13 Facts About Elyse Willems

Elyse Willems was born on May 3,1986 and is a Canadian internet personality, comedian, and writer.

Elyse Willems is best known for her work as a cast member and producer at Funhaus, a division of Rooster Teeth Productions, since November 2015.

Since then, Willems has appeared and been involved in numerous productions by Rooster Teeth.

Elyse Willems self-published her debut novel, A Night in Halloween House, which became a bestselling Halloween children's book on Amazon in October 2020.

Elyse Willems was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario in a family of Polish descent.

Elyse Willems worked at Viacom as a production assistant on GameTrailers from August 2012, later becoming a segment producer at Defy Media in 2014, where she produced, wrote and hosted Mandatory Update, a weekly comedy news show that provided a satirical commentary on the video game industry.

In November 2015, Elyse Willems joined Rooster Teeth as a cast member of Funhaus.

Elyse Willems has made several appearances at RTX conventions, including a Ladies of Rooster Teeth panel at RTX Sydney 2017 where she expressed her frustration at credit for things she has done being given to her male peers in the past, and on the series Always Open, hosted by fellow Canadian Rooster Teeth member and friend Barbara Dunkelman.

The clip featured Funhaus members, including her husband, jokingly criticizing a female character for wearing a ponytail while Elyse Willems, who is wearing a ponytail in the clip, reacts in the background.

Elyse Willems clarified that the intent was humorous and that her reaction was deliberately comedic.

In 2020, Elyse Willems served as the series creator and one of the participants in Last Laugh, a Rooster Teeth series centered around a social experiment where twelve contestants spent six hours in one room while trying to make each other laugh or smile.

Elyse Willems self-published her first novel, titled A Night in Halloween House, in October 2020.

Elyse Willems is married to fellow performer and Funhaus cast member James Elyse Willems, and they live in Los Angeles, California.