Jo Firestone
Birthday: Born in 1986-12-08 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Deathday: Alive
Joanna Firestone was born in 1986 to Jewish parents Fred and Marilyn Firestone. Growing up as teenager, Jo would have cake baking competition with her friends including renowned pastry chef Claire Saffitz. She once won the competition with Box St. Louis butter vs. Claire’s $50 chocolate cake She has a brother, Ben Firestone, who works in commercial real estate. She grew up in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. She graduated from Clayton High School and later Wesleyan University in Connecticut, with a degree in theatre.
TV Credits
Dessert Person with Claire Saffitz
Character: Self
In her cookbook "Dessert Person," Claire Saffitz celebrates and defends her love of desserts and empowers reluctant home bakers to work with new ingredients, attempt new techniques, and bake with more confidence. Join Claire in her home kitchen as she highlights recipes from the book in this baking series to help you take your baking skills to the next level....
Boy Band
Character: Sandra
A disgraced pop star's road to redemption begins when he assembled a self-serving creative team and pushes three tired teenagers into the spotlight he craves....
Search Party
Character: Carla
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears....
Fired on Mars
Character:
After taking a one-way trip to the Red Planet, graphic designer Jeff Cooper finds himself adrift when his bosses unceremoniously eliminate his role....
Teenage Euthanasia
Character: Euthanasia 'Annie' Fantasy (voice)
A former runaway teen mom is accidentally resurrected in her family's funeral home....
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self - Guest
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York....
Broad City
Character: 42 Squirts employee
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time....
What We Do in the Shadows
Character: Jo
A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years....
Joe Pera Talks With You
Character: Sarah Conner
A teacher in Michigan's Upper Peninsula explores subject matters such as pancakes, blueberries, eggs, toast, sausage, bacon, English muffins, coffee, orange juice, maple syrup, waffles, cornbread, and strawberries....
Summer Camp Island
Character: Mallory (voice)
Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions....
The Great North
Character: Greta Meatweep (voice)
Follow the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family as a single dad does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close, especially as the artistic dreams of his only daughter lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the local mall....
Movie Credits
Don't Think Twice
Character: Jo
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time....
Good Timing with Jo Firestone
Character: Self
In this hilarious and heartwarming special, Jo Firestone teaches a comedy workshop for 16 senior citizens, leading up to their first live stand-up show....
The Singles Retreat
Character: Concierge 1
Two old friends try to keep an open mind while attending a seniors-only singles retreat in the Poconos....
Save Yourselves!
Character: Desi
A young Brooklyn couple head upstate to disconnect from their phones and reconnect with themselves. Cut off from their devices, they miss the news that the planet is under attack....
Gold and Mud
Character:
A sprawling story of love and loss, as reflected on a single face. Tiny pieces that, when cobbled together, hint at a much larger picture. The larger picture being a woman’s life. Observed through the decades. Centuries, even. You know. A comedy....
Vanilla
Character:
A freewheeling comedian determined to save her family business invites an uptight entrepreneur on a road trip to sell a van with a complicated history. Romance ignites on their three day trip south, but is tested as they discover each other's secrets. When the van sale deteriorates, they must decide if their very new connection is worth more than a very old van....
To the Moon
Character: Mom
A senile sportscaster by the name of Barth Pencil attempts to find an old love by reading his memoir to a bunch of little kids....
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
Character: Felicity in IT (Voice)
Everyone’s favorite rascals, the Aqua Teens, and everyone’s favorite perverted neighbor, Carl, split up then get back together to fight everyone’s favorite corporate overlord, Amazin, led by everyone’s favorite tech mogul, Neil, and his trusty scientist sidekick, Elmer....
Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?
Character: Katie (Agent)
Sharing stories tailor-made to get you in the spirit and performing an original set of soon-to-be-classic songs from a new Christmas album that no one asked for, Matt Rogers is the complete package. Featuring performances and comedy sketches with special guest stars, it’s a holiday tradition with ho, ho, ho for everyone....
The Hawkins Family Yule Log
Character: Grandma
A virtual fireplace burns on as a family gathering turns demonic...
Observatory Blues
Character:
Fernando Music, a handless writer of erotic science-fiction, inadvertently predicts, in precise detail, our discovery of extraterrestrial life. This is the story of an expanding universe, in which all things grow apart, and in which Fernando still has no hands....
Cicada
Character: Tracy
Ben is a young bisexual man. He comes out to the world and develops an intense relationship with Sam, a man of color struggling with deep wounds of his own. As the summer progresses and their intimacy grows, Ben's past crawls to the surface....
Together Together
Character: Tamara
When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love....
Rate the Cookie
Character: Self
A game show where Jo Firestone sets up a cookie tasting in a parking lot to try to make friends. Contestants must ultimately decide between a friendship and $50 cash....