Renée Willett is an American actress, comedian, and producer known for '' The Comedian, Blind,'' and '' Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!.''

Early life and education

Willett was born and raised in

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and has two younger siblings. She attended

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, a tennis-focused boarding school. Willett graduated from the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...

with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, Spanish, and theatre. She later trained in performing arts at the William Esper Studio in New York and in Los Angeles with the

Upright Citizens Brigade The Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) is an improvisational and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The original incarnation of the group consisted of Amy Poehler, Matthew Walsh, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, ...

and the Groundlings. Willett later earned a Master of Business Administration from the USC Marshall School of Business.

Career

Willett made her film debut in the third installment of the '' Sharknado'' series in 2015. She later appeared as Ashley in '' The Comedian''. In 2016, Willett was cast in the indie film '' Blind''. Renée later produced the film '' The Yellow Birds''. In 2018, Willett acted in the drama '' Beast of Burden'', and acted and produced the film '' Run With The Hunted''. Willett has also performed

stand-up comedy Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage (theatre), stage and delivers humour, humorous and satire, satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical comedy, physical acts. These ...

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Willett, Renee Living people University of Southern California alumni American film actresses Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women