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American comedian and actress
Jade Catta-Preta
Catta-Preta in 2022 at the Laugh Factory
Born (1984-02-19) February 19, 1984 (age 40)
São Paulo, Brazil
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • television
Alma materEmerson College (BFA)

Jade Catta-Preta (born 19 February 1984) is a Brazilian stand-up comedian and actress. She was the host of the 2020 revival of The Soup, and she has hosted Hotties on Hulu since 2022. Her first stand-up special, jaded., was released in 2022.

Early life

Jade Catta-Preta was born in São Paulo on February 19, 1984, to Suely Moreira and Fernando Catta Preta. She has one older sister, Bianca. When she was 12, she moved with her family to Charlottesville, Virginia, in the United States. Watching television shows helped her learn English. Catta-Preta credits her father with exposing her to comedy from a young age.

In 2007, Catta-Preta graduated from Emerson College, majoring in musical theater.

Career

While in college, Catta-Preta began acting and hosted the show Secret Lives. She initially wanted to pursue musical theater on Broadway. She moved to Los Angeles to further her acting career, working as a bartender before trying comedy. She first hosted National Lampoon before starting to perform stand-up regularly at The Comedy Store.

In 2020, Catta-Preta was chosen to host a revival of the show The Soup on E!, which had most recently been hosted by Joel McHale from 2004 to 2015. The show features jokes lampooning clips from talk shows and reality television, and Catta-Preta said the revival would be more inclusive and the jokes would be "more self-deprecating than ever just because I am a fan of this stuff". She worked in the writers' room every day on the show and picked the showrunner. She commented that her favorite host of the show was John Henson, who hosted the show from 1995 to 1999 under its prior name, Talk Soup.

Since 2022, Catta-Preta has hosted Hotties on Hulu. The show is a blind date food competition where the contestants eat extremely spicy foods. Catta-Preta judges each couple's cooked dish as well as their chemistry before declaring the winners.

Catta-Preta released her first stand-up special, jaded., in 2022. The special was filmed at the Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia and released on YouTube by Helium Comedy Studios.

Personal life

Catta-Preta is bisexual.

Her biggest comedy influences include Sarah Silverman, Lily Tomlin, Andrew Dice Clay, Ellen DeGeneres, and Bill Burr.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004–2005 Secret Lives Host
2011 2 Broke Girls Serena 1 episode
2012 Punk'd Field agent 2 episodes
2012–2013 Daddy Knows Best Tracy 14 episodes
2014 Californication Jade 6 episodes
2014 Manhattan Love Story Amy 1 episode
2015 The Jim Gaffigan Show Susie 1 episode
2017 Modern Family Ms. Clarke 1 episode
2017 Return of the Mac Quinn 2 episodes
2018 Life in Pieces Rita 2 episodes
2019 Future Man Level 7 episodes
2020 The Soup Host
2020–2021 American Housewife Deborah 4 episodes

Stand-up

Year Title Notes
2022 Jaded

References

  1. ^ Borthakur, Bhaswati (17 August 2022). "Jade Catta-Preta: The Hotties Host is in a Happy Relationship". The Cinemaholic.
  2. ^ Martin, Clare (12 February 2020). "Jade Catta-Preta Dishes on The Soup's Return to TV". Paste Magazine.
  3. ^ Yang, Rachel (11 February 2020). "'The Soup' host Jade Catta-Preta says revamped show is less snarky and 'bro-y'". EW.com.
  4. Ertischek, David (4 December 2019). "Jade Catta-Preta '07 Ready to Dish It Out For E!'s The Soup". Emerson Today.
  5. ^ Biundo, Rebecca (23 March 2015). "SAC brings in female comedian for Women's History Month". The Standard.
  6. Daniels, Karu (9 January 2020). "'The Soup' returns with Brazilian-born comic Jade Catta-Preta as host". New York Daily News.
  7. Brierley, Kate (11 February 2020). "Meet 'The Soup's Newest Host Jade Catta-Preta". Distractify.
  8. Longeretta, Emily (30 July 2020). "Jade Catta-Preta on Feeling 'Unrepresented,' Returning to 'The Soup'". Us Weekly.
  9. ^ White, Peter (19 July 2022). "Jade Catta-Preta To Host Blind Date Food Competition 'Hotties' For Hulu". Deadline.
  10. ^ Riddle, Holly (11 August 2022). "Jade Catta-Preta Says To Expect 'Debauchery' From New Cooking Show Hotties On Hulu - Exclusive Interview". Mashed.
  11. "Jade Catta-Preta: jaded". Helium Comedy Studios. 28 August 2022.

External links

Hosts of Talk Soup (1991–2002) and The Soup (2004–2015, 2020)
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