
Ellie Kemper
Highest Rated: 94% Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend (2020)
Lowest Rated: 15% Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
Birthday: May 2, 1980
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Ellie Kemper began her entertainment career behind-the-scenes, writing comedy skits and editorial satires, but she soon caught Hollywood's attention by starring in a viral Web video that showcased her fearless talent. Her breakthrough performance as bubbly and naive receptionist Erin Hannon on "The Office" (NBC, 2005-2014) further made the improv theater-trained actress into a household name. Kemper's natural charisma and comic timing were well received by the show's critics, while fans celebrated her onscreen chemistry with co-star Ed Helms. Their characters, Erin and Andy, were even dubbed the new "Jim and Pam" - the show's much-loved couple played by John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer - a timeless honor that cemented Kemper's place as one of the funniest, most endearing women on television. Following her scene-stealing turn in the comedy smash "Bridesmaids" (2011), Kemper made an even bigger splash as the title star of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock's "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (Netflix 2015- ), in which she played an irrepressibly cheerful survivor of a doomsday cult making her way in New York City.
Photos
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
33% | 53% | Happiness for Beginners | Helen Carpenter (Character) | - | 2023 |
15% | 12% | Home Sweet Home Alone | Pam (Character) | - | 2021 |
29% | 19% | The Stand In | Jenna Jones (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 86% | We Bare Bears: The Movie | Lucy (Voice) | - | 2020 |
94% | 63% | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend | Kimmy Schmidt (Character) | - | 2020 |
80% | No Score Yet | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' | Gloria Stivic (Character) | - | 2019 |
60% | 90% | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | Katie (Voice) | $158.2M | 2019 |
88% | No Score Yet | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' | Gloria Stivic (Character) | - | 2019 |
40% | 55% | Smurfs: The Lost Village | SmurfBlossom (Voice) | $45.0M | 2017 |
89% | 80% | The LEGO Batman Movie | Phyllis (Voice) | $175.7M | 2017 |
71% | 62% | The Secret Life of Pets | Katie (Voice) | $368.3M | 2016 |
65% | 50% | Laggies | Allison (Character) | $440.3K | 2014 |
16% | 33% | Sex Tape | Tess (Character) | $38.5M | 2014 |
71% | 40% | They Came Together | Karen (Character) | - | 2014 |
85% | 83% | 21 Jump Street | Ms. Griggs (Character) | $138.4M | 2012 |
89% | 76% | Bridesmaids | Becca (Character) | $169.1M | 2011 |
TV
Credit | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
81% | 89% | The Office |
Erin Hannon (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2009-2013 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great American Baking Show | Host | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2016 2018-2020 2023 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015-2019 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 9% | The View | Guest | 2016 2018-2019 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Office: Superfan Episodes | Erin Hannon (Character) | 2021-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday | Host | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show |
Guest, Host |
2012-2016 2018-2022 |
No Score Yet | 34% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016-2018 2020-2021 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Mary (Guest Voice) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2011-2012 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Match Game | Guest | 2016-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | America's Got Talent | Guest | 2019 |
96% | 84% | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Kimmy (Character) | 2015-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 86% | We Bare Bears |
Lucy (Guest Voice), Unknown (Voice) |
2015 2017 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Sofia the First | Crackle the Dragon (Guest Voice) | 2013-2017 |
No Score Yet | 47% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Julie's Greenroom | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 20% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2011 2014-2016 |
No Score Yet | 29% | The Daily Show | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Guest | 2015 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2014-2015 |
100% | 85% | The Birthday Boys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Game Night | Guest | 2013-2014 |
No Score Yet | 91% | American Dad! | Jenna (Guest Voice) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2014 |
86% | 83% | The Mindy Project | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2011 |