Ellie Kemper Biography
Ellie Kemper, born in Kansas City is an American actress and comedienne who is best known for playing the receptionist Erin Hannon in the NBC comedy series The Office From Year 2009 to 2013. She later starred on a role in the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt From year 2015 to present.
Ellie has received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Kemper has also appeared in the films like Bridesmaids (2011) and 21 Jump Street (2012). She published her first book, My Squirrel Days in 2018.
Ellie Kemper Education
Ellie joined Elementary School in the affluent suburb of Ladue and high school at John Burroughs School, where she developed an interest in theater and improvisational comedy. Actor Jon Hamm was one of her teachers whom with her appeared in a school play. Ellie in 2002 she graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She was a member of the school’s improv comedy troupe, Quipfire at Princeton.
Ellie played on the school’s 1998 national championship field hockey team, though she sat on the bench “roughly 97 percent” of the time before moving on in the following year to focus on theatre. She enrolled in the University of Oxford, where she studied at Worcester College towards a graduate degree in English.
Ellie Kemper Career
After Kemper graduated from the college she continued with her interest in improvisational comedy while at Princeton. She participated in Quipfire!, Princeton’s oldest improv comedy group, and the Princeton Triangle Club, a touring musical comedy theater troupe. Ellie also appeared in Subtle Sexuality in October 2009, a set of three The Office webisodes about efforts by Erin and Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling) to start a girl group.
Ellie was named one of Variety magazine’s “10 Comics To Watch”in July 2009. She appeared in How to Kick People, a performance combining comedy and literary performances in 2007. She wrote and performed in the one-woman show “Dumb Girls” through the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in March 2008.
In 2011 she appeared in Bridesmaids . It was announced on April 3, 2013 that Ellie would be voicing a character in an episode of the animated sitcom American Dad! She starred in the Netflix original comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as the fish-out-of-water title character. She played a former abductee and forced cult-member who wants to shed the victim pity of her small hometown and moves to New York.
Her performance on the show has been widely acclaimed, and in a Comedy Series she received multiple nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Ellie served as a temporary co-host of Today alongside Al Roker, Natalie Morales, Tamron Hall, and Willie Geist inthe summer of 2015. Ellie recorded for the audiobook A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo in 2018 . In the same year , she published her first book, entitled My Squirrel Days. Ellie appeared as a guest judge on season 14 of America’s Got Talent in 2019.
Ellie Kemper Age
Ellie Kemper was born on May 2 1. 980 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America. She celebrates her birthday on May 2nd every year.
Ellie Kemper Family
Kemper was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the second of four children of Dorothy “Dotty” Ann Jannarone and David Woods Kemper, a son of one of the wealthiest families in Missouri. Ellie’s father was the chairman and chief executive officer of what is today know as Commerce Bancshares, a bank holding company founded by the Kemper family.
Ellie is the granddaughter of Mildred Lane Kemper, namesake of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis, and great-great-granddaughter of banker, insurance man, and railroad magnate William Thornton Kemper Sr.
Ellie Kemper Sister
Television writer Carrie Kemper is the younger sister of Ellie. She has Italian from her maternal grandfather, English, French and German ancestry. She was raised and remains a practicing Roman Catholic. Her family moved to St. Louis when Kemper was five years old.
Ellie Kemper Husband
Kemper is married to Michael Koman. They got married on July 7.2012. Koman is a writer whose credits include Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. The couple has two sons who were born in August 2016 and September 2019 respectively.
During The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Ellie stated that her Jewish husband had agreed to raise their children Roman Catholic. When she became pregnant for her firstborn her pregnancy did not affect production of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt until the very end of its second season.
Ellie Kemper Son
Kemper introduced her 1-month-old son to the world with a very sweet Instagram selfie on October 5. 2019.”Happy 1-month Birthday to our baby boy, Matthew!”. “He has inherited his dad’s brown hair and his mom’s desire to be carried around all day in a baby sling. He’s a good boy.”
Ellie Kemper Body Measurements
- Height: ft in'(Meters or cm) : 5 feett 5 inches(1.65 m or 165 cm)
- Weight: Pounds(lbs): 126 pounds or 57kg
- Shoe Size: Not available
- Body Shape: Not available
- Hair Colour: Dark Brown.
Ellie Kemper Salary
Details about Ellie’s salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much she makes will be updated as soon as it is available.
Ellie Kemper Net Worth
The American actress, comedienne and writer, Ellie Kemper has an estimated net worth of $4 million dollars. Which she has accrued from her leading role in the entainment industry.
Ellie Kemper The Office
Kelly Erin Hannon is a fictional character portrayed by Ellie Kemper. It is a U.S. comedy television series The Office. Kelly (Ellie) is the office receptionist for the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc., a position previously held by Pam Beesly before she quit to go work for the Michael Scott Paper Company.
Ellie is an original character, although her closest equivalent in the British version of the series would be Mel the receptionist, who appears briefly in The Office Christmas specials, as Dawn Tinsley’s replacement.
Ellie Kemper Commercial
Ellie obtained her Screen Actors Guild card doing commercial advertising of a one-week sale of tents at Kmart. This commercial featured Ellie’s camping with an onscreen husband, and a shot in which a tarantula crawls across her face. She usually appeared in comedy sketches on Late Night with Conan O’Brien in the late 2000s. She also made guest appearances on Important Things with Demetri Martin, and E! Television’s The Gastineau Girls, which has been described as her “breakout role”. Ellie has appeared on Fuse TV’s The P.A. She appeared on The Colbert Report in a PSA for Teen Voter Abstinence in October 2008.
Ellie has written several sketch comedy shows together with her comedy partner Scott Eckert, a fellow Princeton grad. She is also a contributing writer for the national satirical newspaper The Onion, and for McSweeney’s and also a contributor to The Huffington Pos.
Ellie Kemper Bridesmaids
Kemper appeared in Bridesmaids in 2011. This is a 2011 comedy film. It is directed by Paul Feig, written by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, and produced by Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, and Clayton Townsend. The film is based on Annie (Wiig), who suffers a series of misfortunes after being asked to serve as maid of honor for her best friend, Lillian, played by Maya Rudolph. Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, and Wendi McLendon-Covey co-star as Lillian’s bridesmaids, with Chris O’Dowd, Rebel Wilson, Matt Lucas, Michael Hitchcock, Jon Hamm, and Jill Clayburgh, in her final film appearance, in supporting roles.
Ellie Kemper Kimmy Schmidt
Ellie stars in the Netflix original comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as the fish-out-of-water title character. She plays a former abductee and forced cult-member who wants to shed the victim pity of her small hometown and moves to New York. Ellie ‘s performance on the show has been widely recognized, and she received multiple nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
Ellie Kemper Book
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My Squirrel Days
In this book Ellie shares tales of her childhood in St. Louis, whether directing and also starring in her family holiday pageant, washing her dad’s car with a Brillo pad, failing to become friends with a plump squirrel in her backyard, eating her feelings while watching PG-13 movies, or becoming a “sports monster” who ends up warming the bench of her Division 1 field hockey team in college.
The reader will also learn how she found her comedic calling in the world of improv, became a wife, mother and New Yorker, and landed the role of a bridesmaid (while simultaneously being a bridesmaid) in Bridesmaids. It will help one get to know and love the comic, upbeat, perpetually polite actress playing Erin Hannon on The Office, and the exuberant, pink-pants-wearing star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Ellie Kemper Movies
- 2019 – The Secret Life of Pets 2 as Katie
- 2017 – The Lego Batman Movie as Phyllis
- 2017 – Smurfs: The Lost Village as Smurf Blossom
- 2016 – The Secret Life of Pets as Katie
- 2014 – Laggies as Allison
- 2014 – Sex Tape as Tess
- 2014 – They Came Together as Karen
- 2014 – The Nobodies as Julie
- 2013 – Identity Thief as Flo
- 2012 – 21 Jump Street as Ms. Griggs
- 2012 – Rich Girl Problems as Lucretia
- 2011 – Bridesmaids as Becca
- 2010 – Get Him to the Greek as Pinnacle Executive
- 2010 – Somewhere as Claire
- 2009 – Mystery Team as Jamie
- 2009 – Cayman Went as Girl in Bar
Ellie Kemper Shows
- 2018 – The Who Was? Show as Herself (narrator for Amelia)
- 2017 – Julie’s Greenroom as Herself
- 2016 – Animals. as Princess (voice)
- 2016 – All Hail King Julien as Karen (voice)
- 2015–present – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Kimmy Schmidt
- 2015, 2017 – We Bare Bears as Produce Lucy (voice)
- 2015 – The Today Show as Herself (co-anchor, Today’s Take)
- 2015 – Drunk History as Nellie Bly
- 2014 – The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Herself (fill-in host)
- 2014 – American Dad! as Jenna (voice)
- 2014 – Comedy Bang! Bang! as Herself
- 2013–2016 – Sofia the First as Crackle (voice)
- 2013–2014 – Hollywood Game Night as Herself
- 2013 – Brenda Forever as Brenda Miller
- 2012–2013 – The Mindy Project as Heather
- 2012 – NTSF:SD:SUV:: as Fitzpatrick
- 2012 – Robot Chicken as Kendra / Female Passenger (voice)
- 2010 – The Office: The 3rd Floor as Erin Hannon
- 2009–2013 – The Office as Kelly Erin Hannon
- 2009–2010 – Important Things with Demetri Martin as Allison / Felicia
- 2007–2008 – Mister Glasses as Kitty
- 2007 – Redeeming Rainbow as Shelly
- 2006 – Sexual Intercourse: American Style as Cindy
Frequently Asked Questions About Ellie Kemper
Who is Ellie Kemper?
Ellie is an American best known and best-loved actress.
How old is Ellie Kemper?
Kemper is 39 years old as of 2019.
How tall is Ellie Kemper?
Ellie stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in or 165 cm.
Is Ellie Kemper married?
Ellie is married to Michael Koman.
How much is Ellie Kemper worth?
Kemper has an accomplished journalist with an estimated net worth of $4 million dollars.
How much does Ellie Kemper make?
Kemper’s annual salary is not available.
Where does Ellie Kemper live?
Ellie lives in Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Is Ellie Kemper dead or alive?
Kemper is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of her being sick or having any health-related issues.
Where is Ellie Kemper now?
Ellie stars in the Netflix original comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as the fish-out-of-water title character.
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