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Halley Feiffer
Born (1984-11-20) November 20, 1984 (age 40)
EducationWesleyan University (2007)
Occupation(s)Actress, playwright
ParentJules Feiffer (father)

Halley Feiffer (born November 20, 1984) is an American actress and playwright.

Early life and education

Feiffer was raised in a Jewish family,[1] the daughter of famed satirist and cartoonist Jules Feiffer,[2] and writer, actor, and comedian Jenny Allen. Feiffer graduated from Wesleyan University in 2007.

Career

Theater

Feiffer's work as a playwright has been produced off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company,[3] the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, MCC Theater and the Cherry Lane Theatre,[4] and regionally at Williamstown Theatre Festival and elsewhere.

Her play How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them premiered at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in October 2014, directed by Kip Fagan.

Her play I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard, directed by Trip Cullman and starring Betty Gilpin and Reed Birney, broke box office records for the Atlantic Theater Company's Stage 2 space, was a Time Out New York Critics Pick,[5] and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award (the John Gassner Playwriting Award) in 2015. It had its UK premiere in March 2017 at the Finborough Theatre, London.

Her play A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City, directed by Trip Cullman, won the Edgerton New Play Award before it premiered at MCC Theater in Spring 2016. The play starred Beth Behrs and Lisa Emery and was a New York Times Critic's Pick.[citation needed] It had its UK premiere in October 2018 at the Finborough Theatre, London. The Geffen Playhouse presented the West Coast premiere of the play in the fall as a part of their 2017–18 season in Los Angeles, which Feiffer also starred in.

Feiffer's world premiere of her new play, Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow, a contemporary adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters, was part of the Williamstown Theatre Festival 2017 season. The production was directed by Trip Cullman, and starred Rebecca Henderson, Tavi Gevinson, Ryan Spahn, and Tony Award nominees Cristin Milioti, Thomas Sadoski and Micah Stock. The play received its New York premiere at MCC Theater in June 2019, and was nominated for a 2020 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Adaptation and for a 2020 Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play.

In March 2019, Playwrights Horizons premiered Feiffer's other new play The Pain of My Belligerence directed by Trip Cullman and featuring Feiffer in the lead role opposite Hamish Linklater, for which she was nominated for a 2020 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance.

Feiffer won the National Young Playwrights' Contest in 2002[6] and the Lotos Foundation Award for Playwriting in 2015. Three of her plays have landed on The Kilroys' List

Her plays have been produced, commissioned and developed by Manhattan Theater Club, Second Stage Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, LAByrinth Theater Company, The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Cape Cod Theatre Project and elsewhere, and have been commissioned by Manhattan Theater Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Atlantic Theater Company and Playwrights Horizons. Her work is published by Dramatists Play Service, Overlook Press, Vintage Books, Applause Books, Samuel French and Smith & Kraus.

She has performed off-Broadway in subUrbia, Election Day, None of the Above, Still Life, Some Americans Abroad, Tigers Be Still[7] (for which she was nominated for a Drama League Award), Kenneth Lonergan's Medieval Play and Ethan Coen's Women or Nothing.

In April 2011, she made her Broadway debut in The House of Blue Leaves starring Ben Stiller, Edie Falco and Jennifer Jason Leigh, directed by David Cromer, for which she won a Theatre World Award.[citation needed] In Fall 2016, Feiffer starred in the Broadway revival of The Front Page starring Nathan Lane, John Slattery, John Goodman, Holland Taylor, Jefferson Mays, Sherie Rene Scott, and Robert Morse.

She is writing the book for the Broadway-bound musical adaptation of "Thelma and Louise" with music and lyrics by Neko Case, directed by Trip Cullman.[citation needed]

Television and film

As an actress, Feiffer's film credits include Kenneth Lonergan's You Can Count on Me, Stephanie Daley, Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale and Margot at the Wedding, Oren Moverman's The Messenger, Jared Hess's Gentlemen Broncos, Jeff Lipsky's Twelve Thirty,[8] Todd Haynes' HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce, Desiree Akhavan's Appropriate Behavior, and Sasha Gordon's It Had to Be You alongside Cristin Milioti.

She also guest-starred on the HBO show Flight of the Conchords in the Season Two episode "Wingmen", and has guest-starred on Ugly Betty, The Good Wife, Law & Order, Torchwood and Royal Pains. She had a recurring role in the third and final season of Jonathan Ames' cult HBO series Bored to Death as Ted Danson's character's recovering alcoholic daughter Emily.

Additionally, Feiffer starred in the 2013 film He's Way More Famous Than You, directed by Michael Urie, which she co-wrote with Ryan Spahn and executive produced.[9] She also co-created and stars in the 2015 Stage17.tv web series What's Your Emergency?, the first season of which was directed by Urie.[10]

In 2014, Feiffer became a writer for the Starz series The One Percent, co-created by Academy Award-winner Alejandro González Iñárritu, which was scheduled to begin filming in 2016 but was put into turnaround the following year.[11][12]

Feiffer was a writer/producer for the Amazon Studios series Mozart in the Jungle. She was also a producer on the comedy series Kidding starring Jim Carrey for Showtime, a Supervising Producer on FX's Impeachment: American Crime Story for which she was nominated for a WGA Award, a Consulting Producer on the upcoming Amazon series Rodeo Queens (produced by and starring Dakota Johnson), a Consulting Producer on the upcoming Apple TV+ series Roar (created by Carly Mensch and Liz Flahive), a co-executive producer on the upcoming Apple TV+ series Dear Edward (created by Jason Katims), and a co-executive producer on the upcoming Amazon series Daddy. She is developing a limited series with Ryan Murphy Productions for Netflix and an adaptation of the upcoming book Bad Summer People for Prime Video.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 You Can Count on Me Amy
2005 The Squid and the Whale Sophie Greenberg
2006 Stephanie Daley Rhana
2007 Margot at the Wedding Maisy Koosman
2009 The Messenger Marla Cohen
2009 Gentlemen Broncos Tabatha
2010 Fighting Fish Chris
2010 Twelve Thirty Irena
2012 Free Samples Nancy
2012 He's Way More Famous Than You Halley Feiffer Also writer
2013 All Is Bright Claire, from last year
2013 Clutter Penny Bradford
2014 Appropriate Behavior Crystal
2014 Glass Chin Kathryn Glassman
2015 It Had to Be You Nora

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Law & Order Colleen Jacobs Episode: "School Daze"
2009 Flight of the Conchords Savannah Episode: "Wingmen"
2010 The Good Wife Irene Reagan Episode: "Infamy"
2010 Ugly Betty Allison Episode: "Million Dollar Smile"
2011 Mildred Pierce Arline 3 episodes
2011 Torchwood Lianna Episode: "Miracle Day: Rendition"
2011 Bored to Death Emily 5 episodes
2012 Royal Pains Nell Bochinski Episode: "Dawn of the Med"
2014 Deadbeat Brianne Episode: "Calamityville Horror"
2014 Elementary Erin Rabin Episode: "Bella"
2015 Younger Julie Burke Episode: "Pilot"
2015 What's Your Emergency Janice Featherstone 16 episodes

References

  1. ^ Interfaith Family: "Interfaith Celebrities: Santa's Jewish Family, and Margot at the Wedding's Near-Minyan" By Nate Bloom. November 22, 2007
  2. ^ "Halley Feiffer's Indie Success on Stage and Screen – July 7, 2008 – The New York Sun". Nysun.com. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  3. ^ "I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard". Atlantic Theater Company. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  4. ^ "Theater Review: Young Playwrights Festival XXII – Theater and Musical Production Reviews". Variety.com. 2004-02-09. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  5. ^ "I'm Gonna Pray for You So Hard". TimeOut.
  6. ^ "YPI News: 2003 National Competition Winners Announced". Youngplaywrights.org. Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  7. ^ Isherwood, Charles (2010-10-06). "Natasha Lyonne in Comedy From Roundabout Company". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Holden, Stephen (2011-01-13). "In 'Twelve Thirty' Jeff Lipsky Examines a Family". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Fleming, Mike. "Deadline.com » Blog ArchiveSundance: Gravitas Ventures Nabs Trio Of Slamdance Films - Deadline.com". M.deadline.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  10. ^ "'Ugly Betty' Star Michael Urie's Web Series Gets January Debut". The Wrap. 8 January 2015.
  11. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (23 February 2015). "Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and 'Birdman' Collaborators Tackle TV with Starz's 'One Percent'". Variety.com.
  12. ^ Chitwood, Adam (March 3, 2017). "Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Ambitious TV Series Dropped by Starz". Collider.com.
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