Casey Wilson
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| Casey Wilson | |
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| Born | Casey Rose Wilson October 24, 1980 Alexandria, Virginia |
| Occupation | comedic actor, screenwriter |
Casey Rose Wilson (born October 24, 1980 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American television actress who became a featured member of the cast of Saturday Night Live (SNL) in 2008.
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[edit] Career
Prior to joining SNL, Wilson was a performer at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCBT) in Los Angeles and New York.[1]. At UCBT, her work included the long-running "Rode Hard and Put Away Wet" sketch comedy show, written and performed with her writing partner June Raphael. The show was also seen on HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. Wilson and Raphael also worked on the screenplay for Bride Wars[2], a film expected to star Kate Hudson and currently scheduled for a 2009 release[3].
Wilson was also in the Bob Odenkirk short subject Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette and had a small role in the improvisational film For Your Consideration.
Wilson joined the cast of SNL for the show's first new episode after the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike; she was the first new cast member in two years. Wilson is now the fourth SNL cast member to be born after the show's premiere in 1975 (Kenan Thompson, Bill Hader, and Andy Samberg were born in 1978; Wilson was born in 1980.)
[edit] Celebrity impersonations on SNL
- Rachael Ray
- Kristy Jo Muller (a contestant on the VH1 reality show "Rock of Love 2")
- Mariam Budia (as one of the "Dakota Fanning Show" writers)
[edit] Personal life
Wilson was born in Alexandria, Virginia, along with her brother Fletcher. She is a graduate of T. C. Williams High School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts and studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.[1] Her father, Paul O. Wilson, is a political consultant and runs campaigns for moderate Republicans.
Her late mother, Kathy Wilson, was chair of the National Women's Political Caucus, and attended her last Republican National Convention in 1980, while pregnant with Casey. Under her leadership, the NWPC endorsed Walter Mondale in the 1984 election, and Kathy eventually switched to the Democratic Party[4].
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Actress
- Saturday Night Live - 2008-Current
- The Great Buck Howard - 2008
- The Very Funny Show - 2007
- The Brothers Solomon - 2007
- Revenge - 2007
- Human Giant - 2007
- The Definition of Sex - 2007
- For Your Consideration - 2006
- Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette - 2006
[edit] Writer
- Bride Wars - 2009
- Creature Comforts - 2007 (unknown episodes)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Casey Wilson from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater website
- ^ Hudson's 'Bride' Revisited from zap2it.com
- ^ Bride Wars at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Kathy Wilson Dies; Led Women's Political Caucus
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