Olka Szczęśniak

Aleksandra "Olka" Szczęśniak (born 15 July 1991 in Częstochowa) is a Polish stand-up comedian. Raised in Częstochowa, she graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Kraków University of Technology before pursuing comedy full time. She began performing stand-up in 2013 with the Comedy Lab group in Kraków, and later settled in Pruszcz Gdański, from where she tours regularly, appearing among other cities in Sosnowiec, Tczew and her native Częstochowa.

Szczęśniak established herself as one of the most prominent women in Polish stand-up, ranking second among the country's most popular female stand-up comedians in 2020 and, in a 2022 ranking, placing as the highest-rated female performer. In 2016 she recorded a 25-minute set for Netflix as part of the episode "The Best of: Rafał Rutkowski, Olka Szczęśniak," and in 2015 she appeared on the television talk show "Kuba Wojewódzki."

She has received multiple honours at the Złote Mikrofony (Golden Mics), the Polish stand-up awards, including the title of Stand-up Comedian of the Year and Breakthrough of the Year. She performs full-length solo programmes and maintains an official website (olkaszczesniak.pl) and YouTube channel dedicated to her stand-up.