Edi Patterson

Edi Christine Patterson (born November 14, 1972) is an American actress and writer. She has primarily acted in comedies. She is best known for portraying Fran in the film Knives Out (2019), Veronica in the series Partners (2014), and Ms. Abbott in the series Vice Principals (2016–2017), and Judy Gemstone in The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present).

Edi Patterson
Born (1972-11-14) November 14, 1972
Texas City, Texas
Occupation
  • Actress
  • writer
Years active1995–present

Early life

Edi Patterson was born in Texas City, Texas. Her mother, Jeanne Patterson, was a teacher and her father, Dennis Patterson, was a plumber.[1] They were a very religious family who attended the Episcopal church.[2] She graduated high school in 1993 [3] and attended Southwest Texas State University, obtaining a theater bachelor of arts in 1997.[4]

Career

After graduating from college, Patterson became an improv performer for both Theatresports in Austin, Texas and with The Groundlings [4]

Highlights of her screen career to date, have been regular roles in several TV series, including eleven episodes of The Underground in 2006, ten episodes playing Veronica in Partners alongside Kelsey Grammer in 2014, starred as Ms. Abbott for 15 episodes of Vice Principals (2016–2017),[5] had a long standing voice only role in We Bare Bears between 2015–2018, played the recurring role of Elizabeth for 6 episodes of The Last O.G. in 2018.

In 2019, Patterson starred as Judy Gemstone alongside John Goodman in the HBO TV series The Righteous Gemstones about a famous but dysfunctional family of televangelists.[4] The same year, Patterson starred in the film Knives Out which had its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival [6] and received three nominations at the 77th Golden Globe Awards.[7]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Legend of Crystania Pirotesse / Sheru (voice) English version
1999 City Hunter Nina Shutenberg (voice) English version
2000 In Flagrante Mia
2000 The Distinct Smell of Red Juliet
2007 Jesus People Gloria Hamming Short
2009 Jesus People: The Movie Gloria Hamming
2010 Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story Fran Whitfield
2010 Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend Mary
2011 Thanks Edi
2011 Mars Needs Moms (voice)
2011 Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury Peters
2011 Under the Covers Short
2011 That's What Friends Are For Lisa Short
2012 A Thousand Words Young Female Agent
2012 The Naut Beryl Short
2015 Raise the ToyGantic Jane Jobe Short
2015 You're Killing Me Emma
2015 The Ladykiller Woman #4 Short
2015 Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves Peters
2019 Troop Zero Miss Aimee
2019 Knives Out[6] Fran
2019 Between Two Ferns: The Movie Shirl Clarts

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Rosalyn Dudek Episode: "Too Tough to Die"
2003 Ask Rita 4 episodes
2006 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Mary Magdalene Episode: "Episode #4.191"
2006 The Underground[1] Various 11 episodes; also writer
2007 The Showbiz Show with David Spade Correspondent 2 episodes
2007 Stop It Jill Episode: "Episode #1.5"
2007 Case Closed Dezire Television film
2008 Unhitched Angry Woman Episode: "Yorkshire Terrier Sucked Into the Internet"
2008 Young Person's Guide to History Sexy Nurse #1 / Police Woman at Dinner Episode: "Part 1"
2009 Popzilla Various (voice) Unknown episodes
2009 Waiting to Die Claire Television film
2011 Weeds Yvonne Episode: "Game-Played"
2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm Vet's Wife Episode: "Vow of Silence"
2011 Pair of Kings Charlotte Episode: "Sleepless in the Castle"
2011 The Exes Sandy Episode: "Pilot"
2011 St. James St. James Presents: Delirium Cinema Peters Television film
2011 Holiday Engagement Sophie Television film
2012 The New Normal Wilbur's Mom Episode: "Baby Clothes"
2012 2 Broke Girls Janis Episode: "And the Cupcake War"
2013 Californication Shannon Episode: "Blind Faith"
2013 Family Bum Sheila Episode: "Reading Is Fun"
2013 Super Fun Night Marika Unaired pilot
2014 Partners[8] Verushka / Veronica 10 episodes
2014 The League Shauna Episode: "Breast Awareness Month"
2015 Clinical Trials Joan-Ruth Allen 4 episodes
2015 Black-ish Laura 4 episodes
2015 Mike Tyson Mysteries Courtney Baynes (voice) Episode: "She's a Bayniac"
2015–2018 We Bare Bears Additional Voices (voice) 25 episodes; also writer
2016–2017 Vice Principals Ms. Abbott 15 episodes[5]
2018 The Last O.G. Elizabeth 6 episodes
2018 Nobodies Mrs. Cooper Episode: "Meeting Steven Spielberg"
2019–present The Righteous Gemstones Judy Gemstone Also writer

Video
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Variable Geo Yuka Takeuchi (voice) English version
1998 Tekken: The Motion Picture Jun Kazama (voice) English version
2012 Zombie Apocalypse Zombie
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References
  1. "Texan Edi Patterson enjoys acting in The Underground". Houston Chronicle. 2006. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  2. "Edi Patterson Married Life With Husband, Family, Bio, Movies & More". marrieddivorce.com. 2020.
  3. "Texas City High School, Texas City, TX, CLASS OF 1993". old-friends.co. 2020.
  4. "Actress Edi Patterson is scoring some good roles in Hollywood films". txstate.edu. 2018.
  5. "Vice Principals' Danny McBride on That Morally Complicated Series Finale". tvguide.com. 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  6. "The 14 Most Anticipated Movies at the Toronto Film Festival "Knives Out"". variety.com. 2019.
  7. "Read Ryan Johnson's Knives Out Script". dreadcentral.com. 2019.
  8. "Charlie Sheen's Anger Management to premiere with Partners". digitalspy.com. 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
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