Sabrina Wu

Sabrina Wu (born 1997) is an American writer, comedian, and actor. Wu's stand-up comedy has been recognized by Just for Laughs, Vulture, and Variety, and they gained wider prominence as a lead actor in the Adele Lim film Joy Ride. Wu was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to parents who immigrated to the United States from China, and attended Greenhills School, where they played on the basketball team. They first became interested in comedy at age 16 after watching Gabriel Iglesias' Hot and Fluffy special.

Wu continued to perform stand-up comedy as an undergraduate student at Harvard University, where they were co-president of the Harvard College Stand-Up Society and a member of the improv group On Thin Ice, the Signet Society and the Harvard Lampoon. They took one semester off to intern for The Daily Show, resided at Dunster House, and graduated with a degree in psychology in 2020. Wu's first screenwriting job was as a staff writer for the first season of the Disney+ series Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., and they performed a stand-up set on The Tonight Show in 2022.

Wu played a lead character in the 2023 feature film Joy Ride, co-starring with Stephanie Hsu, Ashley Park and Sherry Cola, and also performed a set on the Netflix comedy showcase Verified Stand-Up. In 2024, they appeared on an episode of Abbott Elementary as substitute teacher Mx. Cassidy Geoffrey. Wu's accolades include being named a Just for Laughs New Face of Comedy in 2022, the CinemaCon Ensemble of the Year Award for Joy Ride, and inclusion on Variety's 10 Comics to Watch and Vulture's 25 Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2023. Wu resides in Brooklyn and identifies as non-binary.