Danielle Caroline Schneider (born January 1, 1975) is an American actress, writer, and improvisational comedian from the

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. She co-created and starred in the

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reality TV parody series '' The Hotwives'' and currently co-hosts (alongside

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) the

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podcast ''Bitch Sesh''.

Life and career

Schneider originally hails from

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, before moving to

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at age 13. She graduated in 1993 from Spanish River Community High School. She is a graduate of

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. Schneider appeared regularly as a panelist on ''

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'' and various other VH1 commentary programs. She has played a

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-like debutante on Fox's '' My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss'', she starred in Trio's ''The Pop Culture Round-Up: White Noise'', Comedy Central's ''Contest Searchlight'' with

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, was a cast member of VH1's prank show ''Sledgehammer'', guest-starred on

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's ''Happy Family'' and Comedy Central's ''Crossballs''. Schneider has appeared on ''

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'' and voiced various characters on

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's ''

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'' and the

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series ''

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''. She also co-starred as Krista in the

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improvised comedy series '' Players'' in 2010. Schneider is a graduate of

's Tisch School of the Arts. She has been a performer and teacher at the

(UCB) in

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and

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, where she was a member of one of UCB's original

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troupes Respecto Montalban. In 2002, her two-woman sketch show ''Eye Candy'', which she wrote and starred in with her creative partner

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, was selected for HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in

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. She has since collaborated with Phirman on other sketch shows such as ''Let's Get Awkward'' and ''Dead Heiresses'' at the

UCB. ''Dead Heiresses'' was also developed as a pilot for

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in 2007. Schneider and Phirman wrote the screenplay for ''

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'' and are currently working on scripts for the upcoming movies ''Catfight'' for

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and '' Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them'' for

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. Schneider and Phirman created and starred in the

reality TV parody series '' The Hotwives'' and wrote on the

sitcoms '' Marry Me'' and ''

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''. Schneider also had a recurring role on ''Marry Me'', playing the role of Cassie. In 2017, Schneider and Phirman worked as writers and producers on ''

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'' and on the

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sitcom '' I'm Sorry''. Schneider also wrote on season three of the

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comedy '' Playing House''.

Podcasting

On December 2, 2015, Schneider and

began hosting the

podcast ''Bitch Sesh'', where they and a guest have comedic discussions about the previous night's episode of ''

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'', as well as other topics related to the

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channel. Guests have included

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, and

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first announced the show on his podcast '' How Did This Get Made?'' and released a special preview episode, describing it as a "sister podcast" to his show, with a focus on discussing reality television instead of movies. Entertainment websites including

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and

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ranked ''Bitch Sesh'' among the best comedy podcasts of 2016.

Personal life

Schneider lives in

and is married to comedian

. Their daughter Sydney Diana Besser was born on July 28, 2013.

References

External links

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