Janet Roth
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Janet is a Comedy Store Monday regular stand-up comedian and actor, known for dramatic and comedic roles in Beyond the Trophy and Scorpion, and a producer who's bringing to life new comedy series Taming the Monster in Law.
She was born in Ukraine to a Jewish-Armenian family of engineers, and moved to the US as a teen. Janet discovered passion for acting at the age of eight when she was cast in Goethe's Walpurgis Night. Ever since then, acting became a calling. After earning a degree at DePaul University, Janet began honing her craft with Eric Morris and many other prominent acting coaches in LA. Several years into the journey Janet discovered her talent for stand-up as a result of a chain of unexpected life-changing events.
Janet speaks German, Ukrainian and Russian fluently, and enjoys performing in various accents.
Her LA stage appearances include Picasso's Women and Vagina Monologues, where she portrayed Francoise Gilot, one of the wives of Picasso, and a Bosnian woman, who survived the rape and war, accordingly.
She was born in Ukraine to a Jewish-Armenian family of engineers, and moved to the US as a teen. Janet discovered passion for acting at the age of eight when she was cast in Goethe's Walpurgis Night. Ever since then, acting became a calling. After earning a degree at DePaul University, Janet began honing her craft with Eric Morris and many other prominent acting coaches in LA. Several years into the journey Janet discovered her talent for stand-up as a result of a chain of unexpected life-changing events.
Janet speaks German, Ukrainian and Russian fluently, and enjoys performing in various accents.
Her LA stage appearances include Picasso's Women and Vagina Monologues, where she portrayed Francoise Gilot, one of the wives of Picasso, and a Bosnian woman, who survived the rape and war, accordingly.