Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964) is an American political activist, stand up comedian and actress. She was co-host on the radio show The Majority Report.
Garofalo is of Italian and Irish descent. Her father is a former executive at Exxon. Garofalo was raised as a conservative Catholic. Garofalo now describes herself as an atheist.
She had two Emmy Award nominations for her role on The Larry Sanders Show.