Susan Theresa Burke is an American writer, actress and stand-up comic. Born and raised in

Casper, Wyoming Casper is a city in, and the county seat of, Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. Casper is the second-largest city in the state, with the population at 59,038 as of the 2020 census. Only Cheyenne, the state capital, is larger. Casper is nic ...

, she now lives and works in

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. She is a frequent performer in the Los Angeles

alternative comedy Alternative comedy is a term coined in the 1980s for a style of comedy that makes a conscious break with the mainstream comedic style of an era. The phrase has had different connotations in different contexts: in the UK, it was used to describe ...

scene and has acted in film and television. Burke is the co-writer of the 2012 film, '' Smashed'', starring

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and

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. Burke co-wrote the film with director

James Ponsoldt James Adam Ponsoldt (born 1978) is an American film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed the drama films ''Off the Black'' (2006) and ''Smashed (film), Smashed'' (2012), the romantic comedy-drama ''The Spectacular Now'' (2013), and the dr ...

. The film is loosely based on Burke's own struggles with alcoholism and sobriety. Burke is open about getting sober at the age of 24, but most of her comedy and writing prior to ''Smashed'' has little to nothing to do with that, focusing instead on the absurdities of day-to-day life. Burke was engaged to actor and comic Matt Peters in June 2012.

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''Review of Smashed''
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