Ana Gasteyer

Ana Gasteyer 2007.

Ana Gasteyer (born May 4, 1967 in Washington, DC ) is an American comedian and actress .

Career

Beginnings

Ana Gasteyer gained her first experience at the improvisational theater The Groundlings , where u. a. and Mindy Sterling , Maya Rudolph , Will Forte , Lisa Kudrow , Jon Lovitz , Cheryl Hines , Will Ferrell and Jennifer Coolidge played.

Saturday Night Live

After minor engagements in series such as Seinfeld , she was part of the ensemble for the television program Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002 , which during this time included Tracy Morgan , Will Ferrell , Maya Rudolph and Tina Fey . At the same time, she mainly played episode roles in the television series Party of Five , New York Cops - NYPD Blue , Law & Order , Just Shoot Me - Redaktion durchgeknipst , Crazy About You , Behind the Moon Immediately Left , Frasier , the lead role in the short film A Small Domain and minor roles in the films It always gets worse! , Deedles - The surfers with the board in front of their heads and woman on top . In the comedy I love Dick , she plays US President Richard Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods .

After Saturday Night Live

After SNL, she worked again with Tina Fey, who wrote the screenplay for the film Girls Club - Beware of Snappy! ( Mean Girls ) wrote. She had other film appearances in Kifferwahn , The Women - From big and small affairs , Dare - Don't be afraid. Just do it! , Fun Size - Trick or Treat , The Chaos Dad , Peeples and Rapture Palooza . After further episode appearances in the series Chuck and Running Wilde , she was able to get a character over three in Good Wife , in Lass It, Larry! play over two episodes. In the series Suburgatory , her initial supporting role as Sheila Shay was expanded to a leading role in the middle of the first season.

For the portrayal of her role Elphaba in the musical Wicked - The Witches of Oz in Chicago , she was nominated in 2006 for a Jefferson Award in the category "Best Actress in a Musical".

Filmography (selection)

• 1995: Seinfeld (TV series, an episode)
• 1996–2012: Saturday Night Live (TV series, 121 episodes)
• 1996: Party of Five (TV series, episode)
• 1996: New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue , TV series, an episode)
• 1998: Deedles - The surfers with the board in front of their heads (Meet the Deedles)
• 1998: Law & Order (TV series, episode)
• 1998: Just Shoot Me - editorial cut through ( Just Shoot Me , TV series, an episode)
• 1998: Going the Distance ( Mad About You , television series, one episode)
• 1999: I love Dick (Dick)
• 2000: Behind the moon just left ( 3rd Rock from the Sun , TV series, three episodes)
• 2000: Woman on Top
• 2001: It always gets worse! (What's the Worst That Could Happen?)
• 2002: Frasier (TV series, an episode)
• 2004: Girls Club - be careful! (Mean Girls)
• 2005: Kifferwahn ( Reefer Madness , TV movie)
• 2008: The Women - Of big and small affairs (The Women)
• 2009: Dare - don't be afraid. Just do it! (Dare)
• 2010: Chuck (TV series, an episode)
• 2010: Running Wilde (TV series, one episode)
• 2010–2011, 2013: Good Wife ( The Good Wife , television series, five episodes)
• 2011: Leave it, Larry! ( Curb Your Enthusiasm , TV series, two episodes)
• 2011-2014: Suburgatory (TV series, 53 episodes)
• 2012: Robot & Frank
• 2012: Fun Size - Trick or Treat (Fun Size)
• 2012: The Chaos Dad (That's My Boy)
• 2013: Peeples
• 2013: Rapture-Palooza
• since 2014: The Goldbergs (TV series)
• 2015: The Department Store Cop 2 (Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2)
• 2019: The Masked Singer (TV show, 2nd season, 6th place)
• 2019: Wine Country

Web links

• Ana Gasteyer in the Internet Movie Database (English)