Janet Varney

Janet Varney is a comedian and actress. She is voicing Korra in the upcoming television show, The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra.

Personal life
Janet Varney was born in Arizona and eventually moved to San Francisco. She is an alumnus of San Francisco State University. Varney has worked and co-founded several comedy troupes and is currently in a relationship with Chris Hardwick. In film, Janet has appeared alongside Owen Wilson in "Drillbit Taylor", Halle Berry in "Catwoman", and in the Lionsgate feature, "Still Waiting", as part of a comedy ensemble that includes Justin Long, John Michael Higgins, and Luiz Guzman. Janet recently shot the female lead in the teen comedy "Nic & Tristan", starring the dynamic, ten year-old skateboarding Puehse twins.

Janet is the co-creator and co-producer of one of the largest and most successful comedy festivals in the country, the San Francisco Sketchfest. Janet is well known for her wildly successful and long-running stint as co-host of TBS' "Dinner and a Movie", as well as the Mark Burnett-Steven Spielberg-produced film competition, "On the Lot." She has also starred in the sketch series, "HPC", with Dave Koechner, Diedrich Bader and Kristin Wiig and Sean Hayes' sketch series for FOX, "Man Stroke Woman".

She has guest starred on many hit shows including "How I Met Your Mother", "Better Off Ted", "Psych", "Bones", "What About Brian?" and "Halfway Home". Janet continues to recur as smart, sexy television executive Amy Miller, on HBO's "Entourage". In 2009, Janet signed on to star in the new ABC comedy series from Jeff Strauss, alongside Jonathan Silverman and Matthew Lillard.

Live Action Roles

 * Stuck (2003) - Jane
 * Catwoman (2004) - Party Girl
 * How I Met Your Mother (2007) - Stacey Gusar
 * Dante's inferno (2007) - Intercom
 * Drillbit Taylor (2008) - Attractive Woman Driver
 * Still Waiting (2009) - Haley
 * Bones (2009) - Maureen Perot
 * Best Player (2011) - Tracy Saunders

Animated Roles

 * The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra (2012) - Korra