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ALESSANDRA CHOOSES COMEDY

She already had a comedy career once. Then life happened.

Alessandra Chooses Comedy is a self-filmed YouTube documentary series following Brazilian comedian Alessandra Basher as she returns to comedy more than a decade after leaving her career in Brazil to raise a family in America - this time doing stand-up in English.

She’s not starting from zero. She’s starting over.

And she’s filming it before anyone knows how it ends. Behind the comedy is a bigger story about ambition, motherhood, marriage, immigration, aging, identity - and a question many people eventually ask themselves:

Did I miss my chance?

Alessandra has experience, a family, responsibilities, an accent, considerably less patience - and a very clear understanding of how much she wants this.

Following your dreams sounds inspirational when you’re young, but it gets more complicated when you have kids, responsibilities, and a bedtime you’re already missing.

Alessandra chose comedy once. Now she’s choosing it again.

And this time, we’re watching.

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ABOUT Alessandra

Alessandra Basher is a Brazilian-born stand-up comedian, writer, and actress based in Austin, Texas.

Before moving to the United States, she spent a decade performing in Brazil, where she toured her one-woman comedy show for six years across São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and appeared on TV Globo's hit soap opera Passione.

After stepping away from entertainment for 12 years to focus on raising her family, Alessandra returned to the stage - this time performing stand-up comedy in her second language.

Alessandra's comedy is built on one simple idea: no matter where you're from, families are complicated, marriage is confusing, and life rarely goes according to plan. Through sharp storytelling, memorable characters, and the unique perspective of a Brazilian navigating life in America, she turns cultural differences and everyday frustrations into comedy that feels both personal and universally relatable.

She has performed at the Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles, Gotham Comedy Club and Broadway Comedy Club in New York City, and clubs across Austin. A Brazilian rebuilding her life in America, Alessandra is discovering that families, marriages, and human behavior are just as dysfunctional in every language.

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