Hannah Berner is an American comedian who took the unlikeliest route to stand-up fame: Division I tennis, a Bravo summer house, and a podcast recorded with her best friend. The Giggly Squad co-host and Netflix special star has become one of the defining comic voices of her internet generation — and she got there by leaving reality TV before it could define her.
| Full Name | Hannah Lucia Berner |
| Born | 12 August 1991, Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Age | 35 (as of 2026) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Comedian, podcaster and television personality |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Known For | Summer House; co-host of the Giggly Squad podcast; Netflix special We Ride at Dawn |
| Net Worth (est.) | Around $1–2 million (estimates vary) |
Early Life and Tennis Career
Berner was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a family steeped in comedy and sport — her grandmother, Vera di Milo, was a voice actress and comedian, and Hannah grew up funny and fiercely competitive in equal measure. Tennis dominated her youth: she was a top junior player in New York and earned a place on the University of Wisconsin’s Division I women’s tennis team, competing for the Badgers while studying communication arts. The athlete’s discipline — hours of daily training, constant travel, public wins and losses — became, she often jokes, the perfect preparation for stand-up.
Summer House Years
After college, Berner worked in media and content production in New York, building a comic social media presence, before joining Bravo’s Summer House in its third season in 2019. For three seasons she was the show’s chaotic heart — quick with a one-liner, central to its biggest friendship feuds, and increasingly frustrated with the edit. Her podcast with castmate Paige DeSorbo, Giggly Squad, launched in 2020 as a lockdown side project. When Berner left Summer House in 2021 to focus on comedy, it looked like a step down. It was the making of her.
Giggly Squad and the Comedy Boom
Giggly Squad grew from a pandemic hobby into one of the most popular comedy podcasts in America — a weekly hour of Berner and DeSorbo riffing on dating, pop culture and their own absurdities, with a fiercely loyal audience of young women who call themselves Gigglers. Sold-out live tours, merchandise and headline sponsors followed. In parallel, Berner’s solo stand-up climbed from clubs to theatres: her ‘Han on the Street’ interview videos drew billions of views, and in 2024 Netflix released her first special, We Ride at Dawn, filmed in Philadelphia.
The special confirmed what the podcast numbers suggested — Berner had crossed from reality fame to comedy fame, the transition almost no reality star manages. Critics noted the craft under the chaos: structured bits, a distinctive voice on dating and male behaviour, and the confidence to build an hour around her own neuroses. She and DeSorbo have since fronted television projects together, hosted red carpets, and turned Giggly Squad into a genuine media business with touring and licensing arms.
Marriage to Des Bishop
In 2022 Berner married Irish-American comedian Des Bishop, fifteen years her senior, whom she had met through the New York comedy world; the wedding, at a beach house in the Hamptons, neatly closed her Summer House chapter in the same geography where it began. The couple’s age-gap comedy is a staple of her sets and of his, and Bishop — a veteran of Irish television — has been an outspoken champion of her ambition to be judged as a comic rather than a reality alumna.
Hannah Berner Net Worth
Berner’s net worth is commonly estimated at around $1–2 million, built from stand-up touring, the Giggly Squad podcast’s advertising and live business, her Netflix special and brand partnerships — income that, unusually for a reality star, no longer depends on a television network at all. Published figures are unofficial estimates and predate some of her biggest touring years.
Personal Life
Berner lives in New York with Bishop and remains extremely close to her family; her grandmother Vera’s voice-acting career is a point of family pride she cites as her comedy inheritance. She is open about anxiety and therapy, themes she mines on stage, and about the discipline tennis gave her — the practice ethic behind a career that can look, from the outside, like pure improvisation.
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Hannah Berner?
She was born on 12 August 1991, making her 35 years old in 2026.
Was Hannah Berner a professional tennis player?
She played Division I college tennis at the University of Wisconsin after being a top New York junior, though stand-up comedy became her career.
What is Giggly Squad?
The hit comedy podcast Berner co-hosts with her Summer House castmate Paige DeSorbo, launched in 2020 and now a major touring and media brand.
What is Hannah Berner’s net worth?
Commonly estimated at around $1–2 million from touring, podcasting, her Netflix special and brand deals — an unofficial estimate.
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Sources
Net worth and salary figures are estimates based on publicly available sources and may change over time.
