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.
Paula Poundstone has appeared in 13 movies.
These include Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff, Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In, Kellog's Pop Tarts Comedy Video, Hyperspace, On Location: Women of the Night, The Comedy Club, Wisecracks, The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated, Why We Laugh: Funny Women, 3 Still Standing, Inside Out and The Aviator.Paula Poundstone has appeared in 8 TV Series.
These include Science Court, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, One Night Stand, Hollywood Squares, Summer Camp Island, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and The View.