Christina P. is a stand-up comedian, writer, TV personality and host of two podcasts. Her new one hour stand-up special, Christina P: Mother Inferior, premiered October 10th 2017 on Netflix to rave reviews with The Interrobang calling it “intelligent, thought-provoking and not to be missed” Filmed at The Showbox in Seattle, Christina discusses the realities of motherhood, getting older and her own childhood.
Christina P’s hugely successful podcast Your Mom’s House which she hosts with her husband, comedian Tom Segura, is a top-rated comedy podcast on iTunes and was nominated for the Stitcher Radio Comedy Award in 2013. Launched in October of 2010, the podcast receives over one million downloads per month attracting listeners worldwide from Lithuania to the U.K. The couple tours with the podcast as well. Christina hosts another podcast, That’s Deep, Bro where she “gets super deep on stuff”.
Christina is best known for providing her unique and humorous pop culture commentary on several Vh1 countdown shows, TV Guide Channel, SyFy Channel’s Insane or Inspired, Tru TV’s World’s Dumbest and E! Television’s Wildest TV Moments. She was also on TruTV’s How to Be a Grown Up and was a Round Table Regular and Writer on E!’s Chelsea Lately and TBS’ Funniest Wins with Marlon Wayans.
With a background in animation, Christina has written on and lent her voice to several animated projects, like the feature film TV: The Movie with the guys from MTV’s Jackass and the television series, Trolls. She was given Animation Magazine’s “Up and Coming Writer” Award. She also was the narrator of the 2015 documentary “Can We Take a Joke?”
Christina’s stand-up can be seen on the Showtime special Red Light Comedy filmed in Amsterdam; TV Guide Channel’s Stand Up in Stilettos and Nuvo TV’s Stand Up and Deliver. She’s also performed at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, Sketchfest, the Aspen Comedy Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival, South African Comedy Festival, Lucy Fest and Gilda’s Fest. Christina headlines comedy clubs in the U.S., Canada and has performed for the troops in Afghanistan, South Korea, UAE and Africa.
Before becoming a Comedian, Christina P. studied Philosophy at Oxford University, dropped out of Law School after two weeks and was Goth for more years than she’d care to admit. She and her husband Tom currently reside in Los Angeles with their son Ellis who is adorable and loves to pull her hair. The best day of her life (after the birth of her son) was the day she met Kim Deal of the Pixies.