Laura Kightlinger

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Laura Kightlinger
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  • Actress
  • writer
  • comedian
Years active1991–present
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Websitelaurakightlinger.com

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Laura Kightlinger (born Script error: No such module "Birth based on age as of dates".)[1] is an American actress, writer and comedian. She was a writer and consulting producer on Will & Grace, while also occasionally appearing on the show as the character Nurse Sheila. Her 2003 documentary about New York drug reform, Sixty Spins Around the Sun, won numerous awards. Kightlinger also played the titular character in the TV show The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, which she created, wrote, and executive produced.

Early life

Kightlinger was born in Jamestown, New York.[2]

Career

Television

Kightlinger was a featured player for Saturday Night Live (1994–95).[3]

In 1997, she appeared in the Tenacious D episode "Angel in Disguise" as a groupie.[4]

In 2006, she appeared in The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, a comedy series. Asked how much of the series was based on her personal experience, she said:

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I think like 85% and then the other 15 is the experience of a woman. We usually cull a lot of stories from what happened to us and our friends, so I'd say a lot of it is. I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.[5]

Kightlinger has had three stand-up comedy specials on HBO and six on Comedy Central.[6]

Film

In 1997, Kightlinger appeared in Who's the Caboose?, an independent movie comedy starring Sarah Silverman and directed by Sam Seder.[7]

In 2001, Kightlinger made a short film, Dependable People, which won both the Black Maria Film Festival Director's Citation (Honorable Mention[8]) and the International Festival of Cinema and Technology Best New Director Award in 2002.[9] It was released on the DVD Celebrity Mix with other short films in 2006.[10][11]

In 2003, she directed her first documentary, Sixty Spins Around the Sun, which chronicles the New York City street movement to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws.[12] It focuses on political satirist turned activist Randy Credico and his fight to repeal the laws. The film follows Credico to Tulia, Texas during a racially motivated drug bust. Included in this documentary are stand-up comics Larry David, Colin Quinn, Don Gavin, Vanessa Hollingshead, and Nick DiPaolo. It won Best Documentary at the 2003 Empire State Film Festival,[13] 2003 Boston International Film Festival,[14] and 2005 Beverly Hills Film Festival (Jury Award).[15]

In 2005, Kightlinger starred in the short film Dysenchanted, directed by Terri Edda Miller, which received critical acclaim.[10]

In 2017, she had a cameo in The Lego Batman Movie, voicing the roles of Orca and Reporter Pippa.[16]

She has written and directed several short films, including Cat Demon: Re-Exhumed, which are available to view on her website.[17]

Additional film credits include Daddy Day Care, Kicking & Screaming, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie, The Truth About Lies and The Outdoorsman.

Book

Kightlinger's book Quick Shots of False Hope was published in 1999. The New York Times Book Review described it as "funny and disturbing", "memorable", and an "idiosyncratic and darkly comic debut."[18] As of 2006, she was adapting the book for film.[19]

Internet

Kightlinger has written several shorts for Funny or Die[20] and Atom.com, including "American Heroine", in which she starred,[21] and "Roy Fabcock: Legendary Lover" (2010).[22]

Personal life

Kightlinger dated fellow actor and comedian Jack Black from 1996 through early 2005.[23][24][25][26]

Kightlinger endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[27]

Bibliography

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Keepnews, Peter (September 21, 2006). "Wryly, if Warily, Accepting More Than Modest Success". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2025. ...Ms. Kightlinger, 37...
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  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wezerek, Gus (December 14, 2019). "The 'S.N.L.' Stars Who Lasted, and the Ones Who Flamed Out". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019. Some of the names here will be familiar only to die-hard fans; others, like Murphy, defined what was funny for generations of viewers.
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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Topel, Fred (August 7, 2007). "Laura Kightlinger's Major Accomplishment". CraveOnline. Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
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  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Who's the Caboose?". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Black Maria Film and Video Festival Award Winners 2004 (flash pulldown menu)". 2004. Archived from the original on October 10, 2004. Retrieved September 12, 2012. (for name of award only)
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  10. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tyner, Adam (February 4, 2006). "Celebrity Mix". DVD Talk. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Longsdorf, Amy (February 10, 2006). "Elizabethtown' misses the mark, even on DVD". Courier-Post. Cherry Hill, N.J. p. B 23.[dead link]
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Moss, Corey (October 6, 2003). "Jack Black Working To Make Dog Turds And Drug Laws Disappear". MTV News. Retrieved January 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."First Annual BIFF Award Winners Announced". Boston International Film Festival. July 7, 2003. Archived from the original on December 13, 2003. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2005 Beverly Hills Film Festival Winners". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
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  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Short Films". Laura Kightlinger. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shapiro, Susan (November 7, 1999). "Quick Shots of False Hope". New York Times Book Review.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Keepnews, Peter (September 21, 2006). "Wryly, if Warily, Accepting More Than Modest Success". The New York Times.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Laura Kightlinger". Funny or Die. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Laura Kightlinger, Jay Johnston star in Atom.com's disturbing (funny?) 'American Heroine'". LaughSpin. January 13, 2011. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Roy Fabcock: Legendary Lover". CC Studios. November 12, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pringle, Gill (April 1, 2009). "Jack Black: Hey dude, party's over". The Independent.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Laura Kightlinger goes 'Minor' in a major way". Today. August 1, 2006.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Welkos, Robert (June 6, 2007). "Screenwriters Laura Kightlinger, Mike White fight like cats and dogs over script". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Serpe, Gina (March 14, 2006). "Jack Black Elopes". E!.
  27. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our Barn-Stormin'-for-Bernie Fundraiser in the IE". Facebook. July 18, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.

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