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Robby Hoffman is having a big year — both personally and professionally.
The 35-year-old is quickly becoming one of television’s most exciting comedic voices and has been winning over audiences as a breakout star on HBO’s Hacks. Off-screen, the stand-up comedian, writer, and actress has also made headlines for her personal life, marrying Bachelorette alum Gabby Windey in January 2025 after a whirlwind romance.
From her career to her love story with Gabby, find out more about Robby Hoffman below.
After the interview, Gabby shared a series of photos of her and Robby on Instagram, revealing who her new girlfriend was, and she looks incredibly happy with her!
With the exciting news of their marriage, discover more about Robby here!
Robby is a comedian
While Robby has many different hats, above all else, she’s a stand-up comedian. She recently performed her new hour Homecoming King at the critically acclaimed Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, Canada, where she’s originally from. “Robby Hoffman is a small ex-Hasidic queer Jewish stand-up comedian, writer, and true original,” her bio says.
She tells jokes about a variety of subject matter, and she’s named comics like Tim Dillon, Sam Jay. and Michelle Buteau as some of her favorites in a 2022 interview with Vulture. When asked to describe her comedy, she said, “Original, unlike anyone you’ve seen.” In that same interview, she did joke that if she wasn’t a comedian, she’d be a “Rabbi of the first-ever mega synagogue.”
She’s received numerous accolades as a comedian
Robby has received much recognition as a standup comedian. In 2022, Vulture named her a “Comedian You Should Know.” She’s also been named an “Up Next” comedian for Comedy Central and made the list of Conan O’Brien’s “Comics to Watch,” per her bio.
She released her debut stand-up special in 2019
Robby recorded her debut special I’m Alright for Just For Laughs in 2019. The special was originally released through CraveTV, but has since been shared in full on YouTube. The special was recorded in Toronto, and she said that it’s probably what she’s most known for in the above-mentioned Vulture interview.
She’s written for a number of different TV shows
Besides performing stand-up comedy, Robby is also a writer, who has contributed to a variety of projects. One of her longest running gigs was her first, as a writer for the children’s series Odd Squad. She was also a staff writer for The Chris Gethard Show, and she was featured in one episode of Chris Gethard’s Presents public access series, per IMDb. She was also reportedly picked up by Showtime for her series Rivkah in 2021, for Deadline.
She’s married to Gabby Windey
On March 5, 2025, Gabby shared on Instagram that she married Robby in a secret ceremony on January 11, 2025. Gabby also explained why she and Robby, who she began dating in August 2023, chose to marry at the start of the year after they fled to Las Vegas due to the Los Angeles fires.
“We had just evacuated from the fires. Literally cue Rihanna, ‘We found love in a hopeless place,’ ” Gabby told Cosmopolitan. “What better time to get married than right now? Because if the world is ending, we want to be with each other.”
The reality TV star revealed months after she and Hoffman first started dating that she was in a relationship with a woman, after previously only dating men. During an appearance on The View on August 2, 2023, she shared, “I have been seeing someone for a couple months, and I’ve been keeping it a little more private, because it is a bigger story and a bigger conversation, cause I’m dating a girl,” she said, before gushing about Robby. “She’s so special. She makes me feel so safe, so loved, a love that I always wanted going on these dating shows.”
