Kit Pongetti

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Kit Pongetti
Born
Occupation(s)Actress, musician, writer, director
Years active1997–present
SpouseMark Stegemann

Kit Pongetti is an American actress, musician, writer and director, known for several acting roles, including playing Lady, the wife of the Janitor, in the show Scrubs and also for her role as Marta Trundel in iCarly .

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Early life

Pongetti was born in Kingsville, Texas and soon thereafter moved to Clear Lake, a suburb of Houston, Texas. [1] Her father was a chemical engineer and her mother taught mathematics at Arizona State University. Pongetti graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993 [1] and moved to Los Angeles in 1994.[ citation needed ]

Career

Pongetti performed in the band Those Who Dig. She began work in Los Angeles as an assistant to writers on the TV Series Roseanne in 1995. Thereafter, she began doing improvisational comedy at The Groundlings Theater, IO West and UCB. She has also performed music that was used in the TV series Gilmore Girls ("My Little Corner of the World", episode "Pilot") and My Boys (episode "Dinner Party"), as well as helping to write and perform a song used in the movie Van Wilder ("Do-Si-Do").

Pongetti devoted herself full-time to acting starting in late 2002. Since that time, she has performed in a variety of commercial and theatrical television and film roles.

In 2011, she was accepted in the AFI's Directing Workshop for Women and her short film Stakeout received AFI's prestigious Nancy Malone Living Trust Award and the Jean Picker Firstenberg Award.

Pongetti co-wrote and directed Don't Stop: The Musical, which performed at Largo at the Coronet Theater from April 2018 to February 2020.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003In Smog and ThunderBrenda Bounty
2005Loudmouth SoupKim White
2006InvisibleJane
2007TrendsettersMarcyShort
2007 Dante's Inferno Various (voice)
2009 Weather Girl Harper
2011Victory or DeathMartha BrennanShort
2016I Know Jake Gyllenhaal Is Going to Fuck My GirlfriendDanielleShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Roseanne Ticket Taker"Roseanne-Feld"
2002 8 Simple Rules Ms. Hunter"Wings"
2002 Yes, Dear Nicole"You're Out... of Dreams"
2003 Yes, Dear Alex Jaffey (voice)"The Day of the Dolphin"
2003 Scrubs Dr. Mitchell"My Philosophy"
2004 Still Standing Hostess"Still Champions"
2004 Reba Mary Joe"Brock's Mulligan"
2005 Gilmore Girls Lucille"Blame Booze and Melville"
2005 Still Standing Estelle"Still Beauty and the Geek"
2006 Rodney Arlene"Welcome Ho"
2006 Free Ride Nurse"Colon Blow (to the Head)"
2007–2009 Scrubs Ladinia 'Lady' WilliamsRecurring role
2008 My Boys Margo"Dinner Party"
2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Victoria"The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short"
2009 How I Met Your Mother Fran"Right Place, Right Time"
2009 Greek Paramedic"At World's End"
2009 iCarly Marta Trundel"iFind Lewbert's Lost Love"
2009–2011 The Cleveland Show Various (voice)Recurring role
2010 Men of a Certain Age Kristina"Father's Fraternity"
2011 Traffic Light Sophie"Credit Balance"
2012Ground GameMacyTV miniseries
2013 The Millers Gail"The Mother Is In"
2014 Raising Hope Christy"Para-Natesville Activity"
2015The PET Squad FilesKitty"Welcome to F***ing Hollywood"
2015 Chasing Life Jill Jacobs"La Dolce Vita"

References

  1. 1 2 Prystup, Catherine (October 17, 2012). "Austin Film Festival Special Feature: Kit Pongetti". Livemom. Retrieved July 3, 2023.