Samantha Bee

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Host • Comedian • Writer • Producer

Birth Date: October 25, 1969

Age: 54 years old

Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Spouses: Jason Jones

Comedian and television host Samantha Bee honed her political edge and satiric bite on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central, 1999-2014), which led to her own series, "Full Frontal" (TBS, 2016- ), a caustic roundup of the day's most enraging news. Born Samantha Jamie Bee on October 25, 1969 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, her parents split shortly after her birth, and she was raised for a period of time by a grandmother. She became involved in acting while a student at the University of Ottawa, where she enrolled in a theater class that she believed would be an easy grade; Bee found that she loved to perform, and soon continued her training at the George Brown Theatre School. But rather than complete her studies, Bee began pursuing a professional career as an actress, which encompassed appearances in several television commercials and a turn as the anime heroine Sailor Moon in a stage production that also featured her future husband and fellow "Daily Show" correspondent Jason Jones. Bee found greater creative success as a founding member of the Toronto-based sketch comedy group The Atomic Fireballs; her work with them led to an audition for "The Daily Show" and her debut as the show's sole female correspondent in 2003. She quickly established herself as one of the program's sharpest wits, most notably through a segment series titled "Samantha Bee's So You Want to Bee a " which focused on the absurd ease of obtaining various jobs or titles. The exposure afforded by "Daily Show" led to acting roles on "Bored to Death" (HBO, 2011-13) and in Woody Allen's "Whatever Works" (2009) with Larry David. In 2015, she ended her tenure with "Daily Show" - which, at 12 years, was the longest by any regular correspondent - to create and host her own news series, "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee." The program - the first to feature a woman as the host of a late-night satire series - followed "Daily Show's" approach to  news and current events, but with a more pointed, less ironic take. The stance occasionally ran Bee and her writers in trouble - most notably in 2018, when Bee hurled a vulgar epithet at Ivanka Trump over the immigration policies of her father, President Donald Trump - but "Full Frontal" was also a critical favorite and an award show magnet, netting a 2017 Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. That same year, Bee was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

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‘The Daily Show’: Comedy Central May Seek a Host Outside of Series

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Samantha Bee Producing Kids’ Sketch Show ‘Best Day Ever’

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‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’ Canceled at TBS After 7 Seasons

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A Thank You to Late-Night Hosts During the Current Crisis

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President Trump Calls to Have Samantha Bee Fired for ‘Horrible’ Ivanka Insult

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Samantha Bee Wants Alabama to Prove Yankee Liberals Wrong (RECAP)

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Samantha Bee: Ivanka Trump May Be the First Woman Elected President

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‘Full Frontal’: John Kelly Is the New Ivanka (VIDEO)

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WATCH: ‘Full Frontal’ Takes on Climate Change and Scott Pruitt

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Samantha Bee Has a Very Special Message For the Weinsteins of the World (VIDEO)

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‘Full Frontal’: Omarosa Didn’t Come to the White House to Make Friends (VIDEO)

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‘Full Frontal’: Sam Bee Doesn’t Want to Hug Nazis (VIDEO)

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Watch: Samantha Bee Reads Steve Bannon’s Origin Story While Waiting for North Korea to Nuke Us

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Samantha Bee: What the Mooch Hath Wrought (VIDEO)

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‘Full Frontal’: Keep Shouting ‘Impeachment’ and See What Happens (VIDEO)

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Elizabeth Warren Talks Samantha Bee off the Ledge on ‘Full Frontal’ (VIDEO)

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Samantha Bee on the Summer of Our Discontent (VIDEO)

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Samantha Bee to Trump: Delete Your F—ing Twitter (VIDEO)

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Samantha Bee: Trump Made America Covfefe Again (VIDEO)

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Samantha Bee Takes on the Comey Debacle on ‘Full Frontal’ (VIDEO)

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‘Full Frontal’: Samantha Bee Does Not Trust Ivanka Trump (VIDEO)

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‘Full Frontal’: Samantha Bee Delivers a Postmortem on Trumpcare (VIDEO)

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Samantha Bee Goes Deep on the ‘Deep State’ (VIDEO)

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Samantha Bee Takes on Republicans’ War on Federal Regulations (VIDEO)

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Samantha Bee Femsplains Sanctuary Cities for the Fox News Crowd

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Samantha Bee to Host Alternative White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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On ‘Full Frontal’, Samantha Bee Is ‘Happy to Take Up the Mantle’ for Women on Late Night TV

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