Laurie Kilmartin Bio | Wiki
Laurie Kilmartin is an American comedian and writer. She is best known for being a finalist on Last Comic Standing season 7. Since 2011, Laurie has been working as a staff writer for Conan O’Brien’s show Conan. She started performing standup in 1987, doing contract comedy gigs in the Pacific Northwest.
Laurie has since performed stand-up on Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Showtime, the USO Tour Cuba, for troops in Iraq, Shorties Watchin’ Shorties, Verdict with Dan Abrams, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, and The World Stands Up. She has been featured at comedy festivals in Aspen, Edinburgh, and Montreal.
Laurie Kilmartin Age
Laurie was born on July 16, 1965, in San Jose, California, United States. She is 57 years old.
Laurie Kilmartin Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Laurie Kilmartin Family
She was born in Santa Clara County, California, to her parents JoAnn Lorge and Ronald Francis Kilmartin. Laurie grew up in Walnut Creek, California. Her father worked as a civil engineer and worked abroad for much of her childhood, building dams and bridges in Iran, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, and the Philippines. She has a sibling named Eileen McCarty. Her mother died from complications of COVID-19 on June 18, 2020.
Laurie Kilmartin Husband
Laurie is a woman who enjoys her life and career, but, she, has not revealed whether she is dating or single. She has a son born in 2006. She is a single mother who often jokes about her son and motherhood.
Laurie Kilmartin Education
Following her high school education, Laurie enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles. While there she was a competitive swimmer.
Laurie Kilmartin Corset | Album
She released her album Corset in 2021. It tackles the constricting power of single parenting, caretaking, and living life all at the same time. According to the comedian, there are a lot of similarities between a corset and a straitjacket. Both are garments that can be worn with the purpose to constrict. She tells WPR’s “BETA” that it’s in this playful vein that she titled her latest stand-up special, “Corset.”
In 2009 Laurie released a CD, Five Minutes to Myself, consisting of material she was not allowed to use on air. The CD covers topics such as immigrant boyfriends and unwanted Mexican babies, then answers an age-old question: Why is God such a prick in the Old Testament? Punchline Magazine called Five Minutes to Myself one of the “Top Ten Comedy CDs of 2009.”
Laurie Kilmartin Conan
Since 2011, Laurie has been working as a staff writer for Conan O’Brien’s show Conan. She also performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Showtime, the USO Tour Cuba, for troops in Iraq, Shorties Watchin’ Shorties, Verdict with Dan Abrams, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, and The World Stands Up. She has been featured at comedy festivals in Aspen, Edinburgh, and Montreal.
Laurie Kilmartin Podcast
In early 2016, Laurie and fellow comic Jackie Kashian began a new podcast produced by Nerdist Industries called The Jackie and Laurie Show. The two primarily discuss stand-up comedy in LA and on the road, occasionally covering harassment and the unequal treatment of female comics, Laurie’s job as a staff writer on the late-night circuit, and her multi-generational family living situation.
Laurie Kilmartin Special | Stand Up
Her comedy special, 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad, a stand-up comedy about cancer, hospice, death, grieving, and funerals, debuted on Seeso, on December 29, 2016. Laurie was also a Top Ten finalist in season 7 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing.
She was also listed in The Huffington Post’s 53 Favorite Female Comedians list in 2011. She also appeared on VH1’s Best Week Ever, White Boyz in Da Hood, the Today Show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Rachel Maddow Show, Fox & Friends, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Laurie Kilmartin Book
Laurie released a book in 2018 titled Dead People Suck: A Guide for Survivors of the Newly Departed. The book is described as an “honest, irreverent, laugh-out-loud guide to coping with death and dying” and is inspired by her experience grieving the death of her father in 2014 – which also inspired her 2016 Seeso special 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad.
Dead People Suck is her hilarious guide to surviving (sometimes) death, dying, and grief without losing your mind. If you are old and about to die, sick and about to die, or with a loved one who is about to pass away or who has passed away, there’s something for you.
Laurie Kilmartin Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Laurie’s estimated net worth is $1.5 million.
Who Is Laurie Kilmartin
She is a 57-year-old American comedian and writer. She is best known for being a finalist on Last Comic Standing season 7. Since 2011, Laurie has been working as a staff writer for Conan O’Brien’s show Conan. She started performing standup in 1987, doing contract comedy gigs in the Pacific Northwest.