Jena Friedman is an American comedian and writer. She is the host of the comedic true-crime series Indefensible on AMC Plus. She has been a field producer at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and has written for Late Show with David Letterman. She is the creator of Soft Focus with Jena Friedman for Adult Swim, the first installment of which premiered in February 2018.

KNOWN FOR

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2019
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2016
Nobody Wants This
2025
ZDF Magazin Royale
2025
True Crime Story
2021
Palm Springs
2020
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
2020
Would I Lie to You?
2022
Maximum Truth
2023
True Crime Story: Indefensible
2021
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
2016
Ladykiller
2022

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
15
Directing
2
Writing
5
Producing
4
2025
ZDF Magazin Royale
as Self
2023
Maximum Truth
as Carol
2022
Ladykiller
as Self
2022
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2021
True Crime Story
as Self - Host
2021
True Crime Story: Indefensible
as Host
2020
Palm Springs
as Daisy the Bartender
2019
Soft Focus with Jena Friedman 2
as Self
2019
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2018
Soft Focus with Jena Friedman
as Self
2016
Undecided: The Movie
as Jen Richmond
2016
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
as Self
2016
Jena Friedman: American Cunt
as Self
2016
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
as Self
2014
The Quitter
as Shannon