Alyssa DeVries
COMEDIAN ACTOR WRITER
Alyssa is a Hollywood-based comedian, actor, writer, and producer with a BFA in Comedic Arts from Emerson College.
She is a member of the sketch group "Wiggle Room," writing and performing original content regularly in Hollywood. She is also a member and performs with the Hollywood improv group "Worm Girlfriend."
As a member of the TikTok Creator Fund, Alyssa performs her original comedy content for over 47 thousand followers, garnering brand deals with Curology, MDacne, and GIANTmicrobes. She is works with comedian Jade Catta-Preta and has put her stand up skills to use performing in cities such as Hollywood, London, San Diego and Boston. She is a student of The Groundlings, having passed both basic and intermediate level courses.
Since 2018, Alyssa has been a presenter at the Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards Show, speaking and presenting nominees with Emmy Awards. This connection was formed when she was chosen by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) as the 2017-2018 National Trustees’ Scholarship winner for her writing, improv and performance skills.
Throughout Alyssa’s time at Emerson College, she was elected President of the sketch comedy troupe Emerson Comedy Workshop (ECW), founded by Denis Leary and Eddie Brill. For her work in ECW, she garnered two EVVY award nominations and won the Jess Ilias Clavelli Comedy Award performing her original song parody “Can You Feel My Nuvaring?” From 2018-2020, she was the founding Lead Student Producer of Emerson’s three day comedy festival ComEx!, hiring performers, working closely with faculty, and facilitating rehearsals for the event.
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