Janet Varney
Actor
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Biography:
Janet has been active in the comedy world for over 10 years. She co-created and continues to co-produce SF Sketchfest, the biggest comedy festival in the US now, which was born out of her original SF based improv group Totally False People. These days, Janet tours festivals around the country with her troupe Theme Park which includes a rotating cast of talented performers such as Oscar Nunez from the Office, Scott Adsit from 30 Rock, and Danny Pudi from Community. Janet has appeared on such shows as Bones, Hot in Cleveland, Psych, How I Met Your Mother, recurred on HBO's Entourage and as a panelist on Chelsea Lately and BBC America's Would You Rather with Graham Norton. She also co-hosted TBS's Dinner and a Movie for 7 years and is the voice for the titular character on Nickelodeon's new Last Airbender series, The Legend of Korra. Janet writes and records for Mystery Science Theatre 3000's Michael J. Nelson at Rifftrax.com with Cole Stratton. Currently, Janet is a host/producer on Huffington Post Live in LA.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2025
- Comic Con Revolution 2025 - May 17-18, 2025 in Ontario, CA, USA 2024
- GalaxyCon Columbus 2024 - December 6-8, 2024 in Columbus, OH, USA
- Rhode Island Comic Con 2024 - November 1-3, 2024 in Providence, RI, USA
- Animate! Des Moines 2024 - September 27-29, 2024 in Des Moines, IA, USA
- Anime Washington - Spokane 2024 - September 14-15, 2024 in Spokane, WA, USA
Hub City Comic Con 2024 - August 23-25, 2024 in Lubbock, TX, USACancelled Appearance- GalaxyCon San Jose 2024 - August 16-18, 2024 in San Jose, CA, USA
- Smoky Mountain Fan Fest 2024 - August 10-11, 2024 in Kingsport, TN, USA
- GalaxyCon Raleigh 2024 - July 25-28, 2024 in Raleigh, NC, USA
- Tokyo X 2024 - June 15-16, 2024 in Houston, TX, USA
- Iron City Comic Con 2024 - June 1-2, 2024 in Birmingham, AL, USA
- JoCo Cruise 2024 - March 9-16, 2024 in Departing from Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA 2023
- Twin Cities Con 2023 - November 3-5, 2023 in Minneapolis, MN, USA
- FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention 2023 - September 21-23, 2023 in Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Colorado Springs Comic Con 2023 - August 25-27, 2023 in Colorado Springs, CO, USA
- Rhode Island Anime Con 2023 - July 29-30, 2023 in Providence, RI, USA
- Contropolis New Jersey 2023 - July 8-9, 2023 in Seacaucus, NJ, USA
- Greater Austin Comic Con 2023 - June 24-25, 2023 in Cedar Park, TX, USA
- Sci-Fi Valley Con 2023 - June 9-11, 2023 in Altoona, PA, USA
- MomoCon 2023 - May 25-28, 2023 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- South Texas Comic Con 2023 - April 28-30, 2023 in McAllen, TX, USA
- JoCo Cruise 2023 - March 5-12, 2023 in Departing from Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA 2022
- Granite State Comicon 2022 - September 17, 2022 in Manchester, NH, USA
- Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2022 - August 5-7, 2022 in Chicago, IL, USA
Florida Supercon 2022 - July 8-10, 2022 in Miami Beach, FL, USACancelled Appearance- MCM Comic Con London 2022 - May 27-29, 2022 in London
- Fan Expo Cleveland 2022 - April 29 - May 1, 2022 in Cleveland, OH, USA
- Calgary Expo 2022 - April 21-24, 2022 in Calgary, AB, Canada
- JoCo Cruise 2022 - March 5-12, 2022 in Departing from Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA 2021
- Emerald City Comic Con 2021 - December 2-5, 2021 in Seattle, WA, USA
- FanExpo Canada Limited Edition 2021 - October 22-24, 2021 in Toronto, ON, Canada
- New York Comic Con 2021 - October 7-10, 2021 in New York, NY, USA
- Fan Expo Boston 2021 - September 3-5, 2021 in Boston, MA, USA 2020
ClexaCon Las Vegas 2020 - April 16-19, 2020 in Las Vegas, NV, USAConvention CancelledPensacon 2020 - February 28 - March 1, 2020 in Pensacola, FL, USACancelled Appearance 2019- Dragon Con 2019 - August 29 - September 2, 2019 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Superstar Anime 2019 - August 17-18, 2019 in Virginia Beach, VA, USA
- Corpus Christi Comic Con 2019 - June 29-30, 2019 in Corpus Christi, TX, USA 2018
- New York Comic Con 2018 - October 4-7, 2018 in New York, NY, USA
Dragon Con 2018 - August 30 - September 3, 2018 in Atlanta, GA, USACancelled Appearance- Awesome Con 2018 - March 30 - April 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, USA 2017
- New York Comic Con 2017 - October 5-8, 2017 in New York, NY, USA
- Dragon Con 2017 - September 1-4, 2017 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- ID10T Fest 2017 - June 24-25, 2017 in Mountain View, CA, USA
- Kawaii Kon 2017 - April 7-9, 2017 in Honolulu, HI, USA
- JoCo Cruise 2017 - March 4-11, 2017 in Departing from San Diego, CA, USA
- Newcon PDX 2017 - December 30, 2016 - January 1, 2017 in Portland, OR, USA 2016
- New York Comic Con 2016 - October 6-9, 2016 in New York, NY, USA
- San Francisco Comic Con 2016 - September 2-4, 2016 in San Francisco, CA, USA
- Alias Entertainment Expo 2016 - July 29-31, 2016 in Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago
- Indiana Comic Con 2016 - April 29 - May 1, 2016 in Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Collective Con 2016 - April 1-3, 2016 in Jacksonville, FL, USA
- JoCo Cruise 2016 - February 21-28, 2016 in Departs from Port Canaveral, FL, USA 2015
- Daisho Con 2015 - November 20-22, 2015 in Wisconsin Dells, WI, USA
- New York Comic Con 2015 - October 8-11, 2015 in New York, NY, USA
- HawaiiCon 2015 - September 10-13, 2015 in Waimea, HI, USA
- SacAnime 2015 - September 4-6, 2015 in Sacramento, CA, USA
- Tampa Bay Comic Con 2015 - July 31 - August 2, 2015 in Tampa, FL, USA
- Anime Evolution 2015 - July 17-19, 2015 in Vancouver, BC, Canada
- ConnectiCon 2015 - July 9-12, 2015 in Hartford, CT, USA
- Collective Con 2015 - May 8-10, 2015 in Jacksonville, FL, USA
- Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2015 - April 24-26, 2015 in Chicago, IL, USA
- Emerald City Comicon 2015 - March 27-29, 2015 in Seattle, WA, USA 2014
- Izumicon 2014 - October 31 - November 2, 2014 in Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Comic & Media Expo 2014 - October 17-19, 2014 in Mesa, AZ, USA
- New York Comic Con 2014 - October 9-12, 2014 in New York, NY, USA
- ConnectiCon 2014 - July 10-13, 2014 in Hartford, CT, USA
- Knightrokon 2014 - June 7-8, 2014 in Orlando, FL, USA
- Kawaii Kon 2014 - April 4-6, 2014 in Honolulu, HI, USA
- Anime Matsuri 2014 - March 14-16, 2014 in Houston, TX, USA
- SacAnime 2014 - January 3-5, 2014 in Sacramento, CA, USA 2013
- Armageddon Expo Auckland 2013 - October 25-28, 2013 in Auckland, New Zealand
- Armageddon Expo Melbourne 2013 - October 19-20, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia
- Metrocon 2013 - July 26-28, 2013 in Tampa, FL, USA
- Armageddon Expo Wellington 2013 - June 1-3, 2013 in Wellington, New Zealand
- Armageddon Expo Hamilton 2013 - May 25-26, 2013 in Hamilton, New Zealand
- Anime Matsuri 2013 - March 29-31, 2013 in Houston, TX, USA
72 confirmed guest appearances