Lauren Weedman

Lauren Weedman (born March 5, 1969) is an American actress, comedian and writer. She is known for her roles on Looking and Hacks, receiving a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nomination for the latter.

Career Weedman had a regular role on the HBO television series Looking (2014–2015) and its subsequent series finale television film Looking: The Movie. She is also known for her roles in films such as Date Night (2010) and The Five-Year Engagement (2012) and for appearing as a guest star on various series such as Hung, New Girl, and 2 Broke Girls. She was also a correspondent on The Daily Show from 2001 to 2002. Weedman has written and performed several solo shows, including Homecoming, BUST, and The People's Republic of Portland.

Personal life Her marriage to Seattle writer Michael Neff ended in 2003. She subsequently moved to Santa Monica, California and gave birth to a son, Leo, in 2010 with her longtime boyfriend, director Jeff Weatherford, whom she married in 2012 and divorced the next year.

Theater Year Production Location Notes 1996 Pants on Fire The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA NA 1998 Texarkana Waltz The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA NA 1997–2002 Homecoming On the Boards, Seattle; Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle; Off-Broadway Westside Theatre, NY, NY; HBO's U.S.C.A., Aspen, CO; Westbeth Theatre, NY, NY Solo show 1998 Yea, Tho I Walk/Huu ACT Theatre, Seattle, WA; Annex Theatre, Seattle, WA Solo show 1999 If Ornaments Had Lips UCB Theatre, NY, NY; On The Boards, Seattle, WA Music by James Palmer 2000 Amsterdam the Musical The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA; Krane Theatre, NY, NY Solo show 2001 They Got His Mouth Right UCB Theatre, NY, NY; P73 New Work Festival, NY, NY Solo show 2002 Slow Boat to China Bloomington Playwrights Project, Bloomington, IN NA 2003 Rash The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA; Hudson Theatre, LA, CA Solo show 2004 Move Your Meet, Strange Encounters in Public Spaces Los Angeles Performed with Company of Strangers 2007 Bust The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA Solo show 2008 Wreckage Theatre Babylon, Seattle, WA; Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA; REDCAT New Works Festival, LA, CA; Highways Performance, Santa Monica, CA; Tricklock Theatre Festival, Albuquerque, NM; Ars Nova, NY, NY; KEF Productions Solo Festival, Studio Theatre, NY, NY Solo show 2009 No You Shut Up Passage Theatre, NY, NY Solo show 2013, 2015 People's Republic of Portland Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR Solo show 2014 I Think You're Beautiful Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Solo show 2014 Blame It On Boise Boise Contemporary Theater, Boise, ID Solo show 2014 It's Not You It's Me Talbott Street Theater, Indianapolis, IN Example 2014 Good For You Tricklock Theater Company, Albuquerque, NM Solo show

Honors and awards

2002 Seattle Times Footlight Award, Best New Play, Best Solo Show 2002 The Best Women Playwrights of 2002, editor D.L. Lepidus 2007 Alpert Award for the Arts in Playwriting for Bust 2014 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series, Looking, Nominated 2026 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, Hacks, Nominated