Fast Facts:

• Iowa born, raised and educated

• Smack dab in the middle of four bros and a sis

• First tv gig was as a pole dancer for Workaholics

• Lived and worked in Chicago for 10 years

• Currently resides in Los Angeles as an actor, coach, teacher, and director

 

Celeste Pechous (SAG/AFTRA) has improvised around the world with some of the most distinguished improv theaters.  An alumna of the Second City Chicago, Pechous has trained and performed at the Second City Chicago/LA, iO Chicago/LA, and The Annoyance Theater.  She was honored Best Actress for her work in The Clan at the Midwest Film Festival and received a Best Actress nominee from the Downtown LA Film Festival and was awarded the Outstanding Performance from The SNAFF Film Festival for her work in the dark-comedy short, Past Due, based on her short story.  TV credits include HBO's Sharp Objects, NBC's The Kenan Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, USA's Pearsons, Amazon's Upload, Showtime’s Masters of Sex, Netflix's One Day at a Time, Epix's Get Shorty, Comedy Central’s Workaholics, Review and TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland.  She appeared in Work in Progress, which debuted to accolades at Sundance 2019.  See her next in the feature film Against All Enemies.  You can also see her improvise at Second City LA and on tv in one of her many national commercial spots.  Pechous teaches Improv at Second City Hollywood and for UCLA's Extension Studies.  She is the founder of Dosage Improv Workshops in Los Angeles.