Bridget Everett
Everett in 2023
Born	(1972-04-21)April 21, 1972 (age 53) Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
Alma mater	Arizona State University
Parent	Donn Everett
Comedy career
Years active	2007–present
Medium	Cabaret, film, music, podcast, stand-up, storytelling, television
Website	bridgeteverett.net

Bridget Everett (born April 21, 1972)^[1][2] is an American comedian, actress, singer, writer, and cabaret performer. She began her career appearing and co-writing alongsideMichael Patrick King theOff-Broadway musical comedyAt Least It's Pink: A Trashy Little Show (2007). The following year she made her screen debut with a minor role in the romantic comedy filmSex and the City, also directed by King. She later performed onInside Amy Schumer (2013–16), the comedy filmTrainwreck (2015), and her own one-hourComedy Central specialBridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015). Everett has described herself as an "alt-cabaret provocateur".^[2][3]

In 2017, Everett starred in three films: the comedyFun Mom Dinner, the horror-comedyLittle Evil, and the dramaPatti Cake$. In 2021, she appeared in the comedy filmBreaking News in Yuba County. In 2022, Everett began starring and executive producing the semi-autobiographicalHBO comedy-drama seriesSomebody Somewhere, for which she earned aTelevision Critics Association Award forIndividual Achievement in Comedy, aPeabody Award, and a nomination for aPrimetime Emmy Award.

Bridget Everett was born on April 21, 1972 inManhattan,Kansas.^[4][5] She is the youngest of six children born to Frederica "Freddie" andDonn James Everett. Her parents separated before she was born, and divorced when she was eight. Her father was not around much.^[6][7] As Everett stated on the podcastAmy Schumer Presents: 3 Girls, 1 Keith (episode 2: "Moms and Stuff"): "I'm from Manhattan, Kansas - the little apple. And my dad was mayor at one point, and then so was my brother many years later. So we're kinda like the Kennedys of Manhattan, Kansas." Her father, an attorney,^[6] served as aRepublican in theKansas State Senate andKansas House of Representatives from 1969 to 1978.^[8] Her mother was a music teacher and gave her a love of music.^[9]

Growing up, Everett participated in competitive swimming^[10] and was involved in both traditional and show choir.^[6] She attended college atArizona State University (ASU) on a full scholarship to study music and opera.^[6] She graduated from ASU in 1995 with a degree in vocal performance.^[11]

Everett moved to New York in 1997 and worked as a waitress. She got herEquity card doing a bus-and-truck children's-theatre tour ofHansel and Gretel.^[8] She worked in the restaurant business for 25 years before she was finally able to quit around the beginning of 2015.^[12]

In 2007, Everett starred and co-wrote alongsideMichael Patrick King the off-Broadway musical comedyAt Least It's Pink: A Trashy Little Show.^[13] King gave her a small part in the 2008Sex and the City movie, as a drunk woman who interviews to be Carrie's assistant. Everett metAmy Schumer at theJust for Laughs comedy festival in 2009.^[14] Everett has been regularly opening for Schumer on her comedy tours since 2012.^[15] Everett has even upstaged Schumer, which then led Schumer to prefer to have Everett close for her instead, according to Schumer on her podcast.^[16]

Everett often performs with her band, The Tender Moments, which includes Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz from theBeastie Boys and Carmine Covelli fromThe Julie Ruin. In October 2013, Everett and Horovitz performed in a show calledRock Bottom that the two co-wrote withHairspray songwritersMarc Shaiman andScott Wittman.^[17]Rock Bottom won Everett the 2015Obie Awards Special Citation presented by theAmerican Theatre Wing.^[18] In 2013, Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments released a 12-track album titledPound It! Everett has also performed withBrad Williams in a show calledDown n Dirty (hosted byBroad City'sAbbi Jacobson andIlana Glazer) at the2014 Bonnaroo Music Festival. Everett performed a duet of "Me and Bobby McGee" withPatti LuPone atCarnegie Hall in 2013.^[17]

Everett made her first television appearance in 2012, playing a guest-starring role in the CBS sitcom2 Broke Girls. She had secondary roles in filmsGayby (2012) andThe Opposite Sex (2014), and in 2015 appeared in the Amy Schumer comedy filmTrainwreck. Everett's first one-hour TV special,Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder, premiered onComedy Central in 2015. In it, she performs her usual brand of comedy cabaret.

In 2017, Everett starred in four movies; two premiered at the2017 Sundance Film Festival. She starred alongsideToni Collette andMolly Shannon in the comedy filmFun Mom Dinner. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but her performance was noted byThe New York Times.^[19] In the dramatic filmPatti Cake$, Everett played Barb Dombrowski, marking her screen breakout as Barb Dombowski the alcoholic mother ofDanielle Macdonald's character Patti Dombrowski.^[20]Patti Cake$ received generally positive reviews from critics, and Everett specifically received praise.^[21][22] Matt Zoller Seitz fromRogerEbert.com wrote in his review: "Everett's history of using her considerable weight and height as comic fuel in standup and cabaret made her a perfect choice for this role, but she's as strong in the arguments and drunk scenes as she is when she's singing or cracking wise. If there's any justice, this should be a career-redefining performance on the order ofFrank Sinatra's inFrom Here to Eternity."^[23] Later that year, she appeared in the romantic comedy-drama filmPermission, and the horror comedy filmLittle Evil.^[24] Also in 2017, Everett went to star in the Amazon comedy pilotLove You More.^[25]

On August 1, 2017, Everett got a standing ovation for her "Piece of My Heart" karaoke performance^[26] onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. On January 3, 2018The Tonight Show aired a repeat of Everett performing "Piece of My Heart". She also performed the song in the third episode of the 2022 TV showSomebody Somewhere.

In 2018, Everett had a recurring role in the short-livedHBO comedy series,Camping. The following year, she appeared in the Netflix miniseries,Unbelievable playing Colleen Doggett, one of the foster parents of teenage victim Marie Adler (Kaitlyn Dever).^[27] In 2021, she appeared in the black comedy filmBreaking News in Yuba County directed byTate Taylor.

In 2022, Everett began starring in the HBO comedy-drama series,Somebody Somewhere playing the leading role of Sam, a woman in her 40s trying to find happiness. Her performance received positive reviews from critics.^{[28][29][30][31]} Ciara Wardlow fromRogerEbert.com wrote in her review: "Everett is remarkable as a woman who hides behind a mask of apathy and witty barbs. She’s hardly the sort to talk about her feelings by choice, but Everett’s performance manages to consistently convey to the audience things that Sam refuses to say or acknowledge with crystal clarity. It’s a subtle and compelling portrait of depression, a sadness that creates an intriguing counterbalance to the bold and bawdy sense of humor for which Everett is known, which also gets plenty of opportunity to shine."^[32] TheRotten Tomatoes critical consensus reads, "Led by a captivating Bridget Everett,^[33]Somebody Somewhere explores the human condition with tenderness, grace, and warmth.^[34] At the38th Independent Spirit Awards, Everett received nomination for the Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series.^[35] She was also nominated for anTCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy.^[36][37] The show received the 84thPeabody Award in Entertainment.

In 2023, after thehomophobicmurder of Laura Ann Carleton, Everett made statements in support of theLGBT community, stating, "Lauri Carleton was shot and killed at her Lake Arrowhead store this weekend. Someone tore down the Pride flag she flew outside of her store, Magpi. She confronted him and he shot her... All that anti-LGBTQ rhetoric has a price."^[38]

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All releases are with The Tender Moments and all formats are download and streaming.

• 2013:Pound It (Beavertails Music)
• 2015:Gynecological Wonder (Comedy Partners)

• 2013: "Titties"
• 2013: "What I Gotta Do?" (Dirty Version)
• 2016: "Eat It"
• 2017: "Pussy Grabs Back" (All proceeds go toPlanned Parenthood, download only.)^[47]
• 2021: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (w/ Matt Ray)
• 2023: “Home”
• 2023: “Thanking You”

• 2015:Gynecological Wonder (Comedy Central)

• 2018:Just For Laughs - Premium, Vol. 25 (Track 3: “Put Your Dick Away (Jfl 2015)”)

• 2014:Champagne Jerry:For Real, You Guys - 3 songs: "More Wet", "Aspirbations Skit" (feat.Adam Horovitz & Bridget Everett) & "Just Woke Up" (vocals)
• 2015:The Dan Band:The Wedding Album - song: "Making Love Forever" (vocals and songwriter)
• 2016: Champagne Jerry:The Champagne Room - song: "One Talent" (feat. Bridget Everett,Murray Hill,Erin Markey, Larry Krone, Jim Andralis & the Champagne Club) (vocals)
• 2016: Jim Andralis & Bridget Everett: "Hit the Ground Fuckin'" - Single (backing vocals)
• 2020:Morgan James:She Is Risen, Vol. 2 EP - 5 songs
• 2022:Raymond Angry & Timo Elliston:Life & Beth (Original Series Soundtrack) (Track 9: “Blue Bayou”)

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