Betsy Kenney is a comedy writer, performer, and director.

She writes, produces and directs with collaborator, Dara Katz (Cool Right Productions). Their short film Tapes, a dramedy about a mother/daughter relationship, was selected to premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and has more than 100K views on YouTube. Their 2018 film, Amazing Bagel, a soft and sweet comedy about a miscarriage, was an official selection of the 2019 Maryland Film Festival, Calgary International Film Festival and won the Audience Choice Award at the Nitehawk Shorts Fest.

Betsy directed the short film Pear (written by & starring Peter Molesworth and Maddie Mahoney), a dark comedy about two sociopathic wellness experts. Pear won Best Comedy in the Digital Short Series category at SeriesFest 2023.

She wrote on the Ryan Reynold's Snap Chat Original, Ryan Doesn't Know. Betsy’s voice and face have appeared in commercials for Olay, Fruit of The Loom, Absolut, Geico, Samsung, TurboTax, Comedy Central, Bank of America and most recently Volkswagen. She also plays "Angie" in the Netflix animated series Motown Magic, executive produced by Smokey Robinson. 

Before Betsy forced her family to move New Jersey, she was a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York City on Harold Night.

Press: IFC, Vulture, Vice, Time Out, Decider, IndieWire, Huffington Post, The Dissolve, Rolling Stone, Deadline