Jo Firestone

Jo Firestone


in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Joanna Firestone was born in 1987 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.

Movies for Jo Firestone...

Cole Escola's
Title: Cole Escola's "Our Home Out West"
Released: November 22, 2023
Type: Movie
The lost pilot episode of a heartwarming family western that aired once on Christmas Eve of 1971, never to be seen again... until now.
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The Singles Retreat
Title: The Singles Retreat
Character: Concierge 1
Released: September 26, 2023
Type: Movie
Two old friends try to keep an open mind while attending a seniors-only singles retreat in the Poconos.
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Title: Fired on Mars
Released: April 20, 2023
Type: TV
After taking a one-way trip to the Red Planet, graphic designer Jeff Cooper finds himself adrift when his bosses unceremoniously eliminate his role.
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Gold and Mud
Title: Gold and Mud
Released: March 23, 2023
Type: Movie
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.
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Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?
Title: Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?
Character: Katie (Agent)
Released: December 2, 2022
Type: Movie
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.
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Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
Title: Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
Character: Felicity in IT (Voice)
Released: October 6, 2022
Type: Movie
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.
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Cicada
Title: Cicada
Character: Tracy
Released: October 29, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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Good Timing with Jo Firestone
Title: Good Timing with Jo Firestone
Character: Self
Released: October 15, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Teenage Euthanasia
Character: Euthanasia 'Annie' Fantasy (voice)
Released: September 6, 2021
Type: TV
A former runaway teen mom is accidentally resurrected in her family's funeral home.
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Together Together
Title: Together Together
Character: Tamara
Released: April 23, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: The Great North
Character: Greta Meatweep (voice)
Released: January 3, 2021
Type: TV
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.
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Rate the Cookie
Title: Rate the Cookie
Character: Self
Released: December 14, 2020
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Dessert Person with Claire Saffitz
Character: Self
Released: December 3, 2020
Type: TV
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.
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Save Yourselves!
Title: Save Yourselves!
Character: Desi
Released: October 2, 2020
Type: Movie
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.
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To The Moon
Title: To The Moon
Character: Mom
Released: October 24, 2019
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: What We Do in the Shadows
Character: Jo
Released: March 27, 2019
Type: TV
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.
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Vanilla
Title: Vanilla
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Summer Camp Island
Character: Mallory (voice)
Released: July 7, 2018
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Joe Pera Talks With You
Character: Sarah Conner
Released: May 21, 2018
Type: TV
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.
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The Hawkins Family Yule Log
Title: The Hawkins Family Yule Log
Character: Grandma
Released: November 22, 2017
Type: Movie
A virtual fireplace burns on as a family gathering turns demonic
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Observatory Blues
Title: Observatory Blues
Released: November 10, 2017
Type: Movie
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.
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Jo Firestone: Comedy Central Stand-up Presents
Title: Jo Firestone: Comedy Central Stand-up Presents
Character: Self
Released: September 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Comedy Central proudly presents comedian Jo Firestone in her first half-hour stand-up special
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How Many Farts Measure a Life?
Title: How Many Farts Measure a Life?
Character: Resident Angel
Released: September 27, 2017
Type: Movie
Rebecca loves seeing her social media stats on her phone, so she is thrilled when she gets to heaven and finds out she can focus on her life stats and nothing else. Forever.
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Joe’s Pub Presents: A Holiday Special
Title: Joe’s Pub Presents: A Holiday Special
Released: December 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Taping at the iconic Joe’s Pub inside the historic Public Theater in downtown Manhattan, Joe’s Pub Presents: A Holiday Special will feature a variety of holiday themed performances from acclaimed comics, singers and actors including Bridget Everett, Jo Firestone, Jen Kirkman, Nick Thune and many more. Funk and soul group THE DAP-KINGS will serve as the house band for the evening.
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Title: Search Party
Character: Carla
Released: November 21, 2016
Type: TV
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
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Don't Think Twice
Title: Don't Think Twice
Character: Jo
Released: July 22, 2016
Type: Movie
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
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Title: Boy Band
Character: Sandra
Released: March 21, 2016
Type: TV
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.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self - Guest
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Broad City
Character: 42 Squirts employee
Released: January 22, 2014
Type: TV
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.