It wasn’t a great year for everybody, but 2025 certainly worked out nicely for Robby Hoffman.
The comedian and actor, best known for writing kids shows only a few years ago, got married in January. By April, she was stealing scenes in a string of Hacks episodes. She booked a few choice new roles along the way. She earned an Emmy nomination. And, on Dec. 14, she closes out the calendar with her first full-length Netflix special.
Robby Hoffman: Wake Up, directed by John Mulaney, finds the incredibly affable and optimistic comic doing some much-needed venting. “It’s a way going to the gym for me,” she says during a recent appearance on The Hollywood Reporter podcast I’m Having an Episode (Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple). “For me to complain is to enjoy, to understand. It’s a catharsis. If I’m yelling at you, I’m thrilled. I’m happy to be talking to you.”
