actor-Director-Producer Bill Duke