Debra DiGiovanni

Debra DiGiovanni (born March 21, 1972) is a Canadian stand-up comedian originally from Tillsonburg, Ontario. She is a frequent guest on the CBC Radio program The Debaters, for which she earned a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for writing. Her previous work includes being a regular contributor to Much's Video on Trial series and its spinoff Stars on Trial, as well as a permanent panellist on The Comedy Network's Canadian revival of Match Game.

DiGiovanni was born in Pointe-Claire, Quebec. She is of Italian descent, was raised in a big Italian family, and has a fraternal twin sister. Her comedy career began at the age of 27 with the help of Humber College's inaugural Comedy Writing and Performance course in 1999, and she credits Carol Burnett and Laverne & Shirley as some of her inspirations. In 2002, she won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Stand-up Newcomer, and she went on to win the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Stand Up in 2007, 2009 and 2011.

In 2007, she appeared in the fifth season of Last Comic Standing, placing 8th. She performed on Conan in 2018, and her comedy album Lady Jazz received a Juno Award nomination for Comedy Album of the Year in 2019. In 2025, she performed on The Tonight Show hosted by Jimmy Fallon and won the Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2025 for her album Honourable Intentions.