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Ellie Kemper Profile |
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Birth Place: St, Louis, Missouri, USA
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Birth Name: Ellie Kemper
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Biography |
Ellie Kemper is an American actress, writer and comedienne,
best known for her supporting role as Kelly "Erin" Hannon in
NBC's The Office.
Kemper is from St. Louis, Missouri, and lives in New York
City.a She was first introduced to improvisational comedy
during her time as a student at Princeton University, where
she participated in an improv troupe called Quipfire! and
the Princeton Triangle Club. She also played field hockey at
Princeton, although she said she sat on the bench "roughly
97 percent" of the time. Kemper graduated from Princeton in
2002 with a degree in English. After graduation, she studied
English for a year at the University of Oxford.
She has appeared on comedy sketches on Late Night With Conan
O'Brien and an episode of E! Television's The Gastineau
Girls, which has been described as her "breakout role". She
has also appeared on Fuse TV's The P.A. Kemper has written
several sketch comedy shows, many of them with her comedy
partner Scott Eckert, a fellow graduate of Princeton
University. Kemper is also a contributor to McSweeney's and
the satirical newspaper The Onion. She has also appeared in
several national commercials, including a radio spot for
Dunkin' Donuts. Upon moving to New York City, Kemper
participated in the People’s Improv Theatre and the city
troupe of Upright Citizens Brigade, an improvisational
comedy and sketch comedy group. She has appeared in several
shows for the Brigade, including Death and/or Despair,
Listen Kid, Gang Bang and The Improvised Mystery.
In 2007, she appeared in How to Kick People, a performance
combining stand-up comedy and literary performances. In
March 2008, she wrote and performed in the one-woman show
"Dumb Girls" through the Upright Citizens Brigade. She has
also appeared in comedy sketches on Funny or Die, the comedy
website started by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production
company, Gary Sanchez Productions. |
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since June 22, 2009