1. Kay Cannon was born on August 21,1974 and is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actress.
19 Facts About Kay Cannon
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Kay Cannon is best known for writing and producing the Pitch Perfect film series.
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Kay Cannon made her directorial debut with the comedy film Blockers.
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Kay Cannon created, wrote and produced the short-lived Netflix comedy-drama series Girlboss.
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Kay Cannon was raised in Custer Park, Illinois, and is the fifth of seven children.
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Kay Cannon graduated from Reed-Custer High School in Braidwood, Illinois, and received her BA in Theatre and MA in Education at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois.
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Kay Cannon has performed sketch and improv for theaters including Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Second City in Chicago and Las Vegas, ImprovOlympic and at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles and New York City.
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Kay Cannon starred in the independent film The Little Tin Man.
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Kay Cannon has guest-starred on NBC's 30 Rock, New Girl, and Cristela.
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Kay Cannon made a cameo in Pitch Perfect 2 and appeared in the comedy How to Be Single, starring Rebel Wilson and Dakota Johnson.
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Kay Cannon worked her way up from staff writer to supervising producer.
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Kay Cannon won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedic Series for her work on 30 Rock three times.
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In 2010, Kay Cannon was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.
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Kay Cannon moved from New York City to Los Angeles when she signed an overall development deal with 20th Century Fox.
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Kay Cannon then created, executive produced the show Girlboss for Netflix based on the real life of Sophia Amoruso.
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Kay Cannon's first produced feature screenplay was the a cappella comedy Pitch Perfect.
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Kay Cannon wrote and co-produced the film's sequels, Pitch Perfect 2 and Pitch Perfect 3.
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In 2004, Kay Cannon married actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis after five years together.
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Kay Cannon and her second husband, comedy writer Eben Russell, have a daughter born in October 2013.