Voted one of the "Top 10 Comics" by Backstage Magazine in 2004, Michele Balan is a brash, New York stand-up comedian, and for the past 12 years has performed on Comedy Central, as well as in top comedy clubs, theaters, festivals and on cruises all over the country.Her career has taken her to top comedy clubs from The Improv in Los Angeles to the infamous Friar’s Club in New York City, and from the Montreal "Just for Laughs Festival" to the "Dinah Shore Women"s Weekend."Often told she was naturally funny, the Brooklyn native left a high-paying executive position at a computer company to pursue comedy -- even though comedy has never proved as lucrative -- and has been performing ever since.She got her start as a "female female impersonator," doing lip sync impressions of Bette Midler. Now people tell her she is "like a female George Burns with many one-liners."