Michelle Buteau

Michelle Buteau (born July 24, 1977) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, television host, producer, and podcast host.

Buteau was born in New Jersey to a Haitian father of partial Lebanese descent and a Jamaican mother of partial French descent. She attended college at Florida International University and was considering a career in journalism before moving into comedy.

Buteau started performing comedy a few days after September 11, 2001. After five years as a stand-up comedian, Buteau landed her first television spot on Comedy Central.

In 2017, Buteau was listed as one of ten comedians to watch by Esquire.

In 2018, Buteau started hosting the Late Night Whenever! podcast, which was labeled as "one of the best podcasts of 2018 so far" by Time. Buteau was also part of The Comedy Lineup on Netflix where up and coming comedians have 15 minute stand-up sets.

In 2019, Buteau appeared in the movies: Someone Great, Isn't It Romantic, Sell By, and Always Be My Maybe. She also began hosting the WNYC podcast, Adulting, with co-host Jordan Carlos. That same year, Buteau appeared in two television series: First Wives Club and Tales of the City. In 2020, Buteau started hosting The Circle, a reality TV show on Netflix.

In 2020, Buteau published her first book, a collection of personal essays titled Survival of the Thickest, with Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. A TV adaptation of the memoir premiered July 13, 2023 on Netflix.

Buteau's Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia won a 2021 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Special.

In June 2022, it was announced that Buteau is set to take part in a movie directed by Pamela Adlon. Buteau will play the role of Dawn, the film's main character's best friend. One year later, she was cast in another film, Fixed for New Line Cinema.

Buteau married Dutch photographer Gijs van der Most in 2010. Buteau and van der Most have twins who were born in January 2019 via surrogacy.

She is Catholic.