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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

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Jade Catta-Preta was born in São Paulo on February 19, 1984 to Suely Moreira and Fernando Catta Preta.[1] She has one older sister, Bianca.[1] When she was 12, she moved with her family to Charlottesville, Virginia in the United States.[2][1] Watching television shows helped her learn English.[3] Catta-Preta credits her father with exposing her to comedy from a young age.[1]

In 2007, Catta-Preta graduated from Emerson College, majoring in musical theater.[1][4]

Career

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While in college, Catta-Preta began acting and hosted the show Secret Lives.[1] She initially wanted to pursue musical theater on Broadway.[5] She moved to Los Angeles to further her acting career, working as a bartender before trying comedy.[1] She first hosted National Lampoon before starting to perform stand-up regularly at The Comedy Store.[5]

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.[6] 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".[7][8] She worked in the writers' room every day on the show and picked the showrunner.[3] 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.[2]

Since 2022, Catta-Preta has hosted Hotties on Hulu.[9] The show is a blind date food competition where the contestants eat extremely spicy foods.[9] Catta-Preta judges each couple's cooked dish as well as their chemistry before declaring the winners.[10]

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.[10][11]

Personal life

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Catta-Preta is bisexual.[1]

Her biggest comedy influences include Sarah Silverman, Lily Tomlin, Andrew Dice Clay, Ellen DeGeneres, and Bill Burr.[5]

Filmography

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Television

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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

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Year Title Notes
2022 Jaded

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Borthakur, Bhaswati (17 August 2022). "Jade Catta-Preta: The Hotties Host is in a Happy Relationship". The Cinemaholic.
  2. ^ a b Martin, Clare (12 February 2020). "Jade Catta-Preta Dishes on The Soup's Return to TV". Paste Magazine.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b White, Peter (19 July 2022). "Jade Catta-Preta To Host Blind Date Food Competition 'Hotties' For Hulu". Deadline.
  10. ^ a b 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.
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