Mitra Jouhari


Mitra Jouhari is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known as a member of the sketch comedy group Three Busy Debras, which was adapted into a television series of the same name by Adult Swim in 2020.

Early life and education

Jouhari was raised in West Chester, Ohio and is Iranian-American. She was a fan of comedy from childhood and considers the television shows The Daily Show and M*A*S*H pivotal to developing her interest.
She attended college at Ohio State University and began to perform improv comedy. After taking internships at The Daily Show and Late Night, she moved to New York after graduation to pursue a career in comedy.

Career

She contributes writing to the website The Reductress, and has written for the television series High Maintenance, Miracle Workers, and Big Mouth. Jouhari's writing for The President Show was nominated for a 2017 Writer's Guild of America award.
In 2015, Jouhari co-founded the sketch comedy trio Three Busy Debras alongside Sandy Honig and Alyssa Stonoha. They performed weekly at The Annoyance in Brooklyn, typically to a sold-out audience. The trio later moved to Los Angeles to develop the show for television. A live action comedy series of the same name was picked up by Adult Swim on May 7, 2019. Jouhari, Honig, and Sonoha star in and executive produce Three Busy Debras, which is about the "surreal day-to-day lives of three deranged housewives, all named Debra, in their affluent suburban town of Lemoncurd, Connecticut." The series premiered on March 29, 2020.
Jouhari co-hosts a live comedy show called It's A Guy Thing with Patti Harrison and Catherine Cohen.

Personal life

Jouhari resides in Los Angeles.