Actress, stand-up, and playwright Nancy Redman has rightfully earned a place in the top echelon of the nation's comedians with appearances on stage, television, and film. Verbally and physically expressive, her performance is a high energy explosion of crazy characters and sharp one liners. Part Lily Tomlin, part Groucho Marx, Redman was featured on television’s "Girl's Night Out" (Lifetime), "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and "America's Funniest People" (ABC), where she was a two-time prize winner. On film, she had a featured role as Connie in the movie "Rescuing Desire", with Allison Janney. Recent acting appearances include Gertie in Joey Novick’s play “You Can’t Teach A Fish To Whistle” seen at The Secret Theatre, Hudson Guild Theatre and Borscht Belt Festival. Other stage roles include Mark Levine’s “Fast Food Voices”, produced by the American Renaissance Theater Company; "Mothballs, Pills, and Pie" and "She Got Off The Couch", both at The Dixon Place; Terry Gross, in "Meeting Terry Gross", at WorkShop Theater's Mainstage; "Monkey", at La MaMa; and "For Art", at HB Studio Playwrights Theatre. Nancy was recently seen as patient Mary Davenport in Nicolas Garr's web series "Nurses Station". In addition, she warmed up audiences for hit shows like "The Golden Girls" (NBC) and "Designing Women" (CBS). 

Nancy's one-woman shows, directed by Austin Pendleton, earned her special awards at the United Solo Theatre Festival: Best Comedian Award for both "The Doctor Is Not In" and "CLUTTER: I'm Saving My Life and It's Killing Me" and Best Stand-up for "EMERGENCY A La Carte”.  For her solo play "AT WIT'S END: A Home for Retired Comics," directed by Bill Cosgriff, she was honored by United Solo with The Best of The Decade selection. Nancy was thrilled to be a 2023 United Solo Special Award nominee for “A Séance With Mom”. In addition, Redman was honored with a Jerry Kaufman Award by Carol Goldberg and the American Renaissance Theater Company for Excellence in Playwriting for her solo play "AT WIT'S END: A Home for Retired Comics”.

Nancy Redman is a regular performer at the nation's top comedy clubs, such as Dangerfield's NYC, The Comedy Store and The Laugh Factory in L.A. and Atlantic City's prestigious Tropicana and Claridge Hotels. She has opened for show business legends Jackie Mason, Charo, and Chubby Checker and toured with Soupy Sales for four years.  A career highlight was when she entertained the troops for two months in the nation of Bahrain at the time of the first Gulf War.  She was a member of the Comic Strip Improv Group. Nancy studied acting at HB Studio - with Austin Pendleton and Karen Ludwig, and playwriting with Donna De Matteo and Bill Quigley.  She studied Improvisation with Second City's Martin Harvey Friedberg, Paul Sills, and Dick Schaal. She has also written comedy for corporate shows, internet companies, and magazines.