Anica Cihla is an American Stand-up comic and fresh addition to the San Francisco Bay Area comedy scene who is also a professional trivia writer. ^[4] [2]She has performed as a comedian throughout the West Coast of the U.S. and has been featured in many festivals and competitions. ^[5]

Cihla is a native of Wisconsin and grew up in Rhinelander. ^[1] She is also an alum of Rhinelander High School. ^[1]

She attended and graduated from Lawrence University with a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics. She was a school athlete who formed part of the Tennis team. She was part of Alpha Zeta chapter of Delta Gamma. ^[0]

Some time after college, Anica moved to Seattle where she would begin to explore her potential as a standup comedian. She has since performed throughout the Northwest. ^[0]

Anica worked alongside Jackie Kashian and Maria Bamford during the 2016 All Jane Comedy Festival in Portland, OR, and was a quarterfinalist in the 2016 She-Devil Comedy Festival in NYC.

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She appeared in the 2018 San Francisco Comedy Competition, as well as that year’s 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival in Minneapolis, MN, featuring heavy hitters such as Ian Karmel, Taylor Tomlinson, and Rory Scovel.

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Her style has been described as an approachable blend of observational humor and amicable outrage.

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Anica is a frequent contributor for the comedy website, Cracked. She is also a Trivia Writer. ^[3]

She has appeared in the show Portlandia. ^[5]

Her most dubious claim to fame is that she came in 3rd in her region for a beauty contest run by Dave Navarro.

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She currently lives in Oakland, California. ^[4]

She has multiple tattoos and has portrayed them throughout her Social media accounts. ^[4] [16]