Lennon Parham

Lennon Parham
Parham in 2022
Born	(1975-10-26) October 26, 1975 (age 49)
Education	University of Evansville (BFA)
Occupation(s)	Actress, comedian, writer
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Javier Guzman ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	2

Lennon Parham (born October 26, 1975) ^[1] is an American actress and improvisational comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. With frequent collaborator Jessica St. Clair, she created and co-starred in NBC's Best Friends Forever and USA Network's Playing House . She also co-starred in the CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose from 2009 to 2010. More recently, she has appeared in the Max series Minx .

Early life

Parham attended Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia, and graduated with a B.S. Degree in Theatre from the University of Evansville. Following college, she taught French for two years at T. L. Weston High School in Greenville, Mississippi, as part of the Teach For America program. ^[2]

Career

After her stint as a French teacher, Parham began performing comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. During this time, she starred in the two-person show The Adventures of Lock & Kay and the one-woman show She Tried to be Normal. In the fall of 2009, Parham began a supporting role in the comedy Accidentally on Purpose .

Parham and frequent collaborator Jessica St. Clair created and starred in the NBC comedy Best Friends Forever , which ran for one season in 2012. Their second sitcom, Playing House , premiered on USA on April 29, 2014, and lasted three seasons. In 2015, Parham and St. Clair spun-off their Comedy Bang! Bang! characters Wompler and Listler for a new Earwolf podcast called WOMP It Up! , with St. Clair as host Marissa Wompler and Parham co-hosting as Marissa's teacher Charlotte Listler. Frequent guests on the podcast include Brian Huskey as Marissa's stepdad "Seth" and Jason Mantzoukas as Marissa's former flame Eric "Gutterballs" Gutterman.

Parham has made appearances on television programs such as Veep , Parks and Recreation , Comedy Bang! Bang! , Bad Judge , Arrested Development , Lady Dynamite , Review , and Mad Men . In 2019 and 2020, she was a main cast member of the ABC sitcom Bless This Mess , starring Lake Bell and Dax Shepard. Her notable work in film includes Confessions of a Shopaholic , Splinterheads , and Horrible Bosses 2 .

Parham was a guest on The Big Alakens Big Lake marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show .

Personal life

Parham is married to Javier Guzman. Their daughter Saraya was born on April 21, 2013. ^[3] Their second child was born in October 2016. ^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Pretty Bird	Woman at Gas Station
	Transferants	The girl	Short film
2009	Strangers	Woman
	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Joyce
	Hysterical Psycho	Deaf Mute Sister
	Splinterheads	Wyoming
2011	Volcano Girl	Job Counselor	Short film
2014	Horrible Bosses 2	Roz
2016	Other People	Vicki
2017	The House	Martha
2019	Bombshell	Beth's Employee
2020	For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close	Arabella
2025	Holland	Gwen

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	UCB Comedy Originals	Herself	TV series
2009	Boldly Going Nowhere	Joyce	TV movie
	Parks and Recreation	Kate Speevack	Episode: "Canvassing"
	Attack Cardio		Video short
2009–2010	Accidentally on Purpose	Abby Chase	18 episodes
2010	Big Lake	Janet	Episode: "Chris Moves In"
2011	How I Met Your Mother	Bev	Episode: "Desperation Day"
	Funny or Die Presents	Jablonsky	4 episodes
	Childrens Hospital	Pharmacist	Episode: "Stryker Bites the Dust"
2012	Best Friends Forever	Lennon White	Lead role (6 episodes); also co-creator, writer, executive producer
	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Stephanie	Episode: "The NTSF: SD: SUV: HISS Infomercial"
2013	Mad Men	Ginny Hunt	Episode: "The Flood"
	Arrested Development	Therapist Sandy	Episode: "Off The Hook"
2014	In Bed with Joan	Herself	Episode: "Lennon Parham & Jessica St. Clair"
	The Birthday Boys	Doctor	Episode: "Women Are Funny"
	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Gabby	Episode: "Chris Hardwick Wears a Black Polo & Weathered Boots"
	Bad Judge	Regina Bullock	Episode: "Face Mask Mom"
2014–2017	Playing House	Maggie Caruso	Lead role (26 episodes); also co-creator, writer, director, executive producer
2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	DJ Forsythia	Episode: "Skylar Astin Wears Blue Jeans and Weathered Brown Desert Boots"
	Review	Mrs. Greenfield	2 episodes
	EastSiders	Carmella Fredrick	Episode: "Open Bar"
2015–2019	Veep	Karen Collins	7 episodes
2016	New Girl	Carol	Episode: "Bob & Carol & Nick & Schmidt"
	Documentary Now!	Ramona	Episode: "Parker Gail's Location Is Everything"
	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	Carla Sutcliffe	Episode: "Amir vs Dean"
2016–2017	Animals	Ashley / Charly (voice)	2 episodes
	Lady Dynamite	Larissa	12 episodes
	Adventure Time	Dr. Gross (voice)	3 episodes
2017	Ghosted	Deidre	Episode: "Ghost Studz"
2017–2023	Bob's Burgers	Various voices	5 episodes
2018	Speechless	Sarah	Episode: "The H-u-s-Hustle"
	Little Big Awesome	Various voices	4 episodes
	Teachers	C.F. Blinky	Episode: "The Book Challenge"
	A Million Little Things	Gail	Episode: "The Game of Your Life"
2019	I'm Sorry	Beth	4 episodes
	American Dad!	Crony Girl (voice)	Episode: "Top of the Steve"
	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Apothecarry Sherry (voice)	Episode: "Yada Yada Berries/Down by the River"
2019–2020	Schooled	Liz Flemming	12 episodes
	Bless This Mess	Kay Bowman	26 episodes; also director
2020	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Randi	Episode: "Happy New Year"
	Robbie	Rooney Switt	Episode: "Robbie vs. Rooney"
	Close Enough	Toluca Lake (voice)	Episode: "Robot Tutor/Golden Gamer"
	The George Lucas Talk Show	Herself	Episode: "The Big Alakens Marathon"
2021	M.O.D.O.K.	Doris / Mrs. Horgan (voice)	2 episodes
	Star Trek: Lower Decks	Shari Yn Yem (voice)	Episode: "I, Excretus"
2021–2022	Tuca & Bertie	Various voices	2 episodes
2022	Big City Greens	Janice (voice)	Episode: "Papaganda"
	Better Things	Paige	2 episodes
	Little Demon	Darlene (voice)	8 episodes
2022–2024	The Great North	Marie (voice)	3 episodes
2022–2023	Minx	Shelly	Main cast
2023	History of the World, Part II	Greta	Episode: "VIII"
	Digman!	Lillian (voice)	Episode: "The Mile High Club"
	The Ghost and Molly McGee	Miss Fiamma (voice)	Episode: "Welcome to Necrocomic-con/Fit to Print"
2023–2024	Somebody Somewhere	—	Director (4 episodes); writer (2 episodes)
	Royal Crackers	Mel Dennison, various voices	Recurring role
2024	The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy	Flork 2 (voice)	7 episodes

References

1. "History for Oct. 26".
2. "UCB Theater • Lennon Parham". Upright Citizens Brigade. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
3. "Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham Bond Over Baby Girls". People. May 31, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
4. lennonparham (November 28, 2016). "Jamming in my car with my 6 week old and a little "Celebrate Me Home". Thanks @kennyloggins & @kost1035fm #babys1stKenny". No. 803337008714104832.

External links

• Lennon Parham at IMDb