Kathy Griffin

Hosted Kathy Griffin: Strong Black Woman, a stand-up special which premiered on Bravo

Appeared in Bravo s reality show My Life on the D-List and headlined her stand-up special, Kathy Griffin Is ... Not Nicole Kidman also aired on Bravo

Cast in John Mallory Asher s Dirty Love opposite Jenny McCarthy

Co-hosted with Star Jones Live from the Red Carpet for E! entertainment

Cast as herself on Celebrity Mole: Hawaii (ABC)

Hosted the reality show Average Joe (NBC)

Provided character voice of Alice on the UPN animated series Dilbert ; because of her contract with NBC could not take onscreen credit

Cast as Vicki Groener Rubenstein on the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan

Headlined own HBO Comedy Half-Hour

TV series debut as regular on the Fox variety show Saturday Night Special , produced by Roseanne

TV-movie debut in The Barefoot Executive (ABC)

Appeared as herself in Quentin Tarantino s Pulp Fiction

Began to pursue career as a stand-up comic

Feature film debut The Unborn

Spent seven years as a member of the comedy troupe The Groundlings

Born and raised in the Chicago, Illinois, area

Created stage show Hot Cup of Talk

Moved to L.A.

Worked in a local commercial