INFLUENCED - ONE ON ONE WITH STAR JILL KARGMAN

Dzanielle is ready to conquer the world…..or maybe just New York City’s Upper East Side, in the new comedy, Influenced.

In a world driven by algorithm-chasing validation, filtered perfection, and Black Card–swiping excess, leave it to Jill Kargman to hold up a hilarious, unfiltered mirror to society. The razor-sharp creator and star of Odd Mom Out is back with Influenced, a foul-mouthed yet warm-hearted comedy taking aim at Manhattan’s status-obsessed social media elite.

Playing Dzanielle—a social media maven whose frantic quest for one million followers gets upended by an unexpected dose of reality—Kargman delivers the kind of unapologetic, laugh-out-loud satire only an insider could write.

Jill Kargman has made a career out of weaponizing high-society absurdity into comedic gold. With her new feature film Influenced, she turns her signature quick wit directly onto the wild, hyper-curated landscape of New York's Upper East Side influencer scene. Starring alongside a powerhouse cast—and a few star-studded cameos—Kargman plays Dzanielle, an influencer whose hyper-filtered world begins to crack open in the most unexpected ways.

INFLUENCED on VOD Aug 7

I caught up with the author, actress, and resident NYC sharp-wit to discuss skewers, status symbols, and finding what’s real behind the filters and why her Jewish upbringing and culture reamains an important part of her life.