Lauren Weedman

Lauren Weedman (born 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]

Lauren Weedman
Weedman in 2015
Birth nameLauren Huntington
Born (1969-03-05) March 5, 1969
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Medium
  • Television
  • film
  • theater radio
  • books
Years active1997–present
GenresObservational comedy, self-deprecation
SpouseMichael Neff (div. 2003)
Jeff Weatherford
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(m. 2012⁠–⁠2013)​
Children1

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, CA, and gave birth to a son, Leo, in 2010 with longtime boyfriend, director Jeff Weatherford,[4] whom she married in 2012 and divorced the next year.[5][6] 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 and in an interview with the New York Post.[7]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRole
2020Horse GirlCheryl
2017WilsonCat Lady
2017The Little HoursFrancesca
2016JoshyIsadora
2014Every Beautiful ThingMagdalene
2014Silent ShadowsVal
2014The GamblerBanker
2011The Five-Year EngagementChef Sally
201150 GreatestHerself
2009Date NightWendy
2009Imagine ThatRose
2007The Kitty Landers ShowLaurette T. Hinch
2006The ExAlice

Television
YearTitleRole
2021 Euphoria Dr. Mardy Nichols
2020 Tales from the Loop Kate
2018Arrested DevelopmentJoni Beard
2018Will & GraceCheryl
2017TarantulaBess (voice)
2017Playing HouseCookie
2017GravesBonnie Clegg[8]
2016Looking: The MovieDoris
2014–2015LookingDorisSeries regular, 16 episodes
2014–2015Kittens in a CageLois
20132 Broke GirlsShayne
2013DadsHR Lady
2013Masters of SexQuadruplets' Mother
2013Arrested DevelopmentTwink
2012New GirlMysteria
20114th Critics' Choice Television AwardsHerself
2011Childrens HospitalAngry Mother
2010True BloodLa Donna
2009–2010HungHorny Patty
2009–2010Our Show
2008United States of TaraHeidi Sawyer
2000–2007I Love the New MillenniumHerself
2007Curb Your EnthusiasmNurse
2006Talkshow with Spike FerestenLauren / Medical Correspondent
2005I Love ToysHerself
2005I Love the HolidaysHerself
2005I Love the 80s 3-DHerself
2005I Love the 90s: Part DeuxHerself
2005World Cup ComedyHerself
2004Pryor OffensesJenine
2004CMT: 20 Merriest Christmas VideosHerself
2004A2ZHerself
2004Reno 911!Hysterical Woman
2001–2002The Daily Show with Jon StewartHerself
2001–2002Best Week Ever with Paul F. TompkinsHerself
1997–1999Almost Live!Various

Theater
YearProductionLocationNotes
1996Pants on FireThe Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WANA
1998Texarkana WaltzThe Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WANA
1997-2002HomecomingOn the Boards, Seattle; Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle; Off-Broadway Westside Theatre, NY, NY; HBO's U.S.C.A., Aspen, CO; Westbeth Theatre, NY, NYSolo show
1998Yea, Tho I Walk/HuuACT Theatre, Seattle, WA; Annex Theatre, Seattle, WASolo show
1999If Ornaments Had LipsUCB Theatre, NY, NY; On The Boards, Seattle, WAMusic by James Palmer
2000Amsterdam the MusicalThe Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA; Krane Theatre, NY, NYSolo show
2001They Got His Mouth RightUCB Theatre, NY, NY; P73 New Work Festival, NY, NYSolo show
2002Slow Boat to ChinaBloomington Playwrights Project, Bloomington, INNA
2003RashThe Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA; Hudson Theatre, LA, CASolo show
2004Move Your Meet, Strange Encounters in Public SpacesLos AngelesPerformed with Company of Strangers
2007BustThe Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WASolo show
2008WreckageTheatre 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, NYSolo show
2009No You Shut UpPassage Theatre, NY, NYSolo show
2013, 2015People's Republic of PortlandPortland Center Stage, Portland, ORSolo show
2014I Think You're BeautifulDrexel University, Philadelphia, PASolo show
2014Blame It On BoiseBoise Contemporary Theater, Boise, IDSolo show
2014It's Not You It's MeTalbott Street Theater, Indianapolis, INExample
2014Good For YouTricklock Theater Company, Albuquerque, NMSolo 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[9]

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
  1. "Lauren Weedman finds a niche on Looking". Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. http://www.pcs.org/republic-2015/
  3. "Time as a jail volunteer is the key to comedian's new 'Bust'" by Joe Adcock. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 22, 2006
  4. "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
  5. "We hired a hot teenage babysitter, and my husband slept with her" by Lindsay Putnam. The New york Post, March 17, 2016
  6. Evans, Sophie. "Woman reveals devastation after 'husband cheats with teenage babysitter'". mirror. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  7. Putnam, Lindsay. "We hired a hot teenage babysitter, and my husband slept with her". New York Post. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  8. Petski, Denise (June 13, 2017). "'Graves': Matt Long & Lauren Weedman Join Season 2 Of Epix Series". Deadline. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2015-09-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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