Mitra Jouhari

Mitra Jouhari, born January 18, 1993, is an Iranian-American comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for starring in the television series Three Busy Debras, based on the sketch comedy group she co-founded, and for voicing Cleopatra "Cleo" Smith in the second and third seasons of Clone High. Jouhari has written for the television series Big Mouth, High Maintenance, and Miracle Workers.

Jouhari was raised in West Chester, Ohio, and was a fan of comedy from childhood, considering The Daily Show and M*A*S*H pivotal to developing her interest. She attended Lakota West High School, graduating in 2011, and attended Ohio State University, where she performed improv comedy as a member of 8th Floor Improv and wrote for the Sundial Humor Magazine. After internships at The Daily Show and Late Night, she moved to New York City without graduating to pursue a career in comedy. She contributes writing to the website The Reductress, and her writing for The President Show was nominated for a 2017 Writers Guild of America award.

In 2015, Jouhari co-founded the sketch comedy trio Three Busy Debras alongside Sandy Honig and Alyssa Stonoha, performing weekly at The Annoyance in Brooklyn to typically sold-out audiences. The trio moved to Los Angeles, and a live-action series of the same name was picked up by Adult Swim, premiering on March 29, 2020. The show follows three deranged housewives, all named Debra, in the affluent town of Lemoncurd, Connecticut. Jouhari co-hosts the podcast Urgent Care with Joel Kim Booster + Mitra Jouhari under Earwolf. In 2022, she guest-starred in an episode of Abbott Elementary, and in 2023 she was cast as the new voice of Cleo Smith in Clone High. She resides in Los Angeles and is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.