Arma Benoit is a standup comic who is a filmmaker-or is she a filmmaker who is a standup comic? With over 20+ years in the film and television industry and entering her 3rd year as a standup, she is an experienced storyteller, that's for certain.
In 2025 Arma was featured at The Athens Comedy festival (the highlight was performing on the same stage as Pete Lee!) She was also one of only 24 finalists in the Lookout Comedy Competition in Chattanooga.
Arma is also a 2 time champion (and only female winner) of the popular comedy competition, Tournament of Topics. She won her Laughing Skull Lounge Roast battle (an undercard match.) She is also a 4 time undefeated roast battle champion at 529. She was a finalist at The Atlanta Urban Music & Comedy Festival and performed as a "best of" comic for the 2024 Good Karma Comedy Festival. She has performed standup at the major Atlanta clubs-The Laughing Skull Lounge, The Punchline & The Star Bar, Helium, to name a few. She also hosts several mics in the city including the popular weekly Mozzarella Mic by GA Tech.
You catch her featuring at shows in Atlanta and throughout the SouthEast.
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