Betsy Sodaro is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade. She has made appearances mostly on television, such as Comedy Bang! Bang!, Raising Hope, The Millers, Big Time in Hollywood, FL, Clipped, Dr. Ken, Superstore, and 2 Broke Girls. She also provides voice over roles, such as Xixi in All Hail King Julien, Eddie and Angela in The Powerpuff Girls, Plant in Right Now Kapow, Puddin' Peggy and Sherris in Little Big Awesome, Ground Hog in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Skadi the Cloud Puncher in Summer Camp Island.
Life and career[]
Sodaro is originally from Summit County, Colorado, and graduated from Western State Colorado University in 2006, with a degree in communications and theater. After graduating, she trained and performed at the Sacramento Comedy Spot and moved to Los Angeles in 2007. She performs regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre with house improv teams Bangarang! and Search History and house sketch team Nephew. Sodaro cites Chris Farley among her comedic influences.
Sodaro has been in films such as Monsters University and The To Do List, and has made guest appearances on television shows such as Raising Hope, Comedy Bang Bang, NTSF:SD:SUV::, Stevie TV, and Kroll Show. In 2010, she was a cast member in UCB co-founder Matt Besser's Comedy Central sketch pilot This Show Will Get You High, along with Besser, Brett Gelman, John Gemberling, and Paul Rust. In 2012, Sodaro co-starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom Animal Practice. She also plays recurring roles on the Comedy Central's Another Period and Big Time in Hollywood, FL and co-starred on the TBS sitcom Clipped.
Sodaro is a frequent guest on Matt Besser's podcast improv4humans, having appeared on the show over 12 times. She has also guested on many other podcasts on the Earwolf network such as on Comedy Bang! Bang!, Hollywood Handbook, With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus, The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project, The Hooray Show with Horatio, and more.
Betsy Sodaro also provided the voice of Plant from Warner Bros. Animation's Right Now Kapow, Xixi The Toucan from All Hail King Julien, and many more. She also played the character "Dabby" on the Netflix sitcom Disjointed starring Kathy Bates. In 2022 she appeared on Ghosts as Nancy, a ghost who died from cholera.
Sodaro is in a relationship with Drew Tarver who is an American comedian and actor, and a member of her improv group. After dating for several years, Drew popped the question in June 2017 when their group had gone to perform in Kamakura Daibutsu (a Buddhist temple) in Japan.
Currently, the couple is seemingly sharing memorable moments together, as seen on Betsy’s Instagram posts.
