Ellie Kemper

At 44 years old, Ellie Kemper has this physical status:

Elizabeth Claire Kemper (born May 2, 1980) is an American actress and comedian.

Kelly Erin Hannon played in the NBC comedy series The Office (2009–2013) and later in the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2019), for which she has received two nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Kemper has appeared in the films Bridesmaids (2011) and 21 Jump Street (2012).

My Squirrel Days, she's first book, was released in 2018.

Early life

Kemper was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the second of four children of Dorothy Ann "Dotty" (née Jannarone) and David Woods Kemper's, the son of one of Missouri's richest families. Commerce Bancshares, a bank holding company established by the Kemper family, is run by her father. She is the granddaughter of railroad magnate William Thornton Kemper Sr. and the granddaughter of Mildred Lane Kemper, the original owner of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in Washington, St. Louis, and the great-grandfather of banker, insurance man, and railroad magnate William Thornton Kemper Sr.

She is Carrie Kemper's older sister. Kemper is of Italian origins (from her maternal grandfather), English, French, and German roots. Kemper was raised and is a Roman Catholic.

Kemper was unveiled at the Veiled Prophet Ball in 1999, and she was dubbed the Veiled Prophet's Queen of Love and Beauty. Due to the Ball's history, she caused controversies in 2021, which was described as "racist and elitist." Kemper's response prompted her to release a statement condemning white supremacy and apologizing for attending the festival, despite the fact that she was unaware of the event's "unquestionably racist, sexist, and elitist history," she had to educate herself.

When she was five years old, Kemper's family moved to St. Louis. She attended Conway Elementary School in the wealthy suburb of Ladue and high school at John Burroughs School, where she developed an interest in theater and improvisational comedy. Actor Jon Hamm, with whom she appeared in a school play, was one of her teachers.

Kemper earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Princeton University in 2002. Kemper, a Princeton undergraduate, was a member of the Quipfire improv comedy troupe, which was known for its intricate pranks. She was also a member of the Ivy Club. Kemper's senior thesis, titled "Isn't It Ironic," was submitted as part of her undergraduate degree. "Under Susan Wolfson's guidance, Ulrich C. Knoepflmacher contributed to the success."

She spent her time as a sophomore on Princeton's 1998 national championship field hockey team, remaining on the bench "roughly 97 percent" of the time before moving on to theatre in the following year. Kemper attended Worcester College, Oxford, for a year, where she obtained a master's degree in English literature.

Personal life

Kemper became engaged to comedy writer Michael Koman in 2012. On July 7, 2012, the couple married on July 7, 2012.

Kemper has two sons, both born in August 2016 and September 2019. Kemper told Stephen Colbert that her Jewish husband had promised to raise their children Roman Catholic.

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Career

While attending Princeton, Kemper piqued her interest in improvisational comedy. Kemper appeared in Quipfire!, Princeton's oldest improv comedy group, and the Princeton Triangle Club, a touring musical comedy troupe. She also appeared in a Dunkin' Donuts radio spot.

Kemper received her Screen Actor Guild card for a one-week supply of tents at Kmart. The commercial featured her camping with an on-screen spouse as well as a photo in which a tarantula crawls across her face. She appeared in comedy sketches on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the late 2000s, and she has appeared on Demetri Martin and E! The Gastineau Girls, a television show, has been dubbed her "breakout role." Despite the fact that the program was based on reality television, her role was scripted. She appeared on Fuse TV's The P.A. Kemper appeared on The Colbert Report in a PSA for Teen Voter Abstinence in October 2008. Kemper has written several sketch comedy scripts, several of whom were written with her comedy partner Scott Eckert, a fellow Princeton grad. Kemper is a contributing writer for The Onion, the national satirical newspaper, as well as McSweeney's. She is also a contributor to The Huffington Post.

Kemper appeared in the People's Improv Theatre and the city troupe of Upright Citizens Brigade, an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy troupe, before heading to New York City. She has appeared in many shows for the Brigade, including Death and/or Despair, Listen Kid, Gang Bang, and The Improvised Mysteries. She worked with the house improv teams Mailer Daemon and fwand at the University of Birmingham. She appears with the house improv team Big Black Car at the People's Improv Theatre. She auditioned for a spot on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live in August 2008, but was not selected. Kemper was named as one of Variety magazine's "Top Comics To Watch" in July 2009.

In 2007, she appeared in How to Kick People, a comedy and literary performance set in a theater. Through the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, she wrote and appeared in the one-woman show "Dumb Girls" in March 2008. She appeared on "Feeling Sad/Mad with Ellie Kemper" and has appeared on comedy sketches on Funny or Die, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's comedy company.

Kemper became famous on the internet in August 2007 for her role in "Blowjob Girl," a comedy sketch comedy website Derrick Comet's YouTube sketch comedy film. In a 2011 interview with The A.V., Kemper spoke about the video. "I really don't like this video, and I wish that I hadn't done it, even though I know it's a joke." I hated that it got so big because I don't think it's funny, and I don't want it to be the epitome of my work. It's just one video in a sea of many, but it has made me aware that I never want to do a video like that." "Regarding Our Decision Never to See Me Again," Kemper has written for CollegeHumor. She appeared in the 2009 film Mysteries for a small part. In January 2007, Kemper appeared in a fake iPhone commercial on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, six months before the first iPhone was launched. In 2010, Kemper appeared in the Sofia Coppola comedy-drama Somewhere. In 2011, she appeared in Bridesmaids. Kemper would appear in an episode of American Dad! on April 3, 2013.

Kemper auditioned for a role in Parks and Recreation, an NBC comedy series created by Michael Schur and Greg Daniels in 2009. Erin Hannon, a secretary filling in for the regular secretary Pam Beesly, was not cast in the role, but she was called back to audition for a supporting role in The Office as a result of her absence during the fifth season. Kemper appeared in the role from the start of the show in April 2009. The character was intended to be more sarcastic and dry, but the authors redesigned her to be more perceptive and hopeful to more closely resemble Kemper herself. Kemper described the role as "an exaggerated version of myself." Kemper described herself as a "huge fan" of the show and was thrilled to be on it. Despite the fact that the character was originally intended for four episodes, the producers were captivated with Kemper's talent and arranged her as a regular in the sixth season. Kemper was described as a "fun addition" to the story by Jennifer Celotta, a screenwriter with the series.

Kemper's tenure in The Office has received raves. The show's "infectious joy and sweetness" were praised by Alan Sepinwall, a television columnist with The Star-Ledger. "Erin's high-grade adorability, up-for-anything attitude, and sheer kindness, according to Eye Weekly's Joshua Ostroff, makes him one of the best new television characters of the 2008–2009 season, adding a welcome new wrinkle to the office. Andy Shaw of TV Fodder said she "adds some freshness to the cast," and Josh McAuliffe of The Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pennsylvania, said he loved Erin's "cheerful, attractively goofy person." Many commentators have singled her out as a highlight of the show's eighth season after Steve Carell's departure. Kemper appeared in Subtle Sexuality, a series of three books published in October 2009 by the Office of Erin and Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling) to start a girl group.

Following The Office, Kimmy Schmidt appeared in Netflix's original comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as the fish-out-of-water title character. She plays a former kidna and forcible cult member who needs to forget the victim pity of her tiny hometown and flies to New York. Her appearance on the program has been highly praised, and she has received multiple accolades for both the Screen Actor Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Kemper appeared on Today as a part of a temporary co-host alongside Al Roker, Natalie Morales, Tamron Hall, and Willie Geist.

On season 14 of America's Got Talent, she appeared as a guest judge in 2019.

Kemper filmed for the audiobook A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo in 2018. She also recorded the audiobook for 2019's The Legends of Greemulax, a deficion of a book written by her character Kimmy Schmidt.

My Squirrel Days, her first book, was released in 2018.

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