The eldest of three siblings, she grew up in Los Angeles[5] and attended Santa Monica High School, where she played piano and trumpet in the school's band program. She graduated in 2017,[6] then attended Oberlin College, where she participated in sketch comedy and edited the college satire publication The Grape, earning a bachelor's degree in creative writing in 2021.[7][8]
Career
Wickline began making comedy videos in late 2020 when her semester was pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After graduating in spring 2021, she worked as a copy-editor in Philadelphia while continuing to post comedy videos on TikTok.[9] In 2021 she said in an interview, when asked about her goals, that she "would love to write comedy in some capacity."[10] Wickline tours as a sketch comedian.
She was a member of Stapleview, which was created in 2022 as a live sketch comedy show streamed on TikTok.[11][12] Wickline appeared in the 2024 film My First Film.[5] By 2024, she was a regular figure on Brooklyn's alternative comedy scene, and was performing with Liva Pierce as the musical comedy act Dukes.[9][13]
^Lindsay, Kate (August 18, 2021). "Jane Wickline on taking comedy TikTok to the next level". embedded.substack.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024. The 22-year-old explains how she writes and produces some of the most elaborate sketches on the app.