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Kathy Griffin has been entertaining audiences with her take-no-prisoners approach to stand-up comedy for nearly four decades. Griffin’s comic style is often brutally forthright and, at times, controversial. Griffin has been chosen to host a number of major events like the
Daytime Emmy Awards
and
The Billboard Music Awards Live
. Griffin is also an accomplished actress with several appearances in major movies under her belt. Griffin appeared in the Quentin Tarantino classic
Pulp Fiction
. She also played Connie Chicago in
The Unborn
. Griffin's acting ability has scored her guest appearances on popular television sitcoms like
Fresh Prince of Bell Air
and
Seinfeld
. Despite her success as an actress, Kathy Griffin is a stand-up comedian at heart and puts her all into entertaining live audiences whenever the opportunity presents itself to do so.
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Kathy Griffin grew up in Oak Park, Ill. She dreamed of being an actress in her early childhood and was known to put on performances for family and friends. After high school, Griffin attended Southern California's Lee Strasburg Institute, where she studied acting. Griffin became a member of the Groundlings in 1988. The sketch comedy group included
Will Ferrell
and Lisa Kudrow. Griffin concentrated on her stand-up routine after her time with the Groundlings and worked herself into an elite stand-up comedian. Griffin has sold out venues on four continents. The big-screen roles also kept coming for Griffin, and the mid-'90s found her in roles like Betty in
Four Rooms
as well as the mother of
Jim Carrey's
character in the hit comedy
The Cable Guy
. Kathy Griffin added published author to her long list of accomplishments when she released the
New York Times bestseller
,
Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin.
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Kathy Griffin is a seasoned actress who has played memorable characters in a list of top movies. She played herself in the movie
Hall Pass
and
Run Ronnie Run
. She was also the voice of Caroline in the movie
Lion of Oz
.
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Kathy Griffin has been a top comedian and actress for multiple decades, and the list of awards bestowed upon her reflects this fact. Griffin won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album in 2014. The win came after being nominated for the award each of the five previous years. Griffin also won Primetime Emmy Awards in 2007 and 2008 in the Outstanding Reality Program category for work on
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
.
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Kathy Griffin has recorded comedy material that can be experienced through various forms of media. She has recorded two albums of material only available as audio.
For Your Consideration
was released by Music With a Twist in 2008. A year later, Griffin released
Suckin' it for the Holidays
on the same label.
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