“Sov is a force of nature. Fearless, for real, and relentlessly curious. She’s a 1 of 1. My admiration for her brilliant mind is off the charts.”

—Peter Berg, producer of Friday Night Lights

Sovereign Syre is an accomplished writer, stand-up comedian, and podcaster who co-hosts ILL REPUTE!, a history podcast about transgressive women throughout history that is being adapted for television. As a writer, her first screenplay, a scripted comedy series about her life, was sold to Netflix; in addition to her writing, appearing in a regular column for Mel Magazine, in GQ Italy, and in the Huffington Post. She has been profiled by the LA Times, Vice, and Playboy. As a stand-up comedian, she has been featured on Adult Swim and HBO Max. She's opened for Marc Maron and Big Jay Oakerson and appeared on the WTF podcast. She co-hosted a successful variety/comedy show at the Steve Allen Theater, where she worked alongside Margaret Cho, Marc Maron, Laurie Kilmartin, Theo Von, Dave Foley, Kyle Kinane, and others.

After leaving graduate school, she moved to New York where she worked as a model, before moving to Los Angeles where she worked in the adult film industry. Her work since then has focused on what she learned about the human condition during her time in the sex industry and advocating for the rights of those laboring in the trade.

Currently, she performs stand-up comedy all over Los Angeles, makes weekly episodes of her podcast, and has multiple writing projects in development.