Fortune Feimster
| Fortune Feimster | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Emily Fortune Feimster July 1, 1980 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Peace College |
| Occupation | Comedian, writer, actress |
Emily Fortune Feimster (born July 1, 1980),[1][2] known professionally as Fortune Feimster, is a writer, comedian, and actress. Since 2015 she has been starring as Colette on The Mindy Project.
Early life and education
Born Emily Fortune Feimster, Feimster grew up in Belmont, North Carolina.[3]
She moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue comedy after graduating from Peace College in North Carolina.[4] In 2005, she joined The Groundlings Theatre to take improv and sketch classes. After four years of training, she was selected to be in the Groundlings' Sunday Company.[5]
Feimster identifies as lesbian.[6]
Career
She has appeared in the following shows:
- Last Comic Standing in 2010 - as herself[7]
- After Lately between 2011 and 2013 - as herself
- Chelsea Lately between 2013 and 2014 - as Round Table Co-host[7]
- 2 Broke Girls in 2014 - as Sherlock Mary[7]
- Workaholics in 2014 - as Jo[7]
- Mulaney in 2014 - as Mary Jo
- Glee in 2015 - as Butch Melman
- Life in Color in 2015 - as Zoe
- Hot Girls Walk By in 2015 - as Ruth
- Married in 2015 - as Woman on Rascal
- The Mindy Project in 2015 - as Collette Kimball-Kinney
- Drunk History in 2015 - as herself
- Life in Pieces in 2016 - as Dougie
- Go-Go Boy Interrupted (web series) in 2016 - as Fortune[8][9][10]
- Chelsea in 2016 - as Ann Coulter
- Office Christmas Party in 2016 - as Lonny the Uber Driver.
- RuPaul's Drag Race in 2017 - as herself (S9 E8)
- The Standups in 2017- as herself (S1 E2)
References
- ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (23 May 2014), Emily Fortune Feimster, Residence, Belmont, North Carolina, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
- ↑ "Fortune Feimster Comedian". TV Guide. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- ↑ "The Truth About Fortune Feimster: The Autostraddle Interview". Autostraddle.
- ↑ "Fortune Feimster". FortuneFeimster.com.
- ↑ "Fortune Feimster Bio". FortuneFeimster.com.
- ↑ "LGBTQ Life with Jane Lynch & E.J. Johnson". Chelsea. July 20, 2016. Netflix. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "How Fortune Feimster Went From Entertainment Blogger to Breakout Comedian". Splitsider.
- ↑ Mandell, Sean (September 20, 2015). "Go-Go Boy Interrupted Returns, Seeks Funding for Raucous Season 2 on Kickstarter". Towleroad. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ Hernandez, Justin (September 11, 2015). "This Go-Go Boy Doesn’t Want To Stop Dancing For You". Queerty. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Season 2 Cast and Crew". GoGoBoyInterrupted.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
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