Bridget Everett

Bridget Everett
Everett in 2023
Born (1972-04-21) April 21, 1972 (age 52)
Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
MediumCabaret, film, music, podcast, stand-up, storytelling, television
Years active2007–present
Websitebridgeteverett.net

Bridget Everett (born April 21, 1972)[1][2] is an American comedian, actress, singer, writer, and cabaret performer. She began her career appearing and co-writing alongside Michael Patrick King the Broadway musical comedy At Least It's Pink: A Trashy Little Show (2007), and the following year made her screen debut with a minor role in the romantic comedy film Sex and the City, also directed by King. She later performed on Inside Amy Schumer (2013–16), the comedy film Trainwreck (2015), and her own one-hour Comedy Central special Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015). Everett has described herself as an "alt-cabaret provocateur".[3][2]

In 2017, Everett starred in the comedy film Fun Mom Dinner, the horror-comedy film Little Evil, and the drama film Patti Cake$, receiving positive reviews for the latter. In 2021, she appeared in the comedy film, Breaking News in Yuba County. In 2022, Everett began starring and executive producing the semi-autobiographical HBO comedy-drama series, Somebody Somewhere, for which she received Independent Spirit Award, the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy nominations, and the Peabody Award.

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  3. ^ "Bridget Everett: No Boundaries, No Filter, Lots of Touching". YouTube. Fusion. Archived from the original on December 21, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2014.