Kate Flannery

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Kate Flannery
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Flannery in 2018
Born (1964-06-10) June 10, 1964 (age 59)
Alma mater University of the Arts
OccupationActress
Years active1989present
Partner(s)Chris Haston
(2006present)

Kate Flannery (born June 10, 1964) [1] is an American actress. Following her early theatre work, Flannery had her screen breakthrough playing Meredith Palmer on the NBC series The Office , which won her two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She went on to guest star on CBS shows Magnum PI and Young Sheldon . She competed on the 28th season of Dancing with the Stars and voiced Barb on the animated series Steven Universe .

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Early life

Flannery was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of parents Joan and Tom Flannery, [1] and was raised in the suburb of Ardmore, Pennsylvania. [2] She studied for two years at Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia and then transferred to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. [2] She has five sisters and a brother, [2] and is three minutes younger than her twin sister, who is a social worker. [3]

Career

A former member of The Second City's National Touring Company, Flannery is an original member of Chicago's Annoyance Theater, where she appeared in over 15 shows including The Miss Vagina Pageant and The Real Live Brady Bunch .

The Lampshades, her cult comedy lounge act with veteran improviser Scot Robinson, has been running in Hollywood and in comedy festivals all over the country since 2001 and was seen at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. The Lampshades was New York magazine's "LA Pick" for 2006, [4] and was declared "Best Saturday Comedy Show of the Year" by LA Weekly .[ citation needed ]

Flannery appeared as the alcoholic, divorced, single mother Meredith Palmer on the television comedy The Office . Before The Office, she made appearances on The Bernie Mac Show , Boomtown , Curb Your Enthusiasm , and Jimmy Kimmel Live! . The Office earned her and the rest of its cast acclaim, along with several accolades, such as winning two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, with an additional five nominations for the same award. In 2008, Flannery was a talent scout on Last Comic Standing with her Office costar Brian Baumgartner, and she appeared with the cast of The Office on Celebrity Family Feud .

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Flannery in 2009

In 2010, Flannery played Harper's mom on the Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place as Elaine Finkle. Flannery also appeared as a judge in a 2009 episode of Iron Chef America . [5] Flannery has been touring with Jane Lynch as her sidekick on stage since 2013 in her show See Jane Sing with Tim Davis and the Tony Guerrero Quintet, playing the Kennedy Center, Joe's Pub, the Borgata and 30 cities.

Flannery was in the long running New York hit, Nora Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore. She also played Neely O'Hara in the 1996 off-Broadway hit Valley of the Dolls, an adaptation of the 1967 film [6] at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City and Los Angeles. Also in Los Angeles, she played the teen prostitute and Blair's sister in The Phacts of Life at the Renberg Theatre and in the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner production of Three Feet Under at The Evidence Room. Jane Lynch's Christmas album A Swingin' Little Christmas features Kate Flannery, and reached #8 on the Billboard top 100 charts. [7]

Flannery also appeared on The Jay Leno Show portraying Wendy in a skit at the time of the burger chain's 40th anniversary. [8] She was a contestant on 19 episodes of Celebrity Name Game , two episodes of Hollywood Game Night with Jane Lynch. Flannery also appeared on Don't Forget the Lyrics and hosted Standup in Stilettos for two seasons on the TV Guide network. She is the former musical director of the Los Angeles Drama Club, teaching Shakespeare to children and young adults.

In 2016, she had a recurring role on ABC's American Housewife as Crossing Guard Sandy, [9] played a janitor in an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine , appeared on FOX's New Girl and MTV's Mary + Jane , and in 2017, recurred on Cartoon Network's Steven Universe as Barbara "Barb" Miller. [10] Flannery was a member of the band Mono Puff under the stage name "Lady Puff". She toured with the band and sang on their second album, It's Fun to Steal.

In 2019, Flannery was announced as one of the celebrities to compete on season 28 of Dancing with the Stars . She was partnered with first-time professional Pasha Pashkov and was eliminated fifth. [11] She joined the show's live tour in 2020, but it was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [12]

In 2022, it was announced that Flannery would star in the comedy film Plan B, alongside Jon Heder, Tom Berenger, and Shannon Elizabeth. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Can't Stop Dancing Tonia
1999 Trick Ridiculous Writer
2000Amy Stiller's BreastReporterShort film
2002 Life Without Dick Crampy Legs Partygoer
2003 Carolina Café Waitress
2005The Heir ApparentHeidiShort film
2005I'm Not GaySecretaryShort film
2006 Danny Roane: First Time Director Marla
2007Jesus PeopleSharon NyenhuisShort film
2007Wild Girls GoneReading Circle #4
2009Coco Lipshitz: Behind the LaughterReporterShort film
2009 You Airline Counter Girl
2010Finger BabiesTeacherVideo short
2012Love or WhateverRosemary
2014 At the Devil's Door Rosemary
2014Break PointCommonwealth Rep
2014 Helicopter Mom Norma
2014 Cooties Charman
2015Emergency ContactCarolShort film
2015 Dial a Prayer Cora's coworker
2015 Slow Learners Principal Miller
2016 4th Man Out Karen
2017How to Get GirlsLinda Fox
2018 Fishbowl California Susan
2018StuckMs. Jenkins
2020 Golden Arm Randy
2022 The Prank Loretta

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Spyder Games BunnyRecurring role (5 episodes)
2002 Curb Your Enthusiasm Cop #2Episode: "The Corpse-Sniffing Dog"
2002 Saturday Night Live LucyVoice, episode: "Al Gore/Phish"
2003 Boomtown TraceyEpisode: "Inadmissable"
2004 Crossballs: The Debate Show Episode: "Plastic Surgery: Nip-pocalypse?"
2004 The Bernie Mac Show Christopher's MomEpisode: "Stiff Upper Lip"
2005–2013 The Office Meredith Palmer Main role (187 episodes)
2006 The Office: The Accountants Meredith PalmerEpisode: "Meredith"
2008The Office: The OutburstMeredith PalmerEpisode: "The Explanation"
2008 Iron Chef America Herself, judgeEpisode: "Morimoto vs. Mason"
2009Rise and Fall of Tuck JohnsonNikki Strokums
2009The Office: BlackmailMeredith Palmer
2009 The Jay Leno Show Wendy / Mrs. Claus2 episodes
2010 Wizards of Waverly Place Elaine FinkleEpisode: "Wizards vs. Finkles"
2010The Office: The 3rd FloorMeredith Palmer2 episodes
2011 The Soup BrennaEpisode: "The Soup Awards"
2011The Christmas PageantBeverly SimmonsTelevision film
2011 The Life & Times of Tim Irene / Jean GillisVoice, 2 episodes
2013 Jessie Corporal CookieEpisode: "G.I. Jessie"
20152018 Steven Universe Barb MillerVoice, 5 episodes
20152018 Another Period Anne Sullivan 2 episodes
2016 Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Mean" Marge BroniganEpisode: "Adrian Pimento"
2016 New Girl Mary EllenEpisode: "Hubbedy Bubby"
2016DisengagedChef Super Deluxe web series; episode "Food and Wine"
2016 American Housewife Crossing Guard Sandy2 episodes
20172019 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes CarolVoice, main role
2017 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World Ann RussoEpisode: "How to Be Good"
2018 All Night Principal Saperstein9 episodes
2018 Liza on Demand Karaoke WomanEpisode: "MoJoe"
2019 Young Sheldon Nurse NoraEpisode: "A Tummy Ache and a Whale of a Metaphor"
20192020 Summer Camp Island GeorginaVoice, 2 episodes
2019 Dancing with the Stars Contestant9 episodes
2021 That Girl Lay Lay MitzyEpisode: "Lay Lay the Legendary"
2021 Magnum P.I. ErinEpisode: "Texas Wedge"
2023 Kiff AgnesVoice; Episode: "Farley"
2023 Is It Cake? Herself / JudgeEpisode: "S'more Cake Please"
2024 Hell's Kitchen HerselfGuest diner; Episode: "#HellishHangover"

Dancing with the Stars performances

Week #Dance/SongJudges' scoreResult
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Cha-cha-cha / "She Works Hard for the Money"555No Elimination
2 Foxtrot / "Fly Me to the Moon"777Safe
3 Quickstep / "9 to 5"888Safe
4 Argentine Tango/ "Hands to Myself"771/66Safe
5 Jazz / "A Spoonful of Sugar"888No Elimination
6 Viennese waltz / "I Have Nothing"999Safe
7 Rumba /"Wicked Game"
Team Freestyle / "Sweet Dreams"
8
8
8
8
8
8
Bottom Two
8 Jive /""Heat Wave""
Cha-Cha-Cha / "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
8
Won
8
Dance
8
Off
Eliminated

1 Score given by guest judge Leah Remini.

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations received by Kate Flannery
YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2018Behind the Voice Actors AwardsBest Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role Steven Universe Nominated
Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Nominated
2006 Gold Derby Awards Ensemble of the Year The Office Nominated
2007Won
2008Nominated
2009Nominated
2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series The Office Won
2008Won
2009Nominated
2010Nominated
2011Nominated
2012Nominated
2013Nominated
2008 TV Land Awards Future Classic Award The Office Won

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