Kathy Griffin

American actress and comedian

Kathy Griffin is an acclaimed American comedian and actress known for her reality show ‘Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List’ and her controversial comedy specials. She has won Primetime Emmy Awards, received Grammy nominations, and is an LGBTQ activist.

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About the Kathy Griffin

Kathleen Mary Griffinis an American comedian and actress who has starred in television series, comedy specials and has released multiple comedy albums. In 2007 and 2008, Griffin won Primetime Emmy Awards for her reality show Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. She has also appeared in supporting roles in films.

Griffin was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. In 1978, she moved to Los Angeles, where she studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and became a member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings. In the 1990s, Griffin began performing as a stand-up comedian and appeared as a guest star on television shows, including a supporting role on the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susanbecame a ratings hit for the network and earned her two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Reality Program. Griffin has released six comedy albums, all of which received Grammy Award nominations. Her first album For Your Considerationmade her the first female comedian to debut at the top of the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart. In 2009, she released her autobiography Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin. After being nominated for six years in a row for the Grammy for Best Comedy Album, she won the award in 2014.

Griffin has recorded numerous standup comedy specials for HBO and Bravo. For the latter network, she has recorded sixteen television specials, breaking the Guinness World record for the number of aired television specials on any network. In 2011, she also became the first comedian to have four specials televised in a year. Griffin is an LGBTQ activist who supports same-sex marriage and the repeal of “Don’t ask, don’t tell”. She has participated in two United Service Organizationstours. Griffin is known for her controversial style and statements about celebrities, religion and sexuality, including holding a mask stylized as Donald Trump’s severed head in 2017, which provoked a United States Secret Service investigation and later became the basis of her concert film A Hell of a Story (2019).

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Kathy Griffin has won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her reality show ‘Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List’ in 2007 and 2008. She has also been nominated for six Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album, and won the award in 2014.

Kathy Griffin was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Kathy Griffin has performed stand-up comedy and appeared in television series, comedy specials, and has released multiple comedy albums. She is known for her controversial style and statements about celebrities, religion, and sexuality.

In the 1990s, Kathy Griffin began performing as a stand-up comedian and appeared as a guest star on television shows, including a supporting role on the NBC sitcom ‘Suddenly Susan’ (1996–2000). She later starred in the Bravo reality show ‘Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List’ (2005–2010), which became a ratings hit and earned her two Emmy Awards.

Kathy Griffin has recorded sixteen television specials for the Bravo network, breaking the Guinness World record for the number of aired television specials on any network. In 2011, she also became the first comedian to have four specials televised in a year.

Kathy Griffin is an LGBTQ activist who supports same-sex marriage and the repeal of ,Don’t ask, don’t tell,. She has participated in two United Service Organizations (USO) tours.

In 2017, Kathy Griffin held a mask stylized as Donald Trump’s severed head, which provoked a United States Secret Service investigation and later became the basis of her concert film ‘A Hell of a Story’ (2019).

35 Quotes by Kathy Griffin

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    I’m on every worst-dressed list imaginable.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    My act has always reflected what’s going on in my life.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    So I wonder if anything should ever be off limits.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I’m also doing a special for Comedy Central called Autobiography. It’s going to be a spoof of Biography.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    My act is based on my life.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I can say whatever I want. So do not bring the kids. It’s definitely rated R.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I love Mariah Carey. Remember the breakdown? I loved the breakdown.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I don’t like doing movies, period. Movies are hard. I like TV.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    No, I love Montreal… I think I love Montreal more than Montreal loves me… I love the food there.

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    American actress and comedian

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    Food is my thing, I do not smoke or drink, so food is my vice.

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    American actress and comedian

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    The thing that cracks me up is how these reality characters start out thrilled and excited just to be on television, and how they move to thinking they are as big as the Friends.

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    American actress and comedian

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    The thing that bums me out about ‘The Real World’ is I don’t want to believe that teenagers are that stupid.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    If you see me on Friday, you’ll see different material on Saturday night.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    Well, my whole thing with gossip is I couldn’t care less if it’s true.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I have friends who are going through chemotherapy, and they make the darkest, most hideous cancer jokes you’ve ever heard.

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    American actress and comedian

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    That’s what I loved about Temptation Island. I don’t even know why they did it.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I also love Mole, the unsung hero of reality programming.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I think a Celebrity Survivor would be great.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    Have I gone too far?

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    American actress and comedian

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    I love to make fun of fashion because it is just so silly.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    Gwyneth Paltrow names her kid Apple. I’m not going to let that stand.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    It was a nightmare having cameras in the house 10 hours a day for a month.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I’m not always in that good with middle-aged heterosexual men.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    A lot of celebrities, especially when you’re talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I’m basically always on tour.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I do road gigs occasionally but I don’t want to go out on the road for months at a time.

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    American actress and comedian

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    I’m always listening and watching; my ear is like a boom mike. And judging, frankly. Constantly judging.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I actually have to pick and chose stuff that I know I’m going to bomb at.

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    American actress and comedian

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    I hate it, it is tedious… when I write for my act, it is very improvisational, I write bullet points, I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    A lot of stars don’t have a sense of humor.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    That’s life when you’re on the D-list.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    I am in love with Larry David.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    So yes, I say things I regret constantly, and I just can’t help it.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    The beauty about the D-list is that people who are on it probably don’t know they are.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian

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    But if something funny happens, I can’t resist. I have to tell the people.

    Kathy Griffin

    American actress and comedian