Tammy Pescatelli is an Emmy-nominated, stand-up comedian celebrated for her sharp wit, observational humor and relatable storytelling. Her career jumpstarted after being one of the Final 5 on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, which played out to more than 18 million viewers and garnered her a mass of loyal new fans that love her relatable, tongue-in-cheek humor. Her newest special, Tammy Pescatelli’s Way After School Special, is a follow-up to Tammy’s After School Special and her award-winning one-hour Netflix special Finding the Funny. Tammy recently appeared on the highly acclaimed Showtime comedy special, Women Of A Certain Age 2, and has appeared on a number of other television shows like The View, Guy’s Grocery Games: Comics Compete, The Howard Stern Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, A&E’s Donnie Loves Jenny (twice), Bravo’s Rocco’s Dinner Party, CBS’s The Talk, NBC’s Last Comic Standing: The Best of the Best, her own Comedy Central Presents Special that won that year’s Comedy Central’s Standup Showdown, and was (personally) chosen by Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg to be a part of their Dirty, Sexy, Funny franchise comedy specials and touring shows.

With a slew of other accolades under her belt – including co-creating, executive producing, writing and starring in her own reality show, A Stand-Up Mother, on the WeTV Network, Tammy’s material is a fixture on the comedy channels of Sirius XM Radio, and she is a regular guest on a variety of radio and streaming shows. Now signed to Git R’ Done Records, Larry the Cable Guy’s label, Tammy took funny back in time with her successful 2019 album release, #TBT: THROWBACK TAMMY, which debuted at the coveted #2 spot on iTunes. Also a regular on USO Comedy tours, Tammy is honored and humbled to have been privileged to have entertained our troops all over the world.

Known for her bold, sarcastic and raw take on family life, dating and everyday struggles, Tammy continues to tour nationally, earning laughs with her signature mix of authenticity and bite.
As an actress, Tammy recently had a guest role on Blue Bloods and was chosen to be a host of Circle TV’s Standup Nashville: Live From Zanies. She also recently starred as the “flawed yet lovable” lead in That’s Amore, an independent rom-com available on Amazon Prime and appeared in Netflix’s 2025 comedy-drama Nonnas, alongside Vince Vaughn.