Mamrie Hart: American Comedian, Actress & Author
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A bartender-turned-UCB sketch writer who built a decade-plus YouTube show around an original cocktail and a comic monologue every week — then co-owned an actual Los Angeles bar.
About Mamrie Hart: American Comedian, Actress & Author
Mamrie Hart was born in Dover, New Jersey, and went to high school in Boonville, North Carolina — her father is actor David Hart and her mother a high school English teacher. She earned a drama and communications degree from UNC-Chapel Hill, moved to New York City to pursue acting, and paid rent bartending while writing and performing sketches with the Upright Citizens Brigade. She started her YouTube cocktail-comedy show You Deserve a Drink in 2011, mixing an original drink each week alongside comic monologues, and has won two Streamy Awards for it — Actress in a Comedy (2014) and Writing (2015). She co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred in the films Camp Takota (2014) and Dirty 30 (2016) alongside Hannah Hart and Grace Helbig, hosted Discovery+'s Tiny Food Fight, and has written two New York Times bestselling books, including her memoir You Deserve a Drink. Since 2018 she has co-hosted the podcast This Might Get Weird with Grace Helbig, and she is now based in Los Angeles, where she co-owns the cocktail bar The Highball House.
Career Journey
UCB, Cudzoo & the Faggettes, and a bartending day job
After moving to New York for acting, Hart bartended for income while writing and performing sketches with the Upright Citizens Brigade and fronting the comedy band Cudzoo & the Faggettes.
You Deserve a Drink and two Streamy Awards
Her YouTube cocktail-comedy show You Deserve a Drink launched in 2011. She won the Streamy Award for Actress in a Comedy in 2014 and for Writing in 2015.
Camp Takota, Dirty 30, and bestselling books
She co-wrote and co-starred in Camp Takota (2014, acquired by Netflix) and Dirty 30 (2016) with Hannah Hart and Grace Helbig, while publishing New York Times bestselling books including her memoir.
This Might Get Weird and The Highball House
Since 2018 Hart has co-hosted the podcast This Might Get Weird with Grace Helbig, including live tours, and has since co-founded the Los Angeles cocktail bar The Highball House.
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Who is Mamrie Hart?
Mamrie Lillian Hart (born September 22, 1983) is an American comedian, actress and author from New Jersey, best known for her long-running YouTube cocktail-comedy show You Deserve a Drink and for co-starring in the films Camp Takota and Dirty 30.
Is @mamrie Mamrie Hart's Instagram?
No — her verified account is @mametown, linked directly from her YouTube channel. Similarly named accounts belong to unrelated people.
How can brands work with Mamrie Hart?
Through her verified Instagram (@mametown) or via This Might Get Weird's official site, thismightgetweird.com; she does not publicly list a direct booking email.
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Hart now co-owns The Highball House, a Los Angeles cocktail bar, alongside continuing her weekly You Deserve a Drink series and co-hosting the podcast This Might Get Weird with Grace Helbig.