Jana Schmieding

Jana Schmieding is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, and writer known for her roles hosting the podcast Woman of Size and as a writer and actor on the upcoming sitcom Rutherford Falls.

Early life and education

Schmieding is a Lakota woman who grew up in small-town Oregon, where she says she was raised "pretty traditionally in the Lakota ways." She studied theater at the University of Oregon.[1]

Career

After college, Schmieding moved to New York City to pursue her acting dreams. To earn a living, she spent ten years teaching middle and high school, while performing improv in the evenings with Magnet Theater.[1]

In 2016, Schmieding moved to Los Angeles, where she worked at an education-related nonprofit and shifted gears from acting to writing.[1] Between 2017 and 2019, Schmieding hosted "Woman of Size," a podcast in which she and guests discussed experiences of discrimination related to body size.[2][3]

After three years of working on her writing, Schmieding was hired as one of 12 writers on Rutherford Falls, a sitcom to air on the streaming service Peacock. The show focuses on relationships between characters in a New York town and the Indian reservation it borders.[4][5] She was hired by the show's co-creator, Sierra Teller Ornelas, who had previously been a guest on Schmieding's podcast.[1] On August 10, 2020, it was announced that Schmeiding would co-star in the show in addition to serving as a writer.[5] Shooting on the show was supposed to have begun in Spring 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic caused production to be delayed.[6]

References
  1. "Life and Work with Jana Schmieding". VoyageLA. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  2. Byrne, Matt (2020-01-15). "Funny Human of the Week: Jana Schmieding". Brightest Young Things. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  3. "Woman of Size". Stitcher. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  4. Tennant, Zoe (2020-02-07). "Rutherford Falls brings Indigenous writers together for new NBC sitcom". CBC. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  5. White, Peter (2020-08-10). "'Rutherford Falls': Sierra Teller Ornelas Lauds Comedy For Native American Representation As Peacock Series Scheduled To Shoot In Three To Four Weeks". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  6. Nakamura, Reid (2020-08-10). "'Rutherford Falls' Creators on How Peacock Comedy Parallels the Confederate Monuments Debate". The Wrap. Retrieved 2020-09-10.


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