Biography
Kathy Griffin is an American actress and comedian. She was born Kathleen Mary Griffin on 4 November 1960 in Oak Park, Illinois.
Griffin studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and performed with the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings. Her film credits include supporting roles in Pulp Fiction (1994) and Four Rooms (1995), and the voice of Dancing Witch / Wagon Witch #1 in Shrek Forever After (2010). On television she has appeared in episodes of Seinfeld, Suddenly Susan, The X-Files and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
She created and starred in the reality series Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005–2010), for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards as executive producer.
