D'Arcy Carden

In 2016, she began starring as Janet, a live virtual assistant, in the NBC comedy series The Good Place which also stars Kristen Bell and Ted Danson. In addition to working on The Good Place, Carden has a recurring role in the HBO series Barry, starring Hader, which premiered in 2018. Along with her fellow cast members of Barry, Carden was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2018 and 2019.

Carden met producer Jason Grant Carden on a trip to Disneyland with mutual friends. The two were married on July 31, 2010. In 2013, the couple relocated from New York City to Los Angeles, California.

A friend invited Carden to an improvisational sketch comedy show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB). Carden enjoyed the show so much, she signed on for classes and kept progressing with the group. She started with UCB in 2004 and later toured with the UCB Touring company. By 2010, she was using her married surname Carden professionally when she was a cast member for The Ride, an interactive show performed on New York City tour buses. In 2013, Carden co-created and co-starred in "Terrible Babysitters", a Web original about two parents who want to find a babysitter.

After graduating from college, Carden moved to New York City. She joined Venus Rising, a musical-comedy company, and in 2001 she appeared in Seven Hearts, a musical about friends living in San Francisco. The following year, she starred in a holiday show in which the main character is upset that her family is obsessed with her selfish sister's wedding rather than keeping up their Christmas spirit. She also served as director and producer. Early on while pursuing her acting career, Carden also worked as a nanny for Bill Hader.

In 1998, she graduated from San Ramon Valley High School and later received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from Southern Oregon University.

D'Arcy Beth Carden (born Darcy Beth Erokan, January 4, 1980) is an American actress and comedian. From 2016 to 2020, she played the character of Janet on the NBC sitcom The Good Place. She is also a cast member on the HBO comedy Barry. Carden also performs improvisational comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.