Lauren Weedman (born March 5, 1969) is an American actress and comedian, known for her regular role on the
HBO television series ''
Looking
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'' (2014–2015), and its subsequent series finale television film, ''
Looking: The Movie''. She is also known for her roles in films such as ''
Date Night
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Starring Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Taraji P. Henson, Common, and Mark Wahlberg, the film tells the story of a case of mistaken i ...
'' (2010) and ''
The Five-Year Engagement
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'' (2012) and for appearing as a guest star on various series such as ''
Hung
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People
* Hung (surname), various Chinese surnames
* Hùng king, a king of Vietnam
People with the given name Hung include:
* Hung Huynh, Vietnamese-American chef, winner of the third season of the television show ''Top Chef''
...
'', ''
New Girl
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'', and ''
2 Broke Girls
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''. She was also a correspondent on ''
The Daily Show
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'' from 2001 to 2002. Weedman has also written and performed several one-woman/spoken word shows, including ''
Homecoming
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...
'', ''BUST'', and ''The People's Republic of Portland''.
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. She subsequently moved to Santa Monica, California, and gave birth to a son, Leo, in 2010 with longtime boyfriend, director Jeff Weatherford, whom she married in 2012 and divorced the next year. 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''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theater
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
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
External links
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1969 births
21st-century American actresses
21st-century American comedians
Living people
American women comedians
American sketch comedians
American film actresses
American television actresses
People from Indianapolis