Bridget Everett (born April 21, 1972) is an American comedian, actress, singer, writer, and cabaret performer. She began her career appearing and co-writing alongside Michael Patrick King the Off-Broadway musical comedy At Least It's Pink: A Trashy Little Show (2007). The following year she made her screen debut with a minor role in the romantic comedy film Sex and the City, also directed by King. She later performed on Inside Amy Schumer (2013–16), the comedy film Trainwreck (2015), and her own one-hour Comedy Central special Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015). Everett has described herself as an "alt-cabaret provocateur".
In 2017, Everett starred in three films: the comedy Fun Mom Dinner, the horror-comedy Little Evil, and the drama Patti Cake$. In 2021, she appeared in the comedy film Breaking News in Yuba County. In 2022, Everett began starring in and executive producing the semi-autobiographical HBO comedy-drama series Somebody Somewhere, for which she earned a Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, a Peabody Award, and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Early life Bridget Everett was born on April 21, 1972 in Manhattan, Kansas. She is the youngest of six children born to Frederica "Freddie" and Donn James Everett. Her parents separated before she was born, and divorced when she was eight. Her father was not around much. As Everett stated on the podcast Amy Schumer Presents: 3 Girls, 1 Keith (episode 2: "Moms and Stuff"): "I'm from Manhattan, Kansas - the little apple. And my dad was mayor at one point, and then so was my brother many years later. So we're kinda like the Kennedys of Manhattan, Kansas." Her father, an attorney, served as a Republican in the Kansas State Senate and Kansas House of Representatives from 1969 to 1978. Her mother was a music teacher and gave her a love of music.
Growing up, Everett participated in competitive swimming and was involved in both traditional and show choir. She attended college at Arizona State University (ASU) on a full scholarship to study music and opera. She graduated from ASU in 1995 with a degree in vocal performance.
Everett moved to New York in 1997 and worked as a waitress. She got her Equity card doing a bus-and-truck children's-theatre tour of Hansel and Gretel. She worked in the restaurant business for 25 years before she was finally able to quit around the beginning of 2015.
Career 2007–2016
In 2007, Everett starred and co-wrote alongside Michael Patrick King the off-Broadway musical comedy At Least It's Pink: A Trashy Little Show. King gave her a small part in the 2008 Sex and the City movie, as a drunk woman who interviews to be Carrie's assistant. Everett met Amy Schumer at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2009. Everett has been regularly opening for Schumer on her comedy tours since 2012. Everett has even upstaged Schumer, which then led Schumer to prefer to have Everett close for her instead, according to Schumer on her podcast.
Everett often performs with her band, The Tender Moments, which includes Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz from the Beastie Boys and Carmine Covelli from The Julie Ruin. In October 2013, Everett and Horovitz performed in a show called Rock Bottom that the two co-wrote with Hairspray songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Rock Bottom won Everett the 2015 Obie Awards Special Citation presented by the American Theatre Wing.Obie Awards, 2015 Winners . In 2013, Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments released a 12-track album titled Pound It! Everett has also performed with Brad Williams in a show called Down n Dirty (hosted by Broad Citys Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer) at the 2014 Bonnaroo Music Festival. Everett performed a duet of "Me and Bobby McGee" with Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall in 2013.
Everett made her first television appearance in 2012, playing a guest-starring role in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls. She had secondary roles in films Gayby (2012) and The Opposite Sex (2014), and in 2015 appeared in the Amy Schumer comedy film Trainwreck. Everett's first one-hour TV special, Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder, premiered on Comedy Central in 2015. In it, she performs her usual brand of comedy cabaret.
2017–present In 2017, Everett starred in four movies; two premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. She starred alongside Toni Collette and Molly Shannon in the comedy film Fun Mom Dinner. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but her performance was noted by The New York Times. In the dramatic film Patti Cake$, Everett played Barb Dombrowski, marking her screen breakout as the alcoholic mother of Danielle Macdonald's character Patti Dombrowski. Patti Cake$ received generally positive reviews from critics, and Everett specifically received praise. Matt Zoller Seitz from RogerEbert.com wrote in his review: "Everett's history of using her considerable weight and height as comic fuel in standup and cabaret made her a perfect choice for this role, but she's as strong in the arguments and drunk scenes as she is when she's singing or cracking wise. If there's any justice, this should be a career-redefining performance on the order of Frank Sinatra's in From Here to Eternity." Later that year, she appeared in the romantic comedy-drama film Permission, and the horror comedy film Little Evil. Also in 2017, Everett went to star in the Amazon comedy pilot Love You More.
On August 1, 2017, Everett got a standing ovation for her "Piece of My Heart" karaoke performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. On January 3, 2018 The Tonight Show aired a repeat of Everett performing "Piece of My Heart". She also performed the song in the third episode of the 2022 TV show Somebody Somewhere.
In 2018, Everett had a recurring role in the short-lived HBO comedy series, Camping. The following year, she appeared in the Netflix miniseries, Unbelievable playing Colleen Doggett, one of the foster parents of teenage victim Marie Adler (Kaitlyn Dever). In 2021, she appeared in the black comedy film Breaking News in Yuba County directed by Tate Taylor.
In 2022, Everett began starring in the HBO comedy-drama series Somebody Somewhere playing the leading role of Sam, a woman in her 40s trying to find happiness. Her performance received positive reviews from critics. Ciara Wardlow from RogerEbert.com wrote in her review: "Everett is remarkable as a woman who hides behind a mask of apathy and witty barbs. She’s hardly the sort to talk about her feelings by choice, but Everett’s performance manages to consistently convey to the audience things that Sam refuses to say or acknowledge with crystal clarity. It’s a subtle and compelling portrait of grief, a sadness that creates an intriguing counterbalance to the bold and bawdy sense of humor for which Everett is known, which also gets plenty of opportunity to shine." The Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus reads, "Led by a captivating Bridget Everett,Somebody Somewhere explores the human condition with tenderness, grace, and warmth. At the 38th Independent Spirit Awards, Everett received nomination for the Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series. She was also nominated for an TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. The show received the 84th Peabody Award in Entertainment.
Political advocacy In 2023, after the homophobic murder of Laura Ann Carleton, Everett made statements in support of the LGBT community, stating, "Lauri Carleton was shot and killed at her Lake Arrowhead store this weekend. Someone tore down the Pride flag she flew outside of her store, Magpi. She confronted him and he shot her... All that anti-LGBTQ rhetoric has a price."
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2008 Sex and the City Cathy 2012 Gayby Bridget 2014 Are You Joking? Waitress The Opposite Sex Stella 2015 Trainwreck Kat 2017 Patti Cake$ Barb DombrowskiWinner - Best Supporting Actress: Film Club's The Lost Weekend Award Fun Mom Dinner Melanie Permission Charlie Little Evil Al 2020 The Stand In Herself 2021 Breaking News in Yuba County Leah NortonRumble Lady Mayhen (voice) 2025 Wake Up Dead Man Louise
Television Year Title Role Episodes/Notes 2009 Jeffery & Cole Casserole Herself Cabaret act 2012 Funny As Hell Episode 2.8 2 Broke Girls Shonda Episode: "And the One-Night Stands" She's Living for This Herself Episode: "The Bianca Del Rio Episode" 2013–2022 Inside Amy Schumer Herself/Various 11 episodes2015 The Bachelorette Herself Episode: "11.3" CollegeHumor's Comedy Music Hall of Fame Television special Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder Television special, also writer/executive producer Difficult People Episode: "Pledge Week" 2016 Girls Bebe Episode: "Wedding Day" Party Legends Herself Episode: "Am I in the Morgue?" @midnight Herself/Contestant Episode: "November 17, 2016" Joe's Pub Presents: A Holiday Special Herself Television special 2016–2017 Lady Dynamite Dagmar 12 episodes 2017 Saving a Legend Alice Dugan Television pilot Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Herself Episode: "Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner" Love You More Karen Best Television pilot No Activity Special Agent Bonnie Lehman Episode: "Golden Age of Tunnels" 2018 The Real Housewives of New York City Herself Episode: "Life is a Cabaret" Another Period Mrs. Slagsby Episode: "Little Orphan Garfield" Camping Harry 5 episodes Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters Mermaid Episode: "Mermaid"2019 Historical Roasts Isis Episode: "Cleopatra Roast" Twelve Forever Judy (voice) 8 episodes Unbelievable Colleen Doggett 3 episodes Living with Yourself Weinrod Episode: "Nice Knowing You"The CoopDetective SallyEpisode: "Who-Dun-It"Nailed It! Holiday Herself/Guest Judge Episode: "It's a Wonderfail Life"2019–2020At Home with Amy SedarisCrystal Dangles/Teresa2 episodes 2020 AJ and the Queen Anna Episode: "Little Rock" The Boss Baby: Back in Business Rattleshake CEO Baby (voice) Episode" The Coo Coo Chi Coup" Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition Herself/Contestant 6 episodes2021Bob's BurgersOfficer Bridge (voice)Episode: "Some Kind of Fender Benderful" 2022 Would I Lie to You? Herself Episode: "Singing Waitress" 2022–2024 Somebody Somewhere Sam Miller Main role (21 episodes), also writer and executive producer2023Carol & the End of the WorldElena (voice)3 episodes2025King of DragHerselfGuest judge; 1 episode
Music videos Year Artist Song Role2006Moby featuring Debbie Harry"New York, New York"Tammy 2014 Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments "What I Gotta Do" Herself "Titties" 2015 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion "Betty Vs The NYPD" Line-up Suspect #4
Video games Year Title Role 2013 Grand Theft Auto V Additional motion capture Source:
Stage Year Title Notes 2007 At Least It's Pink: A Trashy Little Show written by Everett, Michael Patrick King and Kenny Mellman; original music and lyrics by Kenny Mellman and Everett, directed by Michael Patrick King 2009 Miss Fag Hag Pageant with Kenny Mellman 2009–2012 Our Hit Parade video 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018 Just for Laughs comedy festival in Chicago and Montreal 2011 Carlos Cañedo Is Filling Gaps featuring Adam Horovitz and Bridget Everett, venue: Public Assembly, Brooklyn 2012–present Amy Schumer comedy tours opening/closing act 2013 Bridget Everett's Rock Bottom venue: Joe's Pub Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival venue: The Barbary Stage 2014 SF Sketchfest with Dave Hill Festival Supreme video Down n Dirty with Brad Williams at Bonnaroo Music Festival 2015 The Lilly Awards Broadway cabaret show at The Cutting Room, video 2016 Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments: Pound It Fall Tour 2017–2018 dates added later 2018 Cal Jam music festival2023Gutenberg! The Musical!One night only cameo as The Producer at the James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway Source:
Discography All releases are with The Tender Moments and all formats are download and streaming.
Albums 2013: Pound It (Beavertails Music) 2015: Gynecological Wonder (Comedy Partners)
Singles 2013: "Titties"