Kate Elizabeth Méndez Berlant (born 1987), is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. Her stand-up and improvisational comic acts are surrealist and absurdist. Since 2016, she has performed in a number of television comedies and feature films, including roles in Boots Riley's 2018 film Sorry to Bother You, Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry Darling.