Katie Rich

Katie Rich is an American comedian, writer, producer and actress known for her work on Saturday Night Live.

Early life Rich was raised on the south side of Chicago, where she attended the grammar school St. Bede's, until her family moved to the suburb of Orland Park, Illinois. She graduated from Carl Sandburg High School and Northwestern University.

Career Early work Rich began her career at Chicago's iO Theater, where she was part of a group called “Carl and the Passions.” During her time at iO, Rich also performed in a sketch show that she created with fellow comedian Kate Duffy called The Mary Kay Letourneau Players Present. She left iO to join The Second City, a comedy troupe with which she toured for three and a half years before moving to its mainstage cast. While in the mainstage cast, Rich performed in the show South Side of Heaven, among others. NBC rapidly suspended Rich and had her name deleted from the Saturday Night Live closing credits. After widespread criticism, Rich deleted the tweet and deactivated her account, reactivating it on January 23 with an apology for what she called her "insensitive" and "inexcusable" comments. Conversely, multiple comedians defended Rich and criticized NBC for suspending her.

On August 10, 2017, Rich returned to SNL as a writer on Weekend Update: Summer Edition. She left the show in 2019, after six years.

Films and television Rich has appeared in the films The Ice Harvest (2005), Janie Jones (2010), and Bad Johnson (2014). She has also been nominated for multiple Emmys for her work on SNL.

Personal life In July 2015, Rich married Devlin Murdock, who worked at the Museum of Science and Industry

Rich met Mike Gordon from Phish at a Second City show and has done various projects with Gordon and the band.