Lauren Weedman
American actress and comedian (born 1969)
Lauren Weedman Weedman in 2015
Born (1969-03-05 ) March 5, 1969 (age 55) Indianapolis, Indiana , U.S.Medium Television film theater radio books Years active 1997–present Genres Observational comedy, self-deprecation Spouse Michael Neff (div. 2003)
Jeff Weatherford
(
m. 2012–2013)
Children 1
Lauren Weedman (born March 5, 1969) is an American actress and comedian, known for her regular role on the HBO television series Looking (2014–2015),[ 1] and its subsequent series finale television film, Looking: The Movie . She is also known for her roles in films such as Date Night (2010) and The Five-Year Engagement (2012) and for appearing as a guest star on various series such as Hung , New Girl , and 2 Broke Girls . She was also a correspondent on The Daily Show from 2001 to 2002. Weedman has also written and performed several one-woman/spoken word shows, including Homecoming , BUST , and The People's Republic of Portland .[ 2]
Personal life
Weedman was adopted and grew up in Indianapolis, moving to Seattle in 1995. Her marriage to Seattle writer Michael Neff ended in 2003.[ 3] She subsequently moved to Santa Monica, California and gave birth to a son, Leo, in 2010 with her longtime boyfriend, director Jeff Weatherford,[ 4] whom she married in 2012 and divorced the next year.[ 5] She details his affair with their 18-year-old nanny in her book Miss Fortune: Fresh Perspectives on Having it All From Someone Who Is Not Okay .
Filmography
Film
Television
Theater
Year
Production
Location
Notes
1996
Pants on Fire
The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA
NA
1998
Texarkana Waltz
The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA
NA
1997-2002
Homecoming
On the Boards, Seattle; Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle; Off-Broadway Westside Theatre, NY, NY; HBO's U.S.C.A., Aspen, CO; Westbeth Theatre, NY, NY
Solo show
1998
Yea, Tho I Walk/Huu
ACT Theatre, Seattle, WA; Annex Theatre, Seattle, WA
Solo show
1999
If Ornaments Had Lips
UCB Theatre, NY, NY; On The Boards, Seattle, WA
Music by James Palmer
2000
Amsterdam the Musical
The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA; Krane Theatre, NY, NY
Solo show
2001
They Got His Mouth Right
UCB Theatre, NY, NY; P73 New Work Festival, NY, NY
Solo show
2002
Slow Boat to China
Bloomington Playwrights Project, Bloomington, IN
NA
2003
Rash
The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA; Hudson Theatre, LA, CA
Solo show
2004
Move Your Meet, Strange Encounters in Public Spaces
Los Angeles
Performed with Company of Strangers
2007
Bust
The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA
Solo show
2008
Wreckage
Theatre Babylon, Seattle, WA; Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA; REDCAT New Works Festival, LA, CA; Highways Performance, Santa Monica, CA; Tricklock Theatre Festival, Albuquerque, NM; Ars Nova, NY, NY; KEF Productions Solo Festival, Studio Theatre, NY, NY
Solo show
2009
No You Shut Up
Passage Theatre, NY, NY
Solo show
2013, 2015
People's Republic of Portland
Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR
Solo show
2014
I Think You're Beautiful
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Solo show
2014
Blame It On Boise
Boise Contemporary Theater, Boise, ID
Solo show
2014
It's Not You It's Me
Talbott Street Theater, Indianapolis, IN
Example
2014
Good For You
Tricklock Theater Company, Albuquerque, NM
Solo show
Honors / awards
2002 Seattle Times Footlight Award, Best New Play, Best Solo Show
2002 The Best Women Playwrights of 2002 , editor D.L. Lepidus
2007 Alpert Award for the Arts in Playwriting for Bust
2014 Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series, Looking, Nominated[ 7]
Bibliography
Miss Fortune: Fresh Perspectives on Having it All From Someone Who Is Not Okay (2016), Plume publishing
A Woman Trapped in a Woman's Body: Tales from a Life of Cringe (2007), Sasquatch publishing
References
^ "Lauren Weedman finds a niche on Looking" . Retrieved 24 January 2015 .
^ "The People's Republic of Portland" . July 2014.
^ "Time as a jail volunteer is the key to comedian's new 'Bust'" by Joe Adcock. Seattle Post-Intelligencer , June 22, 2006 [1]
^ "Lauren Weedman Returns With No, You Shut Up ... Sort Of. Weedman births a kid, re-births a play" by Amy Atkins. Boise Weekly , February 23, 2011 [2]
^ Evans, Sophie (19 March 2016). "Woman reveals devastation after 'husband cheats with teenage babysitter' " . mirror . Retrieved 2016-03-23 .
^ Petski, Denise (June 13, 2017). " 'Graves': Matt Long & Lauren Weedman Join Season 2 Of Epix Series" . Deadline . Retrieved June 13, 2017 .
^ "Critics' Choice Awards | Critics' Choice Television Awards" . Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2015-09-18 .
External links
International National Artists People