Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is a frequent panelist on National Public Radio's weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me.

KNOWN FOR

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2017
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1989
Saturday Night Live
1984
The View
2002
Hollywood Squares
1998
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2009
Real Time with Bill Maher
2007
Late Night with David Letterman
1986
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1995
Inside Out
2015
Summer Camp Island
2019
Inside Out 2
2024

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
34
Writing
3
2025
Have I Got News for You
as Self
2024
Inside Out 2
as Forgetter Paula (voice)
2021
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
as Self
2019
Summer Camp Island
as Paulette (voice)
2017
Gotham Comedy Live
as Self - Hostess
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Comedian
2016
The Comedy Club
as Self
2015
Inside Out
as Forgetter Paula (voice)
2014
3 Still Standing
2013
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
as Self
2011
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
as Self - Panelist
2009
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2007
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2006
Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In
as Self
2002
The View
as Self
1999
Home Movies
as Paula Small (voice)
1998
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
Hercules
as Armageddon Bow (voice)
1997
Science Court
1997
Cybill
as Minnie Arbogast
1996
Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard
as Self
1995
Comic Relief VII
as Self
1995
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as The Computer (voice)
1992
Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video
as Self - Host
1992
Wisecracks
1992
The Paula Poundstone Show
as Self
1990
Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff
as Self
1989
One Night Stand
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1987
On Location: Women of the Night
as Self
1986
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1984
Hyperspace
as Karen
1984
Saturday Night Live
as Self
1983
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show