Actor profile

Sandra Bernhard

6th June 1955 Flint, Michigan, USA Acting

Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955) is an American comedian, singer, actress and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy in which she often bitterly critiques celebrity culture and political figures. Bernhard is number 97 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandra Bernhard , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

72 Movies 66 TV Shows 144 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story poster

Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story 9th June 2026 as Self

Marty Supreme poster

Marty Supreme 19th December 2025 as Judy

Out of Order poster

Out of Order 27th September 2025 as Judge Stevenson

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery poster

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery 13th September 2025 as Self

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution poster

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 7th June 2024 as Self

Babes poster

Babes 9th March 2024 as Dr. Shirley

Turn Up the Love: Connecting to Pride poster

Turn Up the Love: Connecting to Pride 10th May 2023

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration poster

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration 9th June 2022

69 Parts poster

69 Parts 1st April 2022 as The Landlady

Pose-a-Thon for Pride poster

Pose-a-Thon for Pride 26th June 2020 as Self

I Am Richard Pryor poster

I Am Richard Pryor 12th March 2019 as Self - Actress and Comedian

Secs & Execs poster

Secs & Execs 12th March 2017 as Kath Fairchild

Dying Laughing poster

Dying Laughing 24th February 2017 as Self

Alone With Chrissie Hynde poster

Alone With Chrissie Hynde 10th February 2017 as Herself

Jewel's Catch One poster

Jewel's Catch One 7th January 2017 as Self

Roseanne for President! poster

Roseanne for President! 18th April 2015 as Self

Diving Normal poster

Diving Normal 9th April 2013 as Carmella

Why We Laugh: Funny Women poster

Why We Laugh: Funny Women 21st March 2013 as Self

The Undefeated poster

The Undefeated 15th July 2011 as Self (archive footage)

Looking for Lenny poster

Looking for Lenny 1st January 2011 as Self

Rappin' With The Rickster poster

Rappin' With The Rickster 1st January 2010 as Self

See You in September poster

See You in September 1st January 2010 as Charlotte

Dare poster

Dare 13th November 2009 as Dr. Serena Mohr

Disney Heroes Volume 1 poster

Disney Heroes Volume 1 23rd May 2005 as Cassandra (voice)

Searching for Bobby D poster

Searching for Bobby D 14th May 2005 as Sherri Dansen

The Easter Egg Adventure poster

The Easter Egg Adventure 5th September 2004 as Claralyne Cluck (voice)

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock poster

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock 29th June 2004 as Sarah Baker (voice)

The Third Date poster

The Third Date 31st December 2003 as Ola

Totally Gay! poster

Totally Gay! 29th August 2003 as Self

A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' poster

A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' 17th December 2002 as Self

Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen poster

Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen 15th April 2002 as Herself

Method Acting poster

Method Acting 1st January 2002

Zoolander poster

Zoolander 28th September 2001 as Sandra Bernhard

One Hell of a Guy poster

One Hell of a Guy 25th October 2000 as God (voice)

Dinner Rush poster

Dinner Rush 1st September 2000 as Jennifer Freely

Playing Mona Lisa poster

Playing Mona Lisa 1st May 2000 as Bibi Carlson

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller poster

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller 27th October 1999 as Self

Hercules: Zero to Hero poster

Hercules: Zero to Hero 17th August 1999 as Cassandra (voice) (archive sound)

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died poster

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died 13th September 1998 as Sandy Sands

Wrongfully Accused poster

Wrongfully Accused 23rd July 1998 as Doctor Fridley

I'm Still Here... Damn It! poster

I'm Still Here... Damn It! 10th July 1998 as Self

Somewhere in the City poster

Somewhere in the City 11th June 1998 as Betty

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn poster

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn 27th February 1998 as Ann Glover

Exposé poster

Exposé 23rd February 1998 as Janet

Lover Girl poster

Lover Girl 11th September 1997 as Marci Guerra / 'Angel'

The Apocalypse poster

The Apocalypse 17th May 1997

Plump Fiction poster

Plump Fiction 1st May 1997 as Bunny Roberts

Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast poster

Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast 1st March 1997 as Self

Museum of Love poster

Museum of Love 6th October 1996 as Kitty

The Late Shift poster

The Late Shift 24th February 1996 as Sandra Bernhard

Catwalk poster

Catwalk 8th December 1995 as Self

The Reggae Movie poster

The Reggae Movie 15th September 1995 as Self

Unzipped poster

Unzipped 11th August 1995 as Self

Freaky Friday poster

Freaky Friday 6th May 1995 as Frieda Debny

One Hundred and One Nights poster

One Hundred and One Nights 25th January 1995 as First Seeker (uncredited)

Dallas Doll poster

Dallas Doll 3rd November 1994 as Dallas Adair

Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady poster

Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady 24th April 1994 as Self

Inside Monkey Zetterland poster

Inside Monkey Zetterland 12th September 1992 as Imogene

Hudson Hawk poster

Hudson Hawk 23rd May 1991 as Minerva Mayflower

Madonna: Truth or Dare poster

Madonna: Truth or Dare 10th May 1991 as Self

Without You I'm Nothing poster

Without You I'm Nothing 11th May 1990 as Sandra Bernhard

Decade poster

Decade 9th December 1989 as Self

Heavy Petting poster

Heavy Petting 22nd September 1989 as Self

Track 29 poster

Track 29 15th May 1988 as Nurse Stein

Casual Sex? poster

Casual Sex? 22nd April 1988

The Whoopee Boys poster

The Whoopee Boys 22nd August 1986 as Extra (uncredited)

Follow That Bird poster

Follow That Bird 2nd August 1985 as Grouch Waitress

The House of God poster

The House of God 1st January 1984 as Angel Dutton

The King of Comedy poster

The King of Comedy 18th December 1982 as Masha

Nice Dreams poster

Nice Dreams 24th July 1981 as Girl Nut

Shogun Assassin poster

Shogun Assassin 11th November 1980 as Voice (voice)

The Richard Pryor Special? poster

The Richard Pryor Special? 5th May 1977 as Writer

Percy Jackson and the Olympians poster

Percy Jackson and the Olympians 19th December 2023 as Anger

Survival of the Thickest poster

Survival of the Thickest 13th July 2023 as Hannah Sommar

So Help Me Todd poster

So Help Me Todd 29th September 2022 as Belinda Tuttle

Sherri poster

Sherri 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

Severance poster

Severance 17th February 2022 as Cecily

POSE poster

POSE 3rd June 2018 as Judy Kubrak

Bill Nye Saves the World poster

Bill Nye Saves the World 21st April 2017 as Mint Choc Chip (voice)

Match Game poster

Match Game 26th June 2016 as Self - Panelist

Difficult People poster

Difficult People 5th August 2015 as Lilith Feigenbaum

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self

Broad City poster

Broad City 22nd January 2014 as Brenda

Getting On poster

Getting On 24th November 2013 as Marla Pounder

The Birthday Boys poster

The Birthday Boys 18th October 2013

Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine 17th September 2013 as Darlene Linetti

Gotham Comedy Live poster

Gotham Comedy Live 15th November 2012 as Self - Host

DTLA poster

DTLA 24th October 2012 as Carla

GCB poster

GCB 4th March 2012 as Debby Horowitz

American Horror Story poster

American Horror Story 5th October 2011 as Fran

American Horror Story poster

American Horror Story 5th October 2011 as Hannah

2 Broke Girls poster

2 Broke Girls 19th September 2011 as Joedth

Switched at Birth poster

Switched at Birth 6th June 2011 as Prof. Teresa Ledarsky

Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland 16th June 2010 as Nan

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked poster

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked 1st February 2010 as Self - Guest Judge

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 16th July 2009 as Self - Guest

RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race 2nd February 2009 as Self - Guest Judge

Head Case poster

Head Case 18th April 2007 as Self

The New Adventures of Old Christine poster

The New Adventures of Old Christine 13th March 2006 as Audrey

American Dad! poster

American Dad! 6th February 2005 as Old Lady (voice)

Project Runway poster

Project Runway 1st December 2004 as Self - Guest Judge

The L Word poster

The L Word 18th January 2004 as Charlotte Birch

Las Vegas poster

Las Vegas 22nd September 2003 as Margo Poon

L.A. Dragnet poster

L.A. Dragnet 2nd February 2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self

V Graham Norton poster

V Graham Norton 6th May 2002 as Self

Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan 24th September 2001 as Roz Framus

Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends 11th September 2000 as Marcia

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as Defense Attorney Priscilla Chaney

Family Guy poster

Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Sandra Bernhard (voice)

The Sopranos poster

The Sopranos 10th January 1999 as Gina

V.I.P. poster

V.I.P. 26th September 1998 as Cora DeFarge

Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace 21st September 1998 as Sandra Bernhard

Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares 14th September 1998 as Self - Panelist

The Roseanne Show poster

The Roseanne Show 14th September 1998

Hercules poster

Hercules 31st August 1998 as Cassandra (voice)

Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal 8th September 1997 as Caroline Poop

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

Clueless poster

Clueless 20th September 1996 as Ms. Sorenson

Superman: The Animated Series poster

Superman: The Animated Series 6th September 1996 as Gsptlsnz (voice)

MADtv poster

MADtv 14th October 1995 as Self - Host

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist poster

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist 28th May 1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 12th March 1995 as Bluebird (voice)

Reel Wild Cinema poster

Reel Wild Cinema 1st January 1995 as Self - Host

Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man 19th November 1994 as Sarah Baker (voice)

Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope 18th September 1994 as Sheila Truitt

Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast 15th April 1994 as Self

Duckman poster

Duckman 5th March 1994 as Warden (voice)

Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series 3rd October 1992 as Carolyn Marsh

The Larry Sanders Show poster

The Larry Sanders Show 15th August 1992 as Sandra Bernhard

The Word poster

The Word 10th August 1990

Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt 10th June 1989 as Sheila Winters

Roseanne poster

Roseanne 18th October 1988 as Nancy

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents 29th September 1985 as Karen

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Dallas Adair

The Hitchhiker poster

The Hitchhiker 23rd November 1983 as Rat

Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman 1st February 1982 as Self

The Richard Pryor Show poster

The Richard Pryor Show 13th September 1977