Celebrity Comedians
Kathy Griffin
Kathy Griffin is best known as "Vicki," the sassy ultracool redhead on the NBC hit series Suddenly Susan. Each week Griffin stole the scenes and reeled in the laughs as Brook Shields neurotic co-worker. When did she find her funny bone? After her various TV guest spots, Kathy began gaining notice as a stand-up comedienne and landed her own "HBO Half Hour Comedy Special". In 1998, HBO gave Kathy her own One-Hour Special, "A Hot Cup of Talk". Kathy has co-hosted The Billboard Music Awards three years in a row; and appeared on numerous talk shows as well as having been featured in the films "It’s Pat" and "Four Rooms" among others. Kathy participated in, and won "Celebrity Mole" on ABC, and then hosted the NBC reality series "Average Joe" as well as the MTV series, "Kathy’s So-Called Reality". Kathy has yearly performed a set of very successful stand-up specials for Bravo. Her most recent special, "Kathy Does The Bible Belt," aired on Bravo June 8, 2010. Kathy's DVD stand up special "Allegedly" is available in stores now.I n August 2005, Kathy's reality show, "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List," debuted on Bravo to rave reviews and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program and the second season of "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" won Kathy her first Emmy in that same category. The third season premiered in 2007 and again won Kathy an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program. The fourth and fifth season were nominated again for Outstanding Reality Program. The sixth and final season of "D-List" aired on Bravo during the summer of 2010.