Career Jen Kirkman

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1 career

1.1 stand-up comedy
1.2 television
1.3 comedy writing





career
stand-up comedy

kirkman performs stand-up comedy in los angeles, california, appearing regularly @ hollywood improv, laugh factory, largo , upright citizens brigade theatre. has performed comedians maria bamford, greg behrendt, mike birbiglia , chelsea handler. in 2009 , 2010, performed part of comedians of chelsea lately. in 2009, entertainment weekly named 1 of top 12 rising stars in comedy, , in may 2010, both msn , huffington post named 1 of top comedians follow on social networking service twitter.


kirkman produces seem fun: diary of jen kirkman, own weekly podcast, , has made several appearances on crabfeast podcast, hosted comedians jay larson , ryan sickler. appeared regularly on monthly pod f. tompkast podcast paul f. tompkins, on referred nickname southie .


in 2006, kirkman released debut comedy album, self help, through ast records. second album, hail freaks, recorded live @ upright citizens brigade theatre on december 11, 2010. released on may 17, 2011 bonus disk of additional material, , peaked @ #13 on billboard top comedy albums chart.


television

kirkman narrator on 2 episodes of funny or die-produced series drunk history on hbo, received jury prize best short film @ 2010 sundance film festival. though questioned, drunk both episodes. has made guest appearances on several american television talk shows, including conan, view, , late show stephen colbert, , has performed on late late show craig ferguson, late friday, premium blend , special sauce. in 2007, appeared cast member on short-lived sketch comedy show acceptable.tv on vh1. has made regular voice-over appearances on adult swim series home movies , political satire animated series supernews! on current tv. in 2009, wrote 2 episodes of disney channel animated series phineas , ferb.


most notably, kirkman staff writer , round-table regular on e! s chelsea lately. on june 3, 2010, announced leaving chelsea lately join writing staff perfect couples, romantic situation comedy premiered mid-season replacement on nbc on january 20, 2011. continued make occasional round-table appearances on chelsea lately, beginning in late 2010. perfect couples removed nbc schedule on march 11, 2011, , kirkman returned writing staff of chelsea lately in april 2011. in 2011, began making regular appearances on second season of after lately.


in november 2013, deadline reported fx had landed script deal jen, half-hour sitcom executive produced, written , starring kirkman. series, set in boston, massachusetts, centered on divorced woman in mid-30s. project backed borderline amazing productions, executive producers chelsea handler, tom brunelle , brad wollack.


on march 30, 2014, kirkman appeared on australian comedy-quiz show have been paying attention?.


in may 2015, released stand-up feature on netflix, m gonna die alone (and feel fine). second stand-up feature netflix, keep livin ?, premiered on january 3, 2017.


in 2017, kirkman contributed first season of marvelous mrs. maisel writer , consultant. series, created amy sherman-palladino amazon, loosely based on concept of joan rivers’ career.


on october 11, 2017, reported abc had started development on mighty quinn, television series written kirkman , produced julie anne robinson. half-hour comedy series focuses on 39-year-old quinn, who, after getting dumped boyfriend on christmas day, takes year off dating find herself.


comedy writing

kirkman s first book, can barely take care of myself: tales happy life without kids, published in hardcover on april 16, 2013, , listed on new york times non-fiction best seller list. in late 2013, signed second book deal simon & schuster, follow-up best-selling debut. second book, know m doing , other lies tell myself: dispatches life under construction, published in april 2016. has several published essays, have been included in rejected: tales of failed, dumped & canceled , bad sex: did don’t have to.


in 2001, kirkman founded girlcomic.net fellow comedian becky donohue. website featured interviews comedians such joy behar, margaret cho, sue murphy, amy poehler , sarah silverman. on intention of website, kirkman stated, [that the] 1 thing feeling there still threads of sexism women can discouraged , wanted [to encourage] girls write funny stories , wanted interview famous female comics let stories out. meant positive , cool , included men on site too. regular updates website ceased in 2003, , domain closed in 2006.








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