Erica Rhodes is one of Deadline Hollywood’s Comics to Watch for 2026 and a breakout favorite from America’s Got Talent. She is currently on her CALL ME CRAZY tour, performing to packed rooms across the country.

 

Erica’s comedy has been featured on America’s Got Talent, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Just For Laughs, Don’t Tell Comedy, Comics Unleashed, @midnight, NBC’s Bring the Funny, CW’s Howie Mandel Comedy Extravaganza, and Fox’s Punchline. She was a New Face at the 2018 Just for Laughs Festival and has performed at JFL Bermuda and Vancouver, Netflix Is a Joke Fest, Moontower Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, and San Francisco Sketchfest. Sofia Vergara called Erica “the best comedy act she has ever seen on AGT,” and Bring the Funny judge Jeff Foxworthy described her as “the best-defined comic voice of the competition.”

 

Erica was a semi-regular performer and writer on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion. She can be seen in Modern Family, VEEP, New Girl, Audible’s Dr. Katz: The Audiobook, ABC’s The Off-Season, and voiced the scene-stealing character “Dotty” in Netflix’s A Tale Dark and Grimm.

 

Her comedy albums Sad Lemon and Ladybug both debuted at #1 on the iTunes Comedy charts. Her Dry Bar special Love You More has over 2 million views on YouTube, and her second special, La Vie en Rhodes, premiered as part of the Tribeca Drive-In Festival and streams on Amazon. Her two Don’t Tell Comedy sets have amassed over 1 million views.