Bridget Everett | |
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Born |
Manhattan, Kansas |
April 21, 1972
Medium | cabaret, stand-up, television |
Notable works and roles |
Inside Amy Schumer Lady Dynamite |
Website | bridgeteverett |
Bridget Everett (born 21 April 1972) is an American comedian, actress, writer, and cabaret performer. Originally from Manhattan, Kansas, she has been performing in New York City for over a decade. She has performed stand-up on Inside Amy Schumer on Comedy Central. Everett has described herself as an “alt-cabaret provocateur.”
Everett often performs with her band, The Tender Moments, which includes Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz from the Beastie Boys and Carmine Covelli from The Julie Ruin. In October 2013, Everett and Horovitz performed in a show called Rock Bottom that the two co-wrote with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Bridget has also performed with Brad Williams in a show called Down n Dirty (hosted by Broad City's Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer) at the 2014 Bonnaroo Music Festival.
Bridget performed a duet of “Me and Bobby McGee” with Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall.
In 2014, Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments released an album with twelve tracks entitled Pound It!
Everett's first one-hour TV special, Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder, premiered on Comedy Central in 2015. In it, she performs her usual brand of comedy cabaret.