Shelby Fero

Shelby Fero is an American comedian and writer who plays student Denise in Key & Peele’s Substitute Teacher. That classroom role is her sketch performance represented in the archive. She began developing an audience through comedy writing online and also performed stand-up and appeared on comedy panels.

Fero wrote for outlets including Cracked and HelloGiggles and worked in television comedy, including Robot Chicken. She received an Emmy as part of its team in 2016. Her professional work has also extended into photography, alongside a comedy career that included appearances on NPR’s Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me.