Mary Beth Barone
About Mary Beth Barone
Mary Beth Barone, born May 28, 1991, is an American comedian and actress. As of 2025, she stars as Grace on Benito Skinner's Amazon Prime Video comedy series Overcompensating, for which she also writes, and co-hosts the Dear Media podcast Ride with Skinner. The two previously co-hosted the Spotify podcast Obsessed from 2021 to 2023. She became known for her live show Drag His Ass: A Fuckboy Treatment Program, which was created in 2019 and adapted into a Comedy Central web series in 2021.
Barone was raised in a Catholic family in Stamford, Connecticut, and has five older siblings. Her father worked as a surgeon and briefly performed as a stand-up comedian in New York City in the 1970s. She graduated from Westhill High School in Stamford and began studying English at Boston College but dropped out two years later, moving to Manhattan's Chinatown at age 20. While working at a start-up, she took improv classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade before doing stand-up during an all-women open mic in 2015, after which she decided to pursue comedy full-time.
Barone met Benito Skinner in 2019 and began hosting a monthly comedy show with him. In March 2021, she performed for the first time on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and in March 2024 she released her self-produced stand-up special, Thought Provoking, on YouTube. In 2025, she began starring in Skinner's series Overcompensating as Grace; Henry Chandonnet of The Daily Beast called her a "series standout," while Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times called her role "poignant" and "perhaps the show's most moving performance." In 2018, Time Out New York described her comedic style as "dark post-modernism," and Vulture described her as "the undisputed queen of hot girl comedy" in 2020. Barone is bisexual.
Videos (105)
Videos 25 to 48 of 105.
32:27America's Stepdaughter with commentary
30.9K views
1:00The Study Guide E2: Two Types of People
24.2K views
1:00The Study Guide E1: The Sober Sex Challenge
22.5K views
1:12Lilly Singh | Stand-up
21.5K views
1:29I've always been an activist!
21.1K views
0:29a joke about the difference between men and women… can u handle it?
20.9K views
0:36definitely suuuuper formative years for sure
18.2K views
0:49full special out now!
18K views
0:28old-fashioned romance
17.4K views
0:29@ Pope Francis is this why I wasn’t invited to the Vatican comedy summit?
17.2K views
1:38describe your mayor in one word and explain why
16.7K views
0:16decided to speak out on the nyc earthquake
16.3K views
0:21🌈 #bisexual #comedy #standup #lgbtq
15.6K views
0:23My Boyfriend's Favorite Joke | Stand-up
14K views
1:00The Study Guide E3: Our Family's Family
13.5K views
0:16hot take alert
13.5K views
0:26Catholicism is made up | Stand-up
11.9K views
1:09The Day Everything Changed e1
11.9K views
8:32ASMR video (pickles, chips, MAD MEN SPOILERS!, personal secrets)
11.8K views
0:50An adaptation I would like to see
11.8K views
0:28Sleepover BTS :P
11.5K views
0:36"fEmAlE cOmEdIANs JUst tAlk aBOut SEX" that's bc sex is funny get over it xx
11.3K views
0:36I love this little life...
11K views
0:58The Study Guide E4: Books and Reading
10.7K viewsGuest appearances (11)
Videos on other comedians' channels featuring Mary Beth Barone.
Guest appearances 1 to 11 of 11.
1:02:50Mary Beth Barone Returns
Caleb Daniel Hearon
495.7K views
1:15:59Mary Beth Barone Loves Mad Men
Caleb Daniel Hearon
485.2K views
1:07Fostering babies with Mary Beth Barone | Gianmarco Soresi | The Downside Podcast
Gianmarco Vincent Soresi
378.3K views
10:22Mary Beth Barone Gives Seth the Exclusive on Being Dumped; Talks Overcompensating
Seth Meyers
206.6K views
9:51Mary Beth Barone on Her New Netflix Special and Filming Season 2 of Overcompensating
Seth Meyers
125.4K views
1:23:43Fostering Babies with Mary Beth Barone | The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi | Podcast
Gianmarco Vincent Soresi
96.2K views
0:53Mary Beth Barone wasn't the only one celebrating at her stand-up special’s afterparty
Seth Meyers
36.7K views
6:36Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone on Their Friendship and Filming Overcompensating
Seth Meyers
31.8K views
1:35Mary Beth Barone's dog, Pinky, makes her Late Night debut alongside her nanny, Benito Skinner
Seth Meyers
31.7K views
1:15:04Mary Beth Barone | Senses Working Overtime with David Cross | Headgum
David Cross
11.2K views
1:11:08Meet Cutes & Who's the Father w Mary Beth Barone & Maddie Wiener - The JTrain Podcast w Jared Freid
Jared Freid
2.4K viewsChannels on this page: Caleb Daniel Hearon, Gianmarco Vincent Soresi, Seth Meyers, David Cross, Jared Freid
Frequently asked questions
What is Mary Beth Barone best known for?
She is known for starring as Grace on Benito Skinner's series Overcompensating and for her live show Drag His Ass: A Fuckboy Treatment Program, which was adapted into a Comedy Central web series in 2021.
What podcasts does Mary Beth Barone host?
She co-hosts the Dear Media podcast Ride with Benito Skinner, and the two previously co-hosted the Spotify podcast Obsessed from 2021 to 2023.
How did Mary Beth Barone start in comedy?
She took improv classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade and did stand-up during an all-women open mic in 2015, after which she decided to pursue comedy full-time.
What is Mary Beth Barone's stand-up special?
In March 2024, she released her self-produced stand-up special, Thought Provoking, on YouTube.
How has Mary Beth Barone's comedic style been described?
Time Out New York described it as "dark post-modernism" in 2018, and Vulture described her as "the undisputed queen of hot girl comedy" in 2020.
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