Abby Elliott is an American actress and comedian. She’s best recognized as the regular cast member of Saturday Night Live (2008 to 2012).
As an actress, she has worked on multiple acting projects including Odd Mom Out (2015–2017), Indebted (2020), and The Bear (2022).
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Career
Abby Elliott finished her schooling at Immaculate High School where she used to participate in a lot of musical events and school plays.
After graduating, Abby Elliott make her first official movie appearance in the year 2011 with No Strings Attached. A year later, another movie she starred in got released, which was Fun Size.
She was cast in various movies in 2014 and almost all of the movies she took were a hit such as Living the Dream, Sex Ed, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Besides that, she also acted in numerous TV series. In fact, she had accomplished more in TV series compared to the movies.
Her TV series debut came out in 2006 with Minoriteam. Then it was followed by The Midnight Show and King of the Hill. Both were released in 2008.
However, her career as an actress and comedian truly arrived at its prime after joining the famous TV show Saturday Night Live (2008) alongside actress Cheryl Ann Otari.
Even after she withdrew from the TV show years later, she kept making guest appearances on other TV shows like Larry King Now (2016) and Celebrity Page (2017).
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Profile
- Real Name: Abigail Elliott Kennedy
- Stage Name: Abby Elliott
- Nickname: Abby
- Birthday: June 16, 1987
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
- Zodiac Sign: Gemini
- Nationality: American
- Religion: Roman Chatolicism
- Professions: Comedian, Actress
- Education: Marymount Manhattan College, The Groundlings, Immaculate High School, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
- Hobbies: Exercising, doing pilates
- Facebook: –
- Twitter: @elliottdotabby
- Instagram: @lilcutieforever
- TikTok: –
- YouTube: –
Height, Weight, & Physical Appearance
- Height: 171 cm (5’7”)
- Weight: 57 kg (126 lbs)
- Blood Type: –
- Hair Color: Blonde
- Eye Color: Blue
- Body Measurements: 36-26-35 (Bust -36, Waist -26, and Hips -35 inches)
- Shoe Size: 8 (US)
- Dress Size: 6 (US)
Family
- Father: Chris Elliott
- Mother: Paula Niedert Elliott
- Brother: –
- Sister: Bridey Elliott
- Children: Edith Pepper Kennedy
Husband, Boyfriend, & Dating History
Fred Armisen
Abby Elliott started dating Fred, a fellow Saturday Night Live cast member, in 2010.
However, their relationship ended a year later, in September 2011. Acording to a source that told media, it was because he spent the entire summer “filming in Portland”, which makes them “started to grow apart.”
Bill Kennedy
She met her current husband, Bill, on the Sex Ed filming set in 2014. The pair got engaged a year later and got married in Connecticut in 2016.
She announced her pregnancy through her Instagram page on the couple’s fourth anniversary of marriage.
The couple welcomed their first child, Edith, in October 23, 2020.
Facts
- Abby Elliott is the youngest cast member in history who has managed to join the popular TV show Saturday Night Live (2008).
- Her father, Chris Elliott, is a famous actor and has been seen in numerous movies.
- She takes pride in her ability to make people laugh and likes it when they react to her act.
- Abby has bad money management.
- She tends to buy things impulsively.
- Abby is known to be good at doing celebrity impressions.
- She started considering a career in the entertainment industry when she was 20 years of age.
- Abby has a daughter named Edith Pepper Kennedy from her marriage with Bill Kennedy.
- Her sister, Bridey Elliott, is also an actress and comedian.
- She likes to wear a lot of make-up on a day-to-day basis.
- Abby was attending Marymount Manhattan College in New York City but then she dropped out in the first semester because she wanted to focus on her career as an actress.
- Her mother, Paula Niedert Elliott, is a talent coordinator.
- She signed up with Abby MGMT Entertainment to support her career.
- Her paternal grandfather, Bob Elliott, is also a comedian.
- She is of English, German, Scottish, and French descent.
- Her favorite skincare brand is La Prairie.
- Abby’s natural hair color is dark, but she likes to dye it blonde.
- Her favorite restaurant is The Beatrice Inn in New York.
- She enjoys doing pilates and workouts in general.
- During her school days, she used to play various games, especially softball.
- She was born in New York but grew up in Connecticut.
- Actresses Emma Stone, Anna Faris, and Sienna Miller are her girl crushes.
- Actors Jon Hamm and Leonardo DiCaprio are her boy crushes.
- Abby Elliott is a huge fan of the movie Titanic (1997) and has seen it more than eight times.
- Her ideal type is…
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Movies
- The Adventures of Drunky (TBA), as the voice actress
- Cheaper by the Dozen (2022), as Tricia
- A Saturday Night Live Mother’s Day (2020), as Ashley
- The Reductress Hour (2018), as the producer
- Clara’s Ghost (2018), as Julie Reynolds
- Better Off Single (2016), as Angela
- SNL’s NFL Saturday (2015), as Prosecuting Attorney
- Living the Dream (2014), as Annie Parker
- Sex Ed (2014), as Trish
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), as Taylor
- Life Partners (2014), as Vanessa
- SNL Shorts (NBC | 2014), as Belle
- Goodbye How I Met Your Mother (2014), as self
- Saturday Night Live: Halloween (2013), as a supporting character
- Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special (2013), as Nancy
- A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (2013), as Ke$ha
- Fun Size (2012), as Lara
- Splitting Hairs (2012), as self
- High Road (2011), as Monica
- My Anime Girlfriend (2011), as Yuruki
- No Strings Attached (2011), as Joy
- Saturday Night Live Backstage (2011), as self
- The Women of SNL (2010), as a supporting character
- A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweet-A-Thon for Haiti (2010), as self
- Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again (2010), as self
- Saturday Night (2010), as self
- SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009), as Paula
- Thin Walls (2009), as
- You’ve Reached the Elliotts (2006), as Kristin
- Chrissy: Plain & Simple (2007), as self
TV Series
- The Bear (FX | 2022), as Natalie ‘Sugar’ Berzatto
- True Story with Ed & Randall (Peacock | 2022), as Will’s Wife
- Search Party (HBO Max | 2022), as Dr. Amanda Baby
- What Happened, Brittany Murphy? (HBO Max | 2021), as Brittany Murphy
- Indebted (NBC | 2020), Rebecca
- Alone Together (Freeform | 2018), as Megan
- It’s a Hit! (SeriesFest | 2017), as a supporting character
- Home: Adventures with Tip and Oh (Netflix | 2016), as Chelsea
- Difficult People (Hulu | 2016), as Kayla
- Odd Mom Out (Bravo | 2015), as Brooke Von Weber
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil (Disney Channel | 2015), as Janna Ordonia
- Garfunkel & Oates (IFC | 2014), as Chevrolet
- Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central | 2013), as Joselyn
- How I Met Your Mother (CBS | 2013), as Jeanette
- Happy Endings (ABC | 2013), as Katie
- 2 Broke Girls (CBS | 2012), as Ruth
- The Assistant (MTV | 2012), as the writer
- Ugly Americans (Comedy Central | 2012), as Emily
- CollegeHumor Originals (CH Originals | 2011), as Cinderella and the writer
- Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (NBC | 2009), as Kristen Cavallari
- The Midnight Show (NBC | 2008), as Bonnie Hunt
- King of the Hill (Fox | 2008), as Melrose
- Minoriteam (Adult Swim | 2006), as a supporting character
TV Shows
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh (NBC | 2020), as a guest
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC | 2020), as a guest
- Match Game (CBS | 2018), as the panelist
- The $100,000 Pyramid (ABC | 2017), as a participant
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC | 2017), as a guest
- The Wendy Williams Show (BET | 2017), as a guest
- Celebrity Page (Reelz | 2017), as a guest
- Larry King Now (Hulu | 2016), as a guest
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS | 2016), as a guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC | 2016), as a guest
- Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central | 2016), as a guest
- Today (NBC | 2015), as a guest
- The Jeselnik Offensive (Comedy Central | 2013), as a guest
- Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings (E! | 2012), as a guest
- Watch What Happens: Live (Bravo | 2012), as a guest
- CBS News Sunday Morning (CBS | 2012), as a guest
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC | 2009), as a guest
- UCB Comedy Originals (YouTube | 2009), as a guest
- Saturday Night Live (NBC | 2008), as a guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC | 2006), as a guest
- Late Show with David Letterman (CBS | 2003), as a guest
- Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC | 2003), as a guest
- Late Night with David Letterman (CBS | 1988), as a guest
Music Video Appearances
- Like a Boss (2009) – The Lonely Island
Quotes
“I’m young but I’m not stupid.”
“I’m not a stand up at all, it’s such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she’s really great at it.”
“I want to make people laugh.”
“I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.”
“My dad was so much fun growing up.”
“I think you have to create your own stuff so I’m working on stuff for myself right now.”
“There are some different things I’m writing and developing, but I don’t know where they’ll go. They’re fun stuff that I would be in and are written in my voice, for me.”
“[Bill proposed to me] in our apartment and it was beautiful. There were flowers everywhere. It was really beautiful and he was traditional and got down on one knee. It was just very simple but lovely and wonderful.”
“[IVF] is an emotionally difficult process but in my case talking about it and hearing other people’s stories has made me feel less alone. To anyone going through infertility, you are so strong.”
“There are some different things I’m writing and developing, but I don’t know where they’ll go. They’re fun stuff that I would be in and are written in my voice, for me.”
“I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting. My goal was never to be a sketch comedian, but these past four years I have figured out that I love to write, and can write, and I feel like it’s now a part of what I want to do.”
“SNL was still a boys club when I was there. At least it felt like it. I feel it in a lot of comedy experiences that I do, but you just kind of have to own it and and allow yourself to thrive and still be successful and not pay any attention to it. You have to figure out your voice, and make your stamp.”
“I feel like you have to say no to things to get the things you do want. I would say, ‘Oh, I like this [role], but it requires nudity that I’m uncomfortable with,’ or ‘this is too broad for me right now.’ You have to really be selective. I’ll get things where I think they’re looking for someone younger or older. Is this worth my time?’”
“I don’t like confrontation. I just want to hide in a corner when people start something. I would say I try to defend myself, but sometimes I just let it go. Sometimes it’s not worth it with those types.”
“As you get older, and you’re in your late 20s early 30s, you start to question the path that you’re on because things start to move a little quicker than previously, for me at least. I got married and now I have a house and a dog and that seemed to all happen within the course of a couple of years. All of the sudden I have all these responsibilities and it’s stressful and can be overwhelming.”
“My dad has told me you don’t have to do this. If you’re not having fun, it’s not worth it. That’s advice I would pass on. If you’re not having fun, if you’re working with terrible people get out of there. Don’t waste your time. Life’s too short.”
Abby Elliott is determined to follow her father and grandfather’s footpaths. Even then she has managed to make a name of her own as a professional actress and comedian.