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Anna Drezen is an American writer, actress, and comedian who has written for television comedies like Miracle Workers, Girls5eva, Murderville, and Saturday Night Live, where she served as Head Writer during seasons 46 and 47. She is the creator of the Freeform series Praise Petey.
She is a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB). Together with fellow UCB performer Taylor Moore, Drezen hosted the podcast Ten Ideas from 2013 to 2016.
Drezen was hired as a staff writer on Saturday Night Live for the show's 42nd season. She was made Supervising Writer for seasons 44 and 45, and since the show's 46th season has served as Head Writer alongside Michael Che, Colin Jost, and Kent Sublette. Drezen and the SNL writing staff have been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021.
In 2019, Drezen began hosting the podcast Scary Stories to Tell on the Pod with writer Andrew Farmer, was a guest on Drunk Women Solving Crime, and performed on The Late Late Show with James Corden on 24 September 2019
At the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Drezen premiered Okay, Get Home Safe, a one-woman show inspired by her obsession with true crime podcasts.
Drezen has been a writer on shows like Girls5Eva and Miracle Workers, on which she also appeared as an actor.
In 2021, Freeform ordered an Praise Petey created by Drezen, which she executive produces alongside Greg Daniels, Mike Judge, and Monica Padrick. Annie Murphy, John Cho, Christine Baranski, Kiersey Clemons, Amy Hill, and Stephen Root led the voice cast. The series was produced by 20th Television Animation, with animation by ShadowMachine. She departed SNL after the December 18, 2021 episode in preparation. It premiered on July 21, 2023. In November 2023, it was announced that Freeform had cancelled the series after 1 season.
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