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Ana Gasteyer
Born
Ana Kristina Gasteyer

(1967-05-04) May 4, 1967 (age 57)
Washington, D.C., US
Alma materNorthwestern University (B.A., 1989)[1]
Occupation(s)Actress, Singer, Comedian
Years active1995–present
SpouseCharlie McKittrick
Children2

Ana Kristina Gasteyer (born May 4, 1967) is an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best known from her television roles such as being a cast member on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002, and her sitcom roles ABC's Suburgatory and on Netflix's Lady Dynamite.

Early life

Gasteyer was born in Washington, D.C.,[2] the daughter of Mariana Roumell-Gasteyer, an artist, and Phil Gasteyer, a lobbyist who later became the mayor of Corrales, New Mexico.[3][4] Her maternal grandparents were Romanian and Greek.[4] She graduated from Sidwell Friends School and Northwestern University School of Communication in 1989.[5] While a teenager, she was a talking head on an uncommercial segment ("What is a friend?" Her answer: “Someone you can be weird with.”) of the short-lived PBS show Powerhouse.[citation needed] During her first year, she lived on the fourth floor of Willard Residential College on campus and majored in voice. She later became a theater major.[citation needed]

Career

Gasteyer developed comedy experience with the Los Angeles improv – sketch comedy group The Groundlings. She played small roles on Seinfeld (as a doomed customer of The Soup Nazi), as well as on the shows Party of Five, Frasier, Hope & Gloria and NYPD Blue. In 1996, Gasteyer joined the cast of Saturday Night Live. Among her most popular characters were high school music teacher Bobbie Mohan-Culp, National Public Radio Delicious Dish host Margaret Jo McCullen, Lilith Festival feminist singer Cinder Calhoun, and her impressions of Martha Stewart and Celine Dion. In 2000, she and Chris Parnell auditioned to succeed Colin Quinn as co-anchors of the news parody segment Weekend Update, but the positions ultimately went to Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon.[6]

After six seasons, Gasteyer left SNL in 2002. Subsequently, she appeared in various television programs, films and stage productions. In 2004, Gasteyer played the mother of the main character Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) in the feature film Mean Girls, written by SNL castmate Tina Fey. The film also featured other former SNL castmates, including Fey, Tim Meadows, and Amy Poehler. She also appeared in the 2005 Showtime movie musical Reefer Madness as Mae, the doomed girlfriend of Jack and owner of the Reefer Den.

Gasteyer starred in a revival of The Threepenny Opera on Broadway as Mrs. Peachum, along with Jim Dale, Alan Cumming, and Cyndi Lauper. The production ran from March 24 through June 25, 2006.[7][8]

On June 24, 2005, Gasteyer originated the role of Elphaba in the Chicago sit-down production of the musical Wicked. The production opened July 13, 2005. Gasteyer was nominated for a Jefferson Award for her performance.[9] She played her final performance on January 22, 2006, replaced by her standby Kristy Cates. She later reprised the role in the Broadway production from October 10, 2006, through January 7, 2007.[10]

On April 12, 2007, the media announced that Gasteyer had joined the cast of the then new musical, Writing Arthur, for the 2007 New Works Festival for TheatreWorks in California, which ran from April 14 to April 22. Gasteyer performed in Chicago in the Stephen Sondheim musical Passion at Chicago Shakespeare Theater from October 2, 2007 to November 11, 2007.[11]

She was originally cast as Gloria in the Encores! Summer Series production of Damn Yankees, but due to injury during rehearsals, she was replaced by Megan Lawrence.[12] Gasteyer took part in the reading of the Broadway musical version of "The First Wives Club."[13]

She starred as Kitty Dean in the Broadway play, The Royal Family which began performances at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on September 15, 2009 and officially opened on October 8, 2009.[14] The show concluded its run on December 13, 2009.[15] Gasteyer also starred as Frisco Kate Fothergill in the City Centers Encores! production of Girl Crazy, running from November 19 to November 22, 2009.[16]

She returned to Saturday Night Live for a special Mother's Day episode on May 8, 2010, and for another Mother's Day episode on May 11, 2012. [17]

Gasteyer appeared in season eight of Curb Your Enthusiasm as Larry David's girlfriend.

From 2011 to 2014, Gasteyer co-starred as Sheila Shay on the ABC comedy series Suburgatory, and as of March 2013, she was a spokeswoman for the Weight Watchers diet plan.

In 2014, taking advantage of her training as a singer, Gasteyer recorded and released I'm Hip, an album of jazz standards. "One Mint Julep" was one of the selections it included.

In 2014, Gastayer appeared in season 2 of The Goldbergs as the drama teacher, Miss Cinoman.

On September 30, 2014, Gasteyer released her first album on the Henry's Girl Records label.

On January 6, 2015, Gasteyer guest-starred on Fox's The Mindy Project, alongside Mindy Kaling.

On January 31, 2016, Gasteyer played the role of Principal McGee in Fox's live musical adaptation Grease: Live.

Personal life

Gasteyer and her husband, Charlie McKittrick, have two children, a daughter, Frances, born in June 2002, and a son, Ulysses, born in March 2008.

Saturday Night Live characters

Original characters

Celebrity impressions

Filmography

Film

Title Role Year
A Small Domain Mother 1996
Courting Courtney Rosemary Colletti 1997
Meet the Deedles Mel 1998
Dick Rose Mary Woods 1999
Woman on Top Claudia Hunter 2000
What Women Want Sue Cranston 2000
What's the Worst That Could Happen? Ann Marie 2001
Mean Girls Cady's Mom 2004
Reefer Madness: The Musical Mae Coleman 2005
The Procedure Denise 2007
Finn on the Fly Dr. Madsen 2008
The Women Pat 2008
Dare Ruth Berger 2009
That's My Boy Mrs. Ravensdale 2012
Fun Size Jackie Leroux 2012
Robot & Frank Shop lady 2012
Rapture-Palooza Mrs. Lewis 2013
Geography Club Mrs. Toles 2013

TV

Title Character Notes Year
Seinfeld Woman 1 episode 1995
Saturday Night Live Various 121 episodes 1996–2002
Hope and Gloria Girl 1 episode 1996
Party of Five Emcee 1 episode 1996
NYPD Blue Angie 1 episode 1996
Law & Order Monica's Social Worker 1 episode 1998
Just Shoot Me! April 1 episode 1998
Mad About You Yoga Woman 1 episode 1998
3rd Rock from the Sun Dr. Brand 1 episode 2000
Geppetto Sra. Giovanni TV musical 2000
TV Funhouse Various 3 episodes 2000–2001
Frasier Trish Haney 1 episode 2002
I'm with Her Bonnie 1 episode 2003
Valentine Mona McAllister 1 episode 2009
The Electric Company Sandy Scrambler 1 episode 2009
Chuck Dasha 1 episode 2010
Running Wilde Anna Lowry 1 episode 2010
The Good Wife Judge Patrice Lessner 3 episodes 2010–2011
Curb Your Enthusiasm Jennifer 2 episodes 2011
Suburgatory Sheila Shay series regular 2011–2014
The Goldbergs Miss Cinoman recurring character 2014–present
Younger[18][19] Meredith Montgomery 1 episode 2015
Harvey Beaks Tara 1 episode 2015
Celebrity Name Game Herself (celebrity guest) Episode: Ana Gasteyer vs. Billy Gardell 2015
Grease: Live Principal McGee TV musical 2016
The Lion Guard Reirei 2 episodes 2016
Lady Dynamite Karen Grisham 9 episodes 2016
The $100,000 Pyramid Herself (celebrity guest) Episode: Ana Gasteyer vs. Rachel Dratch 2016
People of Earth Gina Morrison Main Cast 2016

Web

Title Character Episodes Year
Going There with Ana Gasteyer Herself 9 2015–present

See also

References

  1. ^ Taubeneck, Anne, "The Good Wicked Witch", Northwestern Magazine, Winter 2005, Northwestern University
  2. ^ http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20141121/News/141129863
  3. ^ "Ana Gasteyer Biography (1967-)". Filmreference.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b Ohnuma, Keiko (February 21, 2009). "Featured Artist: Mariana Roumell-Gasteyer". Sandoval Signpost. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  5. ^ The Good Wicked Witch, Winter 2005, Northwestern Magazine
  6. ^ http://splitsider.com/2011/10/the-lost-weekend-update-anchors/
  7. ^ "Ana Gasteyer Joins Threepenny Opera Alongside Dale, Cumming, Falco and McKay". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  8. ^ "The Threepenny Opera Begins Final Performance Week, 6/20". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  9. ^ "Q&A with Ana Gasteyer". Broadwayworld.com. 2005-07-13. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  10. ^ "Green Again! Ana Gasteyer to Join Broadway's Wicked in October". Playbill.com. Retrieved 2011-05-17.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Brazier, Gasteyer, Voytko Are Passion's Trio in Chicago, Oct. 2-Nov. 11". Playbill.com. Retrieved 2011-05-17.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Lawrence Replaces Gasteyer in Encores! Damn Yankees". Playbill.com. Retrieved 2011-05-17.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Lenox, Carmello, Gasteyer, Oscar, Dossett, Harris and More Sing First Wives Club in NYC". Playbill.com. Retrieved 2011-05-17.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Ana Gasteyer Joins Cast of Broadway's Royal Family". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2011-05-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Royal Family Ends Its Broadway Reign Dec. 13". Playbill.com. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  16. ^ "Gasteyer, Knight, Kudisch, Diamantopoulos and Newton Will Be Girl Crazy at Encores!". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2011-05-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "STAGE TUBE: New Betty White SNL Promo! (TV Content)". Broadwayworld.com. 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  18. ^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/video/2015/03/17/video-tv-land-releases-new-behind-the-scenes-featurette-from-upcoming-darren-star-series-younger-388213/20150317tvland01/
  19. ^ http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/younger-adds-jane-krakowski-ana-gasteyer-more-guest-stars-2015173
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