Morgan Murphy (comedian)

Morgan Murphy (born October 23, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian, comedy writer, and actress. She has performed in the Comedians of Comedy tour and appeared in the Comedians of Comedy: Live at the Troubador DVD. Bobcat Goldthwait cast her in the films Sleeping Dogs Lie and World's Greatest Dad. She has also been a featured performer for all three years of Aimee Mann's "Christmas Spectacular" tours and appeared in the video for Mann's song "31 Today". Morgan has made numerous appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, for which she also worked as a writer.

Morgan Murphy
Murphy at bumbershoot 2010
Born (1981-10-23) October 23, 1981
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
OccupationActress, comedian, writer

She was one of the original writers on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, writing and appearing in comedy segments on the show from its debut in 2009 until her departure in March 2011. The writing staff of the show was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2011. In 2014, she appeared on WTF with Marc Maron, and discussed her relationship with the host Marc Maron.[1]

As of 2012, she has been a writer on 2 Broke Girls and has appeared on-camera in the episode "And the Drug Money", credited as "Sedate Girl". She also made a stand-up special for Netflix in 2013 called Irish Goodbye.[1]

Murphy was raised Jewish by her mother, but did not have a bat mitzvah. She attended an elite Catholic high school.[2]

Discography
  • Irish Goodbye 2014 CD/Download (New Wave Dynamics)

Filmography

Films

Documentary

Shorts

Home Videos
  • The Comedians of Comedy 2007 - DVD chapter: "Comedians To Pay Attention To" (Anchor Bay Entertainment)
  • The Comedians Of Comedy (Live At The Troubadour) 2007 - DVD chapter: 9 (Image Entertainment)
  • 2 Broke Girls: 2 Broke Girrrlllss with Sophie Kachinsky 2013 - DVD extra
  • 2 Broke Girls: Max's Homemade Cupcakes - Go Big or Go Broke 2013 - DVD extra

Television

Movies

Series

Actor

Writer/Producer

Specials
  • Morgan Murphy: Irish Goodbye 2013 Netflix special, 2014 streaming (also writer, executive producer)

Appearances

Consultant only

Stand-Up and Interview Appearances

1 episode each, except where noted

gollark: Some universities might speak English, though.
gollark: Yes, that is a problem.
gollark: Poland's EU, right?
gollark: Aren't there some EU countries with free university stuff?
gollark: ☭ bad.

References
  1. Morgan Murphy on IMDb
  2. Morgan Murphy podcast, mentalpod.com; accessed March 5, 2016.
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