Rebecca Drysdale

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Rebecca Drysdale
Born1978 or 1979 [1]
Occupation(s)Comedian and Writer

Rebecca Drysdale (born 1978 or 1979 in Ohio) is an American comedian and writer [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] who was a member of the Second City Chicago E.T.C. cast. [7] She won the 2005 Breakout Performer Award at the 2005 United States Comedy Arts Festival. [8] She performed as part of the multi-arts group performance Synesthesia. [9] She has written for sketch comedy shows such as The Big Gay Sketch Show [10] and Key & Peele . In 2011, she made a video for the It Gets Better Project. [11] [12]

Contents

Personal life

Drysdale currently lives in Los Angeles; she is openly lesbian. [13] [14] She is the younger sister of comedy writer Eric Drysdale. [7]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Kroll Show PattyTV
2014 Orange is the New Black MazallTV
2016 Me Him Her Kris
The Meddler Dani
2018 Arrested Development Lieutenant ToddlerTV
2020 Scare Me Bettina

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