Lederman was born in Philadelphia to Abby and Scotty, shortly after midnight on July 20, 1983.[a][4] Her fraternal twin brother was born minutes before her, on July 19.[5] She is of Scottish, Irish, German and Jewish ancestry, according to her at the 7-minute mark of The Harland Highway Podcast. [6] Lederman's father worked as a treasurer at the University of Pennsylvania, while her mother did social service work.[7] Lederman was raised a Quaker and attended a Quaker school for her early education.[8]
During her teenage years, Lederman trained to be a Junior Olympic swimmer, but gave up the sport after sustaining a foot injury in a car accident caused by a drunk driver.[9] She subsequently studied at The Crefeld School[10] and was sexually assaulted by a male teacher from the school.[11] The incident led to a trial in which Lederman and another female student testified against him.[11] She subsequently became involved with numerous troubled peers who dealt drugs and participated in other criminal activities.[2] After graduating from high school at sixteen, Lederman spent the following year performing service work, first doing dolphin training in Hawaii before working in Central America for a nonprofit organization helping underprivileged children.[12] She subsequently returned to the United States and worked as a camp counselor for Easterseals, as well as working at organizations helping children with disabilities such as cerebral palsy and spina bifida.[13]
After spending a year doing service work, Lederman enrolled at The College of Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico,[2][14] where she intermittently took classes for eight years, majoring in art and counseling.[15] While attending college, Lederman developed a drinking problem, and suffered numerous blackout incidents, one of which included her crashing on a motor scooter and suffering serious injuries.[16] "I wasn't getting wasted to have fun and be drunk," she recalled. "I wanted a fucking break. I hated myself. I just didn't want to be near myself."[17] The college went out of business and closed two weeks after her graduation.
Career
In 2009, Lederman relocated to New York City to pursue a career in comedy, and became sober.[18] Lederman created the YouTube channel Sausage Party Presents with video artist Abbey Luck in 2011.[19] Between 2012 and 2014, she was a regular panelist on the E! series Chelsea Lately.[2]
In 2018, her comedy routine about dental floss has been widely repeated over the internet.[1][22] The same year, she had a minor role in The Long Dumb Road.[23] She enjoys making jokes on social media as well as stand-up, and believes it is easier to make one person laugh at a single joke than sustain a whole audience for an extended period.[2]
Lederman started a podcast, Meanspiration, in 2019.[24]
On February 16, 2021, Lederman, Khalyla Kuhn & Esther Povitsky launched Trash Tuesday, which they describe on their YouTube channel page as: "It's a podcast. It's a show. It's comedy. It's drama. It's everything you want it to be and more."[25]
On November 28, 2022, Lederman relaunched her Meanspirationpodcast to AnnieWood.[26] At the end of Trash Tuesday episode no. 160, Lederman announced she will no longer be a part of the podcast, focusing more on her podcast and upcoming projects.[27]
^"Lederman explains on WTF with Marc Maron that she and her fraternal twin brother were born July 20 and July 19, respectively; she was born shortly after midnight on July 20."[3]
