Mary Mack

Mary Mack (born Mikelle Budge, July 25, 1975) is an American comedian, musician, and writer. She starred as Jessica "Jesse" Opposites in the animated sitcom Solar Opposites, which debuted May 8, 2020, on Hulu and Disney+. Mack has released seven albums of her stand-up. Born in Minnesota to parents from Duluth and raised near Webster, Wisconsin, she holds a bachelor's degree in music from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and an MFA in conducting from Middle Tennessee State University.

Mack taught music at the elementary and middle school levels in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Nashville, Tennessee, and led a polka band in Nashville before moving to Minneapolis to pursue comedy. She describes herself as a "folk humorist," using storytelling and her strong northern-Wisconsin accent as part of her comedy, and she has described her style as blending Gilda Radner and Garrison Keillor. A classically trained musician, she often plays mandolin as part of her act and has performed at SF Sketchfest, the Vancouver Comedy Fest, the Andy Kaufman Awards, and the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal.

Before Solar Opposites, Mack voiced Dylan Beekler in the first season of Golan the Insatiable, appeared as a drunken Zeeble in Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and voiced Renee in Kiff. Her other appearances include Last Comic Standing in 2014, Conan, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, and Last Call with Carson Daly, as well as WTF with Marc Maron and The Bob & Tom Show. Her 2015 album Pig Woman was praised by Jake Kroeger of the Comedy Bureau as "especially mischievous and fun." Mack is married to fellow comedian Tim Harmston, and they frequently tour together.