Simone McAlonen is an award-winning actor, writer and comedian once described in the L.A. Times as "a fearless asset."

She has appeared on film, TV, national commercials, comedy festivals and regional theatre around the country, and is a company member at Ensemble Studio Theatre in Los Angeles.

Additionally, Simone is also an experienced comedy writer. Her original comedy pilot, "My Parents Are On Tinder," won Best Comedy Video in Portland and several awards at Portland Comedy Film Festival. Her sketches have been featured on Whohaha and Funny or Die. As a stand up comedian and sketch performer. she has performed all over L.A. including on The Groundlings' Mainstage, UCB, The Laugh Factory and various comedy festivals.

She writes and performs at Storytelling events regularly in Los Angeles including EST's True Story and as part of the "Tales from Herstory" series at The Skirball Cultural Center.

McAlonen is originally from Oregon, where she was partially raised on a Christian Summer Camp that used to be home to the infamous Rajneesh cult. She has written a one-person comedy show based on her childhood diaries living on the camp, called "Wild Wild Christian. The show premiered in 2018 and continues to perform all over the country.