SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Ever heard of a Hollywood actress excited about getting older? Meet Wendy Hammers. Actress, Author and Stand Up Comedian Wendy Hammers is alive and well. Having recently survived pancreatic cancer, this is not something she takes for granted. EVER.

Ms. Hammers is tickled and honored to be sharing her optimistic story of surviving and joyfully thriving, of aging gracefully; of resilience and reinvention. This speaker will leave you dancing in the aisles, grateful to be alive and living in your amazing body.

Wendy Hammers loves to act. And act up. Here’s the damage she’s done so far: confused Tony on The Sopranos; Annoyed Larry on Curb your Enthusiasm; Pissed off Bernie on The Bernie Mac Show.  She murdered her lesbian girlfriend (played by Kathy Griffin) in the Roger Corman slasher pic The Unborn (the demented baby made her do it). As a comic, Wendy has teased Oprah Winfrey in the daytime and made Craig Ferguson laugh at night, and appeared on VH – 1, MTV, NBC, CBS, A & E, and all the other letters.

As a stand up, she performs regularly in Los Angeles, Atlantic City, Tahoe, and Vegas, As an actress, she has two solo shows that she tours around the country. Most recently, she performed her award-winning play undressing new jersey (and other states of mind) in Kauai. Her latest solo show, RIPE, premieres in LA in September.

As a producer, she has created The Hungry & Horny Show™, an original vagina monologue style show about the various hungers of women. She is the creator and host of a monthly live spoken word show in Santa Monica called Tasty Words.

Her book, Tous Mesregimes.com, was published by Marabout Press. Wendy also coaches writer/performers in her Write at Home™classes in LA and privately.