Shawn Pelofsky was born one out of ten Jews in Oklahoma. Performing since the age of eight, Shawn decided to pursue a career in comedy. She attended the University of Southern California and received a B.A. degree in The School of Theater. During her time at USC, she joined an improvisational group "Comedius Interruptus" which became a motivating force to train at The Groundlings.

After college, Shawn was performing sketches and improv with people like (SNL's) Will Ferrell and Will Forte'. With a couple years of improv under her belt, Shawn became a member of The ACME Comedy Theater. During her 3 years at ACME, she wrote and performed a variety of comedy sketches. During her time at ACME, Shawn dabbled in the field of stand-up comedy. She is now a regular at the world famous Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd. and performs there every weekend in The Main Room. She has been featured in The Montreal "Just For Laughs" Comedy Festival and in the all female hit comedy tours, Pretty Funny Women, Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad and The Hot Tamales produced by Eva Longoria. She has opened up for greats such as Bill Maher, Margaret Cho, Richard Lewis, and Huey Lewis and The News.

Shawn has given the comedy competition circuit a run for its money as a finalist for "The Funniest Woman in Orange County" and in The Comedy Central Laugh Riots. She has traveled all over the world to entertain the troops in places such as Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Guantanamo Bay, Korea and Japan.

Shawn Pelofsky’s television and film credits include “Chelsea Lately” (E! Network); “Comics Unleashed” (ABC); “Comedy Colosseum” (NBC); “Minding the Store” (TBS); “Last Comic Standing”(NBC); Playboy TV; “Hype”(WB); FOX News; and, “Free Enterprise” starring William Shatner.