Moonie Desvarieux

Moonie Desvarieux is a Haitian-American lawyer turned stand-up comedian, TV & Film writer, and actor. As a comedian, she has opened for D.L. Hughley & Bob the Drag Queen. She has also made it to the finals of Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson’s National Comedy Competition and has performed several times in the New York Comedy Festival, The New York Queer Comedy Festival & The Black Women in Comedy Laff Festival.

Moonie co-wrote the comedic screenplay, Butch Baby Mama, with her sister/creative partner, Jess Desvarieux. This movie was a finalist in Stage 32’s Best Comedic Screenplay competition. Butch Baby Mama was also selected to partake in TIFF’s 2024 Inside Out Finance Forum, where it was pitched to major executives at Netflix, NEON and A24, to name a few. 

Moonie is also the co-creator & lead actor in the award winning episodic web series, Moonie, the Black, Queer version of “Seinfeld.” Moonie has been selected and screened in over fifteen national and international film festivals. Moonie was also nominated for a 2023 Queerties award for Best Web Series.