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Robin Tran (born May 13, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actress, and producer. She is known for her stand-up comedy routines and roasts.
As an adolescent, Tran was influenced by Chris Rock’s Bigger & Blacker comedy special on HBO. She has also stated, "In terms of other people who've been influential, I try to be my own hero."
In 2004, Tran auditioned for her high school talent show and "bombed", but she got into the talent show because "they didn't have enough acts". She ended up receiving a standing ovation and won the talent show. In 2012, she began performing stand-up comedy at open mic nights.
She studied English at the University of California, Irvine.
In 2015, she came out as a transgender woman. She describes her experience coming out to her Vietnamese mother with a language barrier in her stand-up routine, which is known as her "born boy, brain girl" bit. She has said of her experience being the first employee at her then-employer to come out as transgender, "Don't ever be the first employee in your company to ever do anything. It was the worst experience of my life." She refers to herself as an Asian transgender lesbian.
She has written for Netflix's Historical Roasts and the Just for Laughs comedy series Straight Up, Stand Up.
Tran has opened for comedians Margaret Cho and Anthony Jeselnik. She has performed at the Outside Lands, Just for Laughs' New Faces of Comedy, Howie Mandel's Just for Laughs All Star Comedy Gala on The CW, Comedy Central's Mental Health Initiative, Moontower Comedy Festival, Netflix's Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival, and Comedy Central's Clusterfest Comedy Festival. In 2023, she performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland and headlined the Asian Takeover Comedy Show in Vancouver, Canada. Tran's upcoming festival appearances include the New York Comedy Festival and San Francisco Sketchfest.
In 2021, Tran was named on Just for Laughs' New Faces of 2021 list, and Screen Rant's "10 Up-And-Coming Comedians Who Deserve To Be SNL Cast Members". In 2022, she was featured on Vulture Magazine's annual list, "Comedians You Should and Will Know". She has won three comedy competitions.
She has also appeared on several podcasts, including This Past Weekend with Theo Von, Todd Barry, The Margaret Cho, You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes, Cameron Esposito, Ron Funches, and Asa Akira.
During the COVID-19 pandemic when live comedy venues were closed, Tran gained a social media following on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram.
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