1. Bridget Everett was born on April 21,1972 and is an American comedian, actress, singer, writer, and cabaret performer.
29 Facts About Bridget Everett
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Bridget Everett began her career appearing and co-writing alongside Michael Patrick King the Off-Broadway musical comedy At Least It's Pink: A Trashy Little Show.
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Bridget Everett later performed on Inside Amy Schumer, the comedy film Trainwreck, and her own one-hour Comedy Central special Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder.
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In 2017, Everett starred in three films: the comedy Fun Mom Dinner, the horror-comedy Little Evil, and the drama Patti Cake$.
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In 2022, Bridget Everett began starring and executive producing the semi-autobiographical HBO comedy-drama series Somebody Somewhere, for which she received the Independent Spirit Award, the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy nominations, and the Peabody Award.
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Originally from Manhattan, Kansas, Bridget Everett has been performing in New York City for over a decade.
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Bridget Everett's mother was a music teacher and gave her a love of music.
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Bridget Everett grew up as a competitive swimmer and was involved in both traditional and show choir.
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Bridget Everett attended college at Arizona State University on a full scholarship to study music and opera.
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Bridget Everett moved to New York in 1997 and worked as a waitress.
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Bridget Everett got her Equity card doing a bus-and-truck children's-theatre tour of Hansel and Gretel.
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Bridget Everett worked in the restaurant business for 25 years before she was finally able to quit around the beginning of 2015.
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In 2007, Bridget Everett starred and co-wrote alongside Michael Patrick King the off-Broadway musical comedy At Least It's Pink: A Trashy Little Show.
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Bridget Everett met Amy Schumer at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2009.
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Bridget Everett has been regularly opening for Schumer on her comedy tours since 2012.
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Bridget Everett has even upstaged Schumer, which then led Schumer to prefer to have Bridget Everett close for her instead, according to Schumer on her podcast.
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Bridget Everett performed a duet of "Me and Bobby McGee" with Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall in 2013.
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Bridget Everett made her first television appearance in 2012, playing a guest-starring role in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls.
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In 2017, Bridget Everett starred in four movies; two premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
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Bridget Everett starred alongside Toni Collette and Molly Shannon in the comedy film Fun Mom Dinner.
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Patti Cake$ received generally positive reviews from critics, and Bridget Everett specifically received praise.
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Also in 2017, Bridget Everett went to star in the Amazon comedy pilot Love You More.
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On January 3,2018 The Tonight Show aired a repeat of Bridget Everett performing "Piece of My Heart".
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Bridget Everett performed the song in the third episode of the 2022 TV show Somebody Somewhere.
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In 2018, Bridget Everett had a recurring role in the short-lived HBO comedy series, Camping.
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In 2022, Bridget Everett began starring in the HBO comedy-drama series, Somebody Somewhere playing the leading role of Sam, a woman in her 40s trying to find happiness.
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She's hardly the sort to talk about her feelings by choice, but Bridget Everett's performance manages to consistently convey to the audience things that Sam refuses to say or acknowledge with crystal clarity.
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At the 38th Independent Spirit Awards, Bridget Everett received nomination for the Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series.
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Bridget Everett was nominated for an TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy.