Claudia Cogan

Cogan began doing stand-up in 2005.^[5] In 2009, New York Magazine listed Cogan as "Ten People Funny People Find Funny." She named Sandra Bernhard and David Letterman as idols. They cited this as her signature joke: "Until the financial crisis, I thought a 401(k) was an unusually long marathon. I couldn't understand why my co-workers kept signing up. To me, it was just a way to mess up a Sunday."^[6] That same year, she began co-hosting "50 First Jokes" with Jiwon Lee and John F. O'Donnell.^[7] In 2010, Cogan was a contestant on the 7th season of Last Comic Standing.^[8]

In 2017, Cogan did a strand-up set on SeeSo's Night Train With Wyatt Cenac.^[9]

Cogan has appeared at comedy festivals like the Bridgetown Comedy Festival,^[10] San Francisco SketchFest,^[11] the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival.^[12]

Cogan identifies as lesbian and uses she/hers pronouns.^[13][14]