Teresa Lo

Teresa Lo is a Los Angeles-based comedian, who started her entertainment career as a writer but eventually succumbed to her desire to be the one who performed. After taking a standup class at Flappers University in Burbank, California, Teresa dived headfirst into pursuing comedy, and since then, she has performed with comedians such as Jay Leno, Jackie Kashian, Laurie Kilmartin, Sheng Wang, Chris Estrada, and more.

Teresa has done standup all over the country and has been named Burbank Comedy Festival Best of the Fest, Palm Springs International Comedy Festival Audience Award Winner, San Diego Comedy Festival Finalist, OC Comedy Contest Winner, and more.

Besides performing, Teresa produces live comedy events throughout Los Angeles, which includes sold-out fundraisers for RAINN.  Her production company, Joker Cat Entertainment, released a documentary about the Los Angeles comedy scene called Breaking the Fourth Wall, which premiered in 2023 at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival at LA Live. The film is currently available to stream on Tubi and Amazon Prime. 

In 2023, Teresa and award-winning porn director Oliver Wong launched the successful podcast Sex & Boba, which was featured in AVN Magazine and named by several bloggers as one of the Best Podcasts about the Adult Industry. 
 
Before becoming a comedian, Teresa made a name for herself as a writer in a variety of mediums. She is a long-time contributor to Hustler Magazine and has written a popular sex column for their website. She has also published the bestselling books Hell’s Game and The Red Lantern Scandals.Hell's Game was a finalist for Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award, and in 2019, 20th Century Fox optioned The Red Lantern Scandals for a television adaption.

Teresa was a staff writer on HBO's critically acclaimed late night show, Pause with Sam Jay. She was nominated for a WGA Writing Award for Sketch/Variety/Comedy.