| Andrea Savage | |
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Savage at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival |
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| Born | Andrea Kristen Savage February 20, 1973 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress/Comedienne |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Andrea Kristen Savage is an American actress best known for her comedic roles in Step Brothers, Comedy Central's mockumentry series Dog Bites Man and in the HBO sketch comedy program Funny or Die Presents.
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Savage was born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California. She graduated from Cornell University where she Majored in Political Science and Spanish with a Minor in Law studies. She is an Alumna of the Groundlings Theatre. She has performed stand-up comedy at The Improv, The Comedy Store, The Ice House and other venues around Los Angeles. She is married.
After taking off time to have her first child, in 2010 Andrea reappeared in the film Dinner For Schmucks opposite Steve Carell and Paul Rudd. She also filmed two television pilots: The Strip created by Tom Lennon and Ben Garant for NBC and Wilfred, a dark Australian comedy being redone for FX. In addition, Andrea created and starred in a series of shorts for the HBO show Funny or Die Presents about a very pregnant woman trying to engage in some casual sex, as well as a series entitled "Reenactments of Actual Conversations from the Ladies Rooms of Hollywood." She was also seen in the cult hit Party Down for Starz.
She is also currently writing a television pilot for Fox Studios, as well as an untitled screenplay for Castlerock Films.
Andrea can also be seen opposite Will Ferrell in Step Brothers and opposite Woody Harrelson in The Grand. Savage's other television credits include starring roles in Lies & The Wives We Tell Them To on NBC, Significant Others on Bravo, and the Sweet Valley High series on UPN. Additionally, she has guest-starred on other popular sitcoms such as Fox's Stacked with Pamela Anderson, CBS's Cold Case and The King of Queens, and NBC's The West Wing.
Andrea has starred in the Comedy Central series Dog Bites Man, Comedy Central's Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, and has made appearances on The Winner and Two and a Half Men. In 2009 she appeared in the film, I Love You Beth Cooper.