تولد
June 13, 1964 in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
محل تولد
New York City , New York , USA
Laura Kightlinger is a writer, stand-up comic, and actor. She created and starred in her own critically acclaimed TV show, "The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman." And was a series regular on HBO's "Lucky Louie". She has played reoccurring character, Nurse Shelia, on "Will & Grace" and has been a consulting producer on the show since its inception. Laura has voiced several characters in "Lego Batman", "Ninjago", and is currently Dr. Scott in "Dr. Katz: The Audio Files". At the recent JFL Comedy Festival, Kightlinger was heralded in the Montreal Gazette as "a femme fatale deadpan who took risks leading the audience into hilariously unexpected territory." She's had half-hour stand up specials on Comedy Central and HBO, and is presently preparing for an hour-long special. She will be appearing in the upcoming comedy series, "PEN15" on Hulu. Her book, Quick Shots of False Hope, described by the New York Times Book Review as a "memorable, disturbing, and darkly comic debut" is being adapted for film and television. "Sixty Spins Around the Sun", the documentary Kightlinger directed, chronicling activist, Randy Credico's fight to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws, won 'Best Documentary' in the Boston, Empire State, Black Maria and Beverly Hills Film Festivals. Laura won 'Best Director' for her first short film, "Dependable People", at the Black Maria Film Festival. Other shorts she's written and directed include: "Cat Demon: Re-Exhumed", "American Heroine", "Roy Fabcock: Legendary Lover", "Exposition 7", "Laura Gets Adopted", the three-episode short series, "Cat Guys", and the stop-motion thriller, "The Scrap County Murders". - IMDb Mini Biography By: Laura Kightlinger
