Bridget Everett | |
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![]() Everett in 2023 | |
Born | Manhattan, Kansas, U.S. | April 21, 1972
Medium | Cabaret, film, music, podcast, stand-up, storytelling, television |
Years active | 2007–present |
Website | bridgeteverett |
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 and TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy nominations.