Described by The Globe and Mail as a right hot blast of funny, Ann Pornel cut her comedy teeth as a regular cast member on Sunday Night Live, a weekly sketch show in Toronto, and continued creating biting satire at the venerated Second City Toronto Main Stage where she wrote three critically-acclaimed shows. She would move on to join the cast of She The People, which toured at Just For Laughs in Montreal, Edmonton Fringe, as well as a limited engagement with Mirvish Productions.

Ann is a Canadian Comedy Award winner and winner of the 2017 Entertainer of the Year award from My Entertainment World. Anns unique perspectives on diversity, body image and inclusion have garnered her spots at NBCs Break Out Comedy Festival and JFL 42. 

You can hear Ann as a panelist on CBCs BECAUSE NEWS or on award-winning television shows such as RUN THE BURBS, ODD SQUAD, THE BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW, THE BEAVERTON and THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES. Along with co-host Alan Shane Lewis, Ann has earned multiple Canadian Screen Award nominations for Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition. Ann and Alan have co-hosted THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW since 2020.