Leana Benson has been playing out to clubs around the Los Angeles Area as well as the emerging comedy hub of Orange County for more than 4 years, crafting her material and honing what has been called a one-of-a-kind delivery.

Like most comics, Leana began her stand up career as a class clown and utilized her quick wit and excellent timing to win friends and influence people. In high school she starred in many comedy productions, and won several awards for improv and speech. Upon graduation she was named "Class Comedian," and took that to mean she needed to move out to California.

Leana started out studying improvisation comedy at Idiot Central in early 1999. It was also around that time she started taking stand up class after class, performing her first show at the IceHouse in Pasadena and her second at the World Famous Comedy Store on Sunset in Hollywood. "When you do one of your first gigs on the main stage of the Comedy Store there is nowhere to go but down," Leana quipped after leaving the stage that night.

But that hasn't been the case for Leana who plays out regularly, and constantly churns events in her work, home and love life to add to her arsenal of material. She recently won a spot in Secret's National Sniff Check Comedy Tour, being one of only five semi-finalists on the West Coast. Check out the Upcoming Gigs section to see when Leana is performing next.