Heather Lawless
Born
Georgia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Georgia
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • voice actress
Years active2002–present
Known forActing, voice acting.
Children1

Heather Lawless is an American actress, comedian, and voice actress.[1]

Early life

Lawless was born in Georgia, and raised in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.[1] She graduated from the University of Georgia.[2]

Career

She began her career as a comedian, performing stand-up comedy at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, and has performed on tour with Flight of The Conchords, Zach Galifianakis, David Cross, and The Comedians of Comedy.[2] She was featured on the Comedy Central series Premium Blend and on the Comedy Central DVD/CD set Invite Them Up.[3]

She has performed lead roles in The Heart, She Holler,[4] The Campaign, Be Kind Rewind, and the Adult Swim animated series Xavier: Renegade Angel.[2] She also portrays Permanently Preggy Peggy on MTV's Wonder Showzen,[5] Dottie on Stone Quackers,[6] and Jenna Bilzerian on the Netflix original series Big Mouth playing the mother of Jay.

Other roles have included Comedy Central's Speed Freaks, AMC's Life Coach with Cheri Oteri, That Crook'd 'Sipp, and Freaknik: The Musical.[2]

Heather is a recurring cast member in At Home with Amy Sedaris, which started airing in October 2017.

Personal life

Lawless has one son.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Stella shorts Poker Player's Wife Direct-to-video
2008 Be Kind Rewind Sherry
2012 The Campaign Diane
2014 Goodbye to All That Lara
2023 Showing Up Marlene

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Wonder Showzen Permanently Preggy Peggy 2 episodes
2007 Freaknik: The Musical Caledonla Beauxregard Television film
2007 Flight of the Conchords Rain Episode: "New Fans"
2008 Speed Freaks Heather Television film
2009 Delocated Mom in Commercial Episode: "Good Buds"
2009 Xavier: Renegade Angel Various roles 3 episodes
2011–2014 The Heart, She Holler Hambrosia 28 episodes
2013 China, IL Grace Episode: "Do You Know Who You Look Like?"
2014–2015 Stone Quackers Dottie 12 episodes
2015 Axe Cop Dr. Miles Episode: "Baboons Rising"
2015 Gothball Dottie 5 episodes
2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Calamity Jane Episode: "Kaley Cuoco"
2017–2020 At Home with Amy Sedaris Ruth 11 episodes
2017–2020 Big Mouth Jenna Bilzerian
2019 Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein Doctor Television film
2020 Dicktown Jen the Waitress 4 episodes
2021 Teenage Euthanasia Mrs. Clomid / Computer Episode: "Teen Eggs and Scram "

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Heather Lawless Talks With Us About Switching Between Comedy and Drama". Interrobang. 25 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Heather Lawless". All Tomorrow's Parties.
  3. ↑ "Heather Lawless". Comedy Central.
  4. ↑ "Patton Oswalt & The Heart, She Holler - Dan Persons". The Huffington Post. 4 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Fred Armisen – Tickets – The Bowery Ballroom". The Bowery Presents.
  6. ↑ "Animation Domination". FX Network.


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