Felicia Michaels

Felicia Michaels (born November 22, 1963)^[1] is an American stand-up comedian.

Felicia Michaels
Born	(1963-11-22) November 22, 1963 (age 61) Fort Riley, Kansas, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up, television, podcast, film
Genres	Blue comedy observational comedy
Subject(s)	Relationships human sexuality

Early life

Michaels was born in Fort Riley, Kansas to a father in the United States Army, and a German mother.^[1] She was raised in several locations, living for two years in her mother's native Berlin, before the family settled in Fountain, Colorado.^[1] After her parents' separation, Michaels was mainly raised by her mother, who had a stroke when Michaels was fourteen years old, rendering her physically disabled.^[1] After his retirement from the military, her father became a film projectionist and operated a drive-in theater in Stockton, California.^[1]

Career

Before becoming a comedian, Michaels worked as wet t-shirt contestant,^[1] a stripper,^[1] cocktail waitress,^[1] later, a comedian at aged 18.^[2] During the 1990s, she shifted her stand-up persona from a dumb-blonde stereotype to a soft-spoken provocateur with a blue sense of humor.^[2] She explores such topics as the dynamics of the male/female relationship, "dirty thoughts," and the proliferation of the sensual feminist.^{[citation needed]}

She appeared in three films: Smart Alex, directed by Steve Oedekerk; Los Enchiladas! (also, line producer), directed by Mitch Hedberg; and, most recently, I Am Comic (2010), directed by Jordan Brady. She was a regular on the TV show Parental Discretion.

She posed nude for Playboy and was featured in the October 1992 issue.^{[citation needed]}

Michaels auditioned as Phoebe Buffay for Friends.^[3]

She is also a photographer,^[4] and her 2008 photography project, titled "Stand Up / Stripped Down", documents comedians and the mystery of what happens backstage in the shadows that lead from the green room to the power of the stage. "Stand Up / Stripped Down" received Gold in Photojournalism/Performing Arts, 2nd Place winner in Photojournalism at the 2008 edition of The Prix de la Photographie, Paris [fr], for photojournalism.^[5][6]

She is also a recipient of a CINE Golden Eagle Award^{[citation needed]} for In The Weeds (2010), a short film she wrote and directed.^[7]

Michaels was the co-host of a popular weekly podcast with Joey Diaz named Beauty and Da Beast. It was nominated for Funniest Podcast by the Podcast awards in 2012.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, she released her second CD, entitled Chew On This, which continues where Lewd Awakenings left off.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Michaels was nominated twice for Funniest Female Comic by the American Comedy Awards; in 1999 she won the award. She has released one album, Lewd Awakenings, on the What Are Records (HaHa Records^[8]) label. She has appeared on such networks as Showtime, MTV, VH1, NBC, as well as appearing twice on ABC's Full House. She was also a Grand Champion on Star Search, where she made her national debut.

^[9] She has also broadcast on XM Satellite Radio and Last.fm.