Samantha Bee Bee in December 2017 Birth name Samantha Jamie Bee Born (1969-10-25) October 25, 1969 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Residence New York City, New York, U.S. Citizenship Canada (1969–present) United States (2014–present) Medium Television theatre film books Alma mater University of Ottawa Years active 2000–present Genres Political/news satire improvisational comedy blue comedy sarcasm sketch comedy surreal humor Subject(s) American politics political punditry popular culture current events mass media/news media civil rights religion Spouse Jason Jones (m. 2001) Children 3 Website samanthabee.com