Midwife. Nurse. Actor. Funny Lady.
Sunoz “Sunny” Soroosh, CNM, WHNP-BC, MPH is an east-coast based Certified Nurse Midwife, Nurse Practitioner, Actor, and Stand-up Comedian. She is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and has traveled and worked as a Registered Nurse all over the world. Sunny’s parents are Iranian immigrants, and she is fluent in English, Spanish, and Farsi (Persian).
Sunny was inspired to become a midwife by her grandmother, who was a midwife at the largest public hospital for women in Iran and volunteered in rural areas in her spare time.
Sunny received her undergraduate education at the University of California, Berkeley where she graduated with honors with degrees in Public Health and Spanish. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and Master’s of Public Health at Columbia University, and her Master’s in Nursing at Frontier Nursing University.
Sunny was a Registered Nurse for 8 years before pursuing her advanced degree in Nurse-Midwifery. She has worked in many different fields, including Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, but her true passion is sexual and reproductive health. She worked as a RN in the Dominican Republic, and at birth centers in Guatemala (with Mayan midwives!), New York City, and on the Texas-Mexico border. Sunny was also a Registered Nurse Coordinator and Surgical Nurse at Planned Parenthood of New York City. In addition to her clinical work there, Sunny became involved in public relations, fundraising, and reproductive rights activism. Vogue Magazine, Huffington Post, Rewire News Group, and Time Out New York have featured Sunny for her healthcare and advocacy work. She also spoke twice in front of the New York State Senate, as well as for many other panels and events in New York City.
During the COVID-19 pandemic,
Sunny served her NYC community by working at the Javits Center Military Hospital during the beginning of the crisis in 2020, and then at testing and vaccination sites throughout the city. She was featured in an article on the Frontier Nursing University website for this work. She completed her Nurse-Midwifery Fellowship at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC, and practiced as a Midwife at Lenox Hill Hospital thereafter. She is now offering Childbirth Education Courses.
Sunny is an actor, stand-up comedian, and a member of SAG-AFTRA.
She has been featured on many popular shows including Law and Order: SVU, The Politician, Evil, and Pose. She is best known for her costarring role as “Pammy” on Amy Schumer’s Life and Beth on Hulu. She co-starred on the upcoming season of Power Book II: Ghost on Starz. She also played Jason Alexander’s assistant on The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV in his role as Jeff Bezos, and worked with comedian Mo Amer on the Hulu show Ramy. She often takes on medical roles in addition to comedic roles, acting as a nurse, doctor, medical advisor, and surgical hand double on set. Her work on the Peacock show, Dr. Death, premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
Sunny has performed stand up on comedy stages all over the country. She is one of the co-producers of the Yes Queen! Comedy Show series in Washington, DC and New York, NY. She recently performed in New York City with Gary Gulman and Josh Gondelman on Alexandra Petri's latest book tour. Sunny has opened for comedian Kate Robards at the Marsh Theater in San Francisco and for Matthew Broussard at the DC Comedy Loft in Washington, DC. Her comedy credits also include performances at the DC Improv in Washington, DC, Laughs Comedy Club in Seattle, WA, and St. Marks Comedy Club and Eastville Comedy Club in New York, NY, as well as the Knockouts Comedy Festival in 2024.
She is currently represented by Henderson Hogan Agency.