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name: "Jessi Klein"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "17 August 1975"
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average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-17T02:45:25.577878+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jessi Klein

Writer. Born 17 August 1975 in New York, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 August 1975, New York, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Jessi Ruth Klein

## Biography

Jessi Ruth Klein is an American writer, producer and stand-up comedian. Born in New York City, she graduated from Vassar College and began her career in development at Comedy Central, where she contributed to shows including Chappelle's Show.

She served as head writer and executive producer on Inside Amy Schumer, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series in 2015. Klein has written for Transparent (2014), Saturday Night Live, Dead to Me and Black Monday, and has voiced a character on the animated series Big Mouth. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers You'll Grow Out of It (2016) and I'll Show Myself Out (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Marcel the Shell with Shoes On* (2022), Fi1m 77, as Judy (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/marcel-the-shell-with-shoes-on.md)
- *Transparent* (2014), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/transparent.md)

## Also known for

- *Dead to Me* (2019), Writer
- *Black Monday* (2019), Writer

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