Robby Hoffman Net Worth

What is Robby Hoffman's Net Worth?

Robby Hoffman is an American-Canadian comedian, writer, actress, and performer who has a net worth of $2 million.

Robby Hoffman first built her career as a television writer before becoming a rising stand-up and scene-stealing comic actress. She wrote for shows including "Odd Squad," "Workin' Moms," "Baroness Von Sketch Show," and "The Chris Gethard Show," and won a Daytime Emmy as part of the writing team for "Odd Squad." As a stand-up, Hoffman became known for a blunt, abrasive, deeply personal style rooted in her background as a queer former Hasidic Jew who grew up poor in a large family. Her profile rose significantly with her role as Randi on "Hacks," which earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination, and with her Netflix stand-up special "Wake Up." She has also appeared in "Dying for Sex" and the HBO comedy "Rooster." Outside comedy, she is known for her relationship with reality television star Gabby Windey. They married in 2015.

Early Life

Robby Hoffman was born Rivkah Sarah Hoffman on December 2, 1989, in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in Crown Heights in a Hasidic Jewish family and was the seventh of 10 children. Hoffman has described her childhood as financially difficult and emotionally intense, with the family's poverty and religious environment later becoming major subjects in her comedy.

Her family eventually left New York, spent a period in Florida, and then moved to Canada. Hoffman has credited her mother with removing the family from a difficult home situation and rebuilding their lives in Montreal. Although the move took her away from Crown Heights, the family remained religious for a time. Hoffman has said she stayed kosher until age 19 and that elements of her Jewish background remained part of her identity even after she moved away from the strict world of her childhood.

As a teenager, Hoffman attended a private Jewish school on scholarship. She has spoken about feeling out of place because of class differences, her family's poverty, and her discomfort with expectations around femininity. She later said that coming out and doing stand-up helped her stop trying to hide the parts of herself she had been taught to soften or disguise.

Education and Accounting

Hoffman attended McGill University in Montreal, where she studied accounting. After graduating, she began working in accounting and was on track for a more traditional professional life. At work, she used the name Rivkah, while in comedy clubs she performed as Robby. She has described that split not as an alter ego, but as a practical way to keep her comedy life separate from the corporate world.

The plan did not last. Hoffman started doing stand-up and quickly felt pulled toward comedy. The stage gave her a place where her bluntness, intensity, and outsider perspective were not liabilities, but strengths. She eventually left accounting behind and pursued comedy full time.

Writing Career

Hoffman began gaining professional traction as a television writer. She wrote for the children's series "Odd Squad," which became one of her most important early credits. In 2019, she won a Daytime Emmy as part of the show's writing team.

She also worked on "The Chris Gethard Show," "Workin' Moms," and "Baroness Von Sketch Show." Those jobs helped establish her as a sharp comic writer before she became more widely known as a performer. Her writing background also shaped her stand-up, which often combines personal confession, social criticism, and fast, aggressive joke construction.

Stand-Up Comedy

Hoffman released the stand-up special "I'm Nervous" in 2019. She later expanded her audience through live shows, podcasts, and online clips, building a reputation as a comic who was willing to be confrontational, politically incorrect, vulnerable, and self-lacerating at the same time.

Her biggest stand-up milestone came with the Netflix special "Wake Up." Directed by John Mulaney, the special introduced Hoffman to a much wider audience and captured the voice that had made her a favorite among comedy fans: loud, fast, uncomfortable, and deeply specific. Her material frequently draws on poverty, class, Judaism, sexuality, gender, family, and the strange behavior of people with money.

Acting Breakthrough

Hoffman's acting profile rose sharply when she joined "Hacks" as Randi, a blunt former Hasidic Jew from Crown Heights who becomes an assistant in Hollywood. The character pulled directly from aspects of Hoffman's own life, and her performance quickly became one of the show's standout comic additions.

Her work on "Hacks" earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Hoffman later appeared in "Dying for Sex" and played Mo in the HBO comedy "Rooster," further expanding her screen career beyond stand-up and writing.

Personal Life

Hoffman is gay and has spoken publicly about being outed at 17, an experience she described as devastating at the time. She has said that losing friends and being forced into visibility helped shape the directness and emotional force of her comedy.

In 2025, Robby Hoffman married Gabby Windey, the reality television personality known for "The Bachelor," "The Bachelorette," "Dancing with the Stars," and "The Traitors." Hoffman has described their relationship as grounding, partly because both came from modest beginnings and share a similar attitude toward money, family, and building a chosen life together.

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