D'Arcy Carden

D'Arcy Carden
Born Darcy Erokan
(1980-01-04) January 4, 1980[1][2]
Danville, California
Occupation Actress/Comedian
Years active 2004–present
Spouse(s) Jason Carden

D'Arcy Carden (neé Darcy Erokan, born January 4, 1980) is an American actress and comedian who currently co-stars as Janet on the NBC sitcom The Good Place.

Early life

D'Arcy Erokan was born in Danville, California.[3][4] Her father Dennis Erokan acted in local community theater and co-founded a music magazine called BAM.[3][4][5] She has two sisters and one brother.[5] In 1998 she graduated from San Ramon Valley High School. Erokan then attended Southern Oregon University where she majored in theater.[3]

Career

After graduating from college, she moved to New York City. While in New York, she became a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB), performing improvisational sketch comedy.[3] She started with UCB in 2004 and later toured with the UCB Touring company.[6] By 2010 she was using the name Carden professionally when she was a cast member for The Ride, an interactive show performed on New York City tour buses.[7]

Carden had a recurring role on the Comedy Central series Broad City.[8] Carden has also appeared on Inside Amy Schumer and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.[3] She was also in the movie Other People, which starred Molly Shannon.

In 2016, she was cast as Janet in the NBC comedy The Good Place.[8] The show stars Kristen Bell and Ted Danson.[3] Carden plays Janet, a Siri-like concierge.[9]

Personal life

Erokan married producer Jason Carden.[10] As of 2016 the couple lives in Los Angeles, California.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Staff, SmartGirls (19 October 2015). "16 Smart Questions for D’Arcy Carden".
  2. ↑ "D'Arcy Carden on Twitter".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Barney, Chuck (6 September 2016). "Danville's D'Arcy Carden: In heaven in new NBC comedy 'The Good Place'". Mercury News. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 Nakao, Annie (26 August 2005). "Lafayette: Playwright returns home to craft 'suburban comedy of manners'". SFGate. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  5. 1 2 "D'Arcy Carden". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  6. ↑ "D'Arcy Carden". ucbcomedy.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  7. ↑ Huguenin, Patrick (9 October 2010). "New NYC tour bus gets riders up close and personal". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  8. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (2016-03-15). "‘Good Place’: UCB Performer D’Arcy Carden Cast In Mike Schur NBC Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  9. ↑ Jenson, Jeff (19 September 2016). "The Whimsy of 'The Good Place' Comes Close to Perfection: EW review". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  10. 1 2 "D’Arcy Carden | NBCUniversal Media Village". www.nbcumv.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.


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