Aidy Bryant

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Aidy Bryant
Born (1987-05-07) May 7, 1987 (age 37)
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Alma mater Columbia College Chicago
Occupation Actress, comedian
Years active 2012–present

Aidy Bryant (born May 7, 1987)[1] is an American actress and comedian, best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, beginning in season 38.[2]

Early life

Bryant was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Her mother, Georganne (née Vinall),[3] owns a boutique called Frances in Phoenix.[4] She has one brother.[5] She graduated from Xavier College Preparatory in 2005, where she did the morning announcements.[4] Bryant developed an interest in performing during middle school theater classes and summer camps, where she learned about improvisation.[6] Her parents took her to improv workshops at the now-defunct Arizona Jewish Theatre Company.[6]

She graduated from the Columbia College in Chicago with a B.A. in 2009.[1][7] At Columbia College, she participated in the college's comedy studies program, developed by the Theatre Department and The Second City.[7]

Career

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. After Bryant graduated from Columbia College, she toured with the musical improv group Baby Wants Candy and was approached by Second City.[6] She has performed with iO Chicago, The Second City[8] and the Annoyance Theatre. She was a writer and ensemble member for both "Sky's the Limit, Weather Permitting" and "We're All In This Room Together" on the Second City e.t.c. Stage.[1]

Bryant made her debut as a featured player on Saturday Night Live on September 15, 2012.[1][9][10] She was promoted to a repertory player during her second season on the show.

In 2013, Bryant appeared with a recurring role in the second season of IFC's Comedy Bang Bang, playing the show's segment producer. Bryant also made an uncredited cameo appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. She has made guest appearances on programs such as Broad City, Documentary Now!, The Awesomes, and Girls. In 2016, Bryant had a recurring role as Alice in the Louis C.K. series Horace and Pete.

In 2014, Bryant, Eli Bruggemann, Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, and Kate McKinnon were nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for the "Home for the Holiday (Twin Bed)". The music video sketch aired on December 21, 2013.[11] She won the award for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 2015 EWwy awards which honor performances that were snubbed by the Emmys.

Celebrity impressions on SNL

Recurring characters on SNL

  • One of the students in the "Shallon" (Nasim Pedrad) sketches
  • Morgan, co-host of Girlfriends Talk Show who always gets shunned or ignored by her friend Kyra (Cecily Strong) in favor of the guest[4]
  • Tonker Bell, Tinker Bell's crude half-sister whose father is a house fly.
  • One of the actors in a dramatic High School Theater production, who attempt to make broad points about society's issues
  • Lil' Baby Aidy, a characterization of herself in the show's all female music videos (so called because she's the youngest [the "baby"] of the current female cast, but not overall, as Jay Pharoah, Jon Rudnitsky, and Pete Davidson are younger than she is).
  • Melanie, a hyper-sexual young teenager who overtly hits on her friends' fathers.
  • An unnamed, naive girl who always interrupts a porno movie (Hot for Teacher 8 and The Doctor Is In...My Butt 4) thinking that they are actual people and not characters in a porno.

Personal life

Bryant is dating comedian Conner O'Malley, who currently works as a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers.[12]

References

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