Morgan Murphy (born October 23, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian, comedy writer, and actress. She has performed in the

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tour and appeared in the ''Comedians of Comedy: Live at the Troubador'' DVD.

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cast her in the films '' Sleeping Dogs Lie'' and ''

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''. She has also been a featured performer for all three years of

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's "Christmas Spectacular" tours and appeared in the video for Mann's song "31 Today". Morgan has made numerous appearances on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', for which she also worked as a writer.

Life and career

She was one of the original writers on '' Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'', writing and appearing in comedy segments on the show from its debut in 2009 until her departure in March 2011. The writing staff of the show was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2011. In 2014, she appeared on ''

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'', and discussed her relationship with the host

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. As of 2012, she has been a writer on ''

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'' and has appeared on-camera in the episode "And the Drug Money", credited as "Sedate Girl". She also made a stand-up special for

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in 2013 called ''Irish Goodbye''. Murphy was raised

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by her mother, but did not have a bat mitzvah. She attended Jesuit High School in Beaverton, Oregon.Morgan Murphy podcast
mentalpod.com; accessed March 5, 2016.

Discography

* ''Irish Goodbye'' 2014 CD/Download ( New Wave Dynamics)

Filmography

Films

* '' Sleeping Dogs Lie'' aka ''Stay'' 2006 - Linda * ''

'' 2009 - Morgan * '' The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard'' 2009 - Karaoke Bartender * ''

It's Kind of a Funny Story ''It's Kind of a Funny Story'' is a 2006 novel by American author Ned Vizzini. The book was inspired by Vizzini's own brief hospitalization for depression in November 2004. Ned Vizzini later died by suicide on December 19, 2013. The book recei ...

'' 2010 - Joanie * ''

God Bless America "God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run up to World War II in 1938. The later version was notably recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature son ...

'' 2011 - Fast Food Employee * '' Who the F#ck Is Chip Seinfeld?'' 2011 - Morgan Murphy

Documentary

* '' Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts'' 2011 - herself

Shorts

* '' Sheep Man'' 2006 - Wilma Vadins

Home Videos

* '' The Comedians of Comedy'' 2007 - DVD chapter: "Comedians To Pay Attention To" (

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) * ''The Comedians Of Comedy (Live At The Troubadour)'' 2007 - DVD chapter: 9 (

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) * ''

: 2 Broke Girrrlllss with Sophie Kachinsky'' 2013 - DVD extra * ''2 Broke Girls: Max's Homemade Cupcakes - Go Big or Go Broke'' 2013 - DVD extra

Television

Movies

* '' The Offensive Show'' 2003 - writer * '' Hackett'' 2008 - untitled role

Series

Actor * ''The Lady Policeman'' 2005 - Co-co (

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web series) * ''

Yacht Rock Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast soundThat ' ...

'' 2005 -

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(Channel 101 web series) * ''

Samantha Who? ''Samantha Who?'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from October 15, 2007, to July 23, 2009. The series was created by Cecelia Ahern and Donald Todd, who also served as producers. Although highly rated during its fir ...

'' 2008 - Woman Protester * ''

'' 2012 - Sedate Girl * '' Drunk History'' 2014 - Narrator * ''

The Jim Gaffigan Show ''The Jim Gaffigan Show'' is an American sitcom written and executive produced by comedian Jim Gaffigan and his wife Jeannie Gaffigan. Gaffigan stars as a fictionalized version of himself as a stand-up comedian raising five children in a two-bedr ...

'' 2015 - Morgan Murphy Writer/Producer * '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' 2003-2006 - writer (338 episodes) * ''

Crank Yankers ''Crank Yankers'' is an American adult puppet television show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison. It features actual crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests, while re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visu ...

'' 2005 - writer (22 episodes) * ''

Human Giant ''Human Giant'' is a sketch comedy show, starring writer/performers Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, and Paul Scheer, and directed primarily by Jason Woliner. The show ran for two seasons on MTV. In interviews, the group has mentioned that they were o ...

'' 2007-2008 - consultant, writer (3 episodes) * '' Shutterbugs'' 2008 - consultant writer (1 episode) * '' Reality Bites Back'' 2008 - consulting producer (8 episodes) * '' Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' 2009-2011 - writer (411 episodes) * ''

Nick Swardson's Pretend Time ''Nick Swardson's Pretend Time'' is a TV sketch comedy show created by and starring actor and comedian Nick Swardson. The show premiered on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at 10 p.m. EST on Comedy Central and ran for two seasons, with the final firs ...

'' 2011 - writer (1 episode) * ''

'' 2012-2016 - producer (90 episodes), story editor (20 episodes), writer (11 episodes) * ''

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'' 2017 - co-executive producer (7 episodes), writer (1 episode) * '' Roseanne'' 2018 - consulting producer (9 episodes), writer (1 episode) * ''

Modern Family ''Modern Family'' is an American family sitcom television series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for 11 seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. It follows the lives of th ...

'' 2019-2020 - co-executive producer, actress, writer (20 episodes) * ''

Abbott Elementary ''Abbott Elementary'' is an American mockumentary sitcom television series created by Quinta Brunson for ABC. It stars Brunson as a second-grade teacher at Abbott Elementary, a fictional predominantly Black school in Philadelphia. The ensembl ...

'' 2021-2022 - writer (2 episodes)

Specials

* ''Morgan Murphy: Irish Goodbye'' 2013

special, 2014 streaming (also writer, executive producer) Appearances * '' Hilarity for Charity 2016'' 2016 (also writer) * ''

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: The Comedians' Comedian's Comedians'' 2017 (also writer) Consultant only * ''

2007 MTV Movie Awards The 2007 MTV Movie Awards took place on June 3, 2007 (June 4 in Europe) at Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California and were hosted by Sarah Silverman. The ceremony featured performances by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, who performed "Umbrella" ...

'' 2007 * ''

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'' 2007 * '' Cheech & Chong: Roasted'' 2008

Stand-Up and Interview Appearances

1 episode each, except where noted * '' Funny Money'' 2003 * ''

Premium Blend ''Premium Blend'' was a stand-up comedy series created and directed by Paul Miller that aired on the American cable television channel Comedy Central from 1997 to 2005. In 2005 the show was changed, and now known as "Live at Gotham". The show w ...

'' 2004-2005 (2 episodes) * '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' 2004-2009 (7 episodes) * ''

Last Call with Carson Daly ''Last Call with Carson Daly'' is an American late-night television series that was broadcast by NBC from 2002 to 2019. Hosted by former MTV personality Carson Daly, the series was initially formatted as a late-night talk show in line with ''T ...

'' 2006 * '' CH Live: NYC'' 2009 (short) * '' Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' 2009-2011 (9 episodes) * '' The Kevin Nealon Show'' 2010 * '' Red Eye'' 2011 * ''

Chelsea Lately ''Chelsea Lately'' is an American late night comedy talk show created by Brody Stevens and hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler which was broadcast on E! The show debuted on July 16, 2007, and was produced by Handler's production company, Border ...

'' 2012-2014 (10 episodes) * '' The Fogelnest Files'' 2013 * ''

John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show ''John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show'' is a stand-up comedy television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, e ...

'' 2013 * ''

Getting Doug with High ''Getting Doug With High'' is a video and audio podcast hosted by American stand-up comedian and actor Doug Benson. Guests are interviewed while smoking marijuana alongside Benson. Each episode features different strains of ''sativa'' and ''in ...

'' 2014-2015 (3 episodes) * ''

Baby Talk Baby talk is a type of speech associated with an older person speaking to a child or infant. It is also called caretaker speech, infant-directed speech (IDS), child-directed speech (CDS), child-directed language (CDL), caregiver register, parent ...

'' 2015 * '' @midnight'' 2015-2017 (4 episodes) * ''

The Joe Rogan Experience ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' is a podcast hosted by American comedian, presenter, and UFC color commentator Joe Rogan. It launched on December 24, 2009, on YouTube by Rogan and comedian Brian Redban, who was its sole co-host and producer unti ...

'' 2016-2017 (2 episodes)

References

External links

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Morgan Murphy profile
ComedyCentral.com
Morgan Murphy interview
youtube.com
Live at Comix episode
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