Janet Varney

Janet Varney

Birth : 1976-02-16, Arizona, USA

History

Janet Varney (born February 16, 1976) is an American comedic actress best known for being the current hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie.

Profile

Janet Varney
Janet Varney

Movies

Injustice
Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?
Planet Claire
Claire (voice)
They call her Planet Claire cause she's the size of a planet, but 11 y.o. Claire turns her insults around. She is a planet and if you're lucky maybe she'll let you stay.
RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019
Herself
Bill and Kevin are joined onstage by the great Paul F. Tompkins, and together they host and riff an amazing set of bizarre short films. The shorts cover every subject under the sun (y’know, because “Day”), from workplace safety to childhood safety to sentient talking pillow safety. And that’s not all - we’ve got more guests, riffing teams and legends galore! John Hodgman, Frank Conniff & Trace Beaulieu, Cole Stratton & Janet Varney, and Bridget Nelson with Sean Thomason, RiffTrax Senior Writer, making his live riffing debut.
Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse
Shana
A struggling comedy duo discovers that surviving the apocalypse is almost as difficult as surviving in Hollywood.
Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
Herself
Mike, Kevin, and Bill were joined onstage at SF SKetchfest Live 2016 by very special guest riffers Bridget Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, Cole Stratton, Janet Varney, Adam Savage, Paul F. Tompkins, and John Hodgman including a gigantic, possible world record TEN PERSON riffing grand finale!
Norm of the North
Janet (voice)
Polar bear Norm and his three Arctic lemming buddies are forced out into the world once their icy home begins melting and breaking apart. Landing in New York, Norm begins life anew as a performing corporate mascot, only to discover that his new employers are directly responsible for the destruction of his polar home.
Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
Herself
Mike, Kevin, and Bill take on some of the funniest, most unbelievable vintage shorts we've ever found, live in the beautiful Castro Theatre with a crew of hilarious guest riffers! Shorts performed during this event include One Turkey Two Turkey, Setting Up a Room, Writing Better Social Letters, Live and Learn, Making Sense with Sentences, and Safety - In Danger Out of Doors.
The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live
Rebecca Rose Rushmore
A concert film designed to bring the live Thrilling Adventure Hour experience to those unable to attend a recording of the show was filmed, as a result of the $165,000 that was raised through the show's Kickstarter campaign.
Present Tense
Cynthia
'Present Tense' is a time-travel comedy short that takes place during the wedding of Alex and Cynthia. Things quickly spiral out of control when the groom's future-selves start popping in to ruin the nuptials. Soon, the bride and groom are watching in horror as their big day is destroyed by a chapel-to-shrapnel laser gunfight and an overabundance of genre conventions.
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
Herself
Watch Mike, Bill, Kevin, and an all-star crew of hilarious guest riffers take on seven classic less-than-educational shorts, filmed LIVE onstage at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre in January of this year, in all its gritty, low-light, shakey-cam glory! Show includes: Welcome Back Norman Perc! Pop! Sprinkle! - with Cole Stratton (Pop My Culture Podcast) and Janet Varney (The Legend of Korra) Choking: To Save a Life - with Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall) Cooking Terms More Dangerous Than Dynamite - with Adam Savage (Mythbusters) If Mirrors Could Speak - with Kristen Schaal (30 Rock, Bob’s Burgers, Flight of the Conchords) At Your Fingertips: Cylinders - with Paul F. Tompkins (Best Week Ever, Mr. Show, Tangled)
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Jill Moody (Mom)
Third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.
The Selling
Mary Best
For most people affected by the recent housing market crash, the impact was financial. Super nice real estate agent Richard Scarry has an additional burden: the paranormal.
Best Player
Tracy Saunders
After his parents decide to move to a retirement home in Florida, professional gamer Quincy “Q”Johnson (Jerry Trainor) must find a way to raise 175,000 dollars to buy his family home. After hearing about a tournament for the game “Black Hole” with a grand prize of 175,500 dollars, Quincy enters the tournament, only to be faced with a new problem. An equally skilled gamer named Chris Saunders “Prodigy” (Jeanette McCurdy) has become the one block in Quincy’s plan, defeating him at every turn. So he teams up with his friend Wendell (Amir Talai) to try and find ways to stop Chris from entering the tournament.
Nic & Tristan Go Mega Dega
Howard Fishtickle - Mom
A day in the life of 10 year old skateboarding twins
Drillbit Taylor
Attractive Woman Driver
Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully, not realising he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.
Dante's Inferno
Teacher / Cleopatra / City of Dis Intercom / Ulysses' Usher (voice)
A darkly comedic travelogue of the underworld - set against an all-too-familiar urban backdrop of used car lots, gated communities, strip malls, and the U.S. Capitol. And populated with a contemporary cast of reprobates, including famous - and infamous - politicians, presidents, popes, pimps. And the Prince of Darkness himself.
Back to Norm
TV pilot for a sketch comedy show starring Norm MacDonald
Catwoman
Party Girl
A shy woman, endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her, fascinated by both of her personas