Kate Flannery

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Biography

Unbeknownst to fans of all things Dunder-Mifflin, Flannery was also an accomplished vocalist, having recorded with John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants and had co-starred in the long-running lounge act parody "The Lampshades" at the ImprovOlympic in Hollywood.

Kate Flannery was born on June 10, 1964, in Philadelphia, PA and raised in the nearby suburb of Ardmore, PA. She was one of seven siblings in an Irish-American family, and her parents, …

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Job Title

Actor

Born

June 10, 1964

Career Milestones

Appeared in "The Miss Vagina Pageant" (1991) and "The Real Live Brady Bunch" (1992) at Chicago's Annoyance Theater

Co-creator of "The Lampshades," a comedy lounge act at the ImprovOlympic West stage in Los Angeles, California

Toured with the Second City's National Touring Company

1996

Played Neely O'Hara in the Off Broadway hit "Valley of the Dolls"

1999

First on screen role as Tonia in "Can't Stop Dancing"

2004

Appeared in the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner production of "Hildy, Hildy, Three Feet Under"

2004

Played the teen prostitute/Blair's sister in "The Phacts of Life" at the Renberg Theatre

2005

Cast as the alcoholic, divorced, single mother, Meredith Palmer on the NBC sitcom "The Office"

Awards

2007

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in The Office

2008

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in The Office

2009

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in The Office

2010

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in The Office

2011

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in The Office