Rebecca Drysdale Explained

Rebecca Drysdale
Birth Date:1978 or 1979
Birth Place:Ohio[1]
Occupation:Comedian and Writer

Rebecca Drysdale (born 1978 or 1979 in Ohio) is an American comedian and writer[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] who was a member of the Second City Chicago E.T.C. cast. She won the 2005 Breakout Performer Award at the 2005 United States Comedy Arts Festival.[7] She performed as part of the multi-arts group performance Synesthesia.[8] She has written for sketch comedy shows such as The Big Gay Sketch Show[9] and Key & Peele. In 2011, she made a video for the It Gets Better Project.[10] [11]

Personal life

Drysdale currently lives in Los Angeles; she is openly lesbian.[12] She is the younger sister of comedy writer Eric Drysdale.[13]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Kroll ShowPattyTV
2014Orange is the New BlackMazallTV
2016Me Him HerKris
The MeddlerDani
2018Arrested DevelopmentLieutenant ToddlerTV
2020Scare MeBettina

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bio. Rebecca Drysdale. 15 February 2011.
  2. News: Zoglin. Richard. Comedy Forging the Future: The Naked Truth. https://web.archive.org/web/20060615112004/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1181640,00.html. dead. June 15, 2006. 9 January 2011. Time. 9 April 2006.
  3. News: Drysdale's comic star rages upward // Chicagoan plans to take her one-woman show to New York. 7 January 2011. Chicago Sun-Times. March 18, 2005 . Darel . Jevens .
  4. News: Edinburgh Festival: Toulson and Harvey and Rebecca Drysdale. https://archive.today/20120911072011/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/comedy/3667200/Edinburgh-Festival-Toulson-and-Harvey-and-Rebecca-Drysdale.html. dead. 11 September 2012. 7 January 2011. The Daily Telegraph. 13 August 2007 .
  5. News: Rebecca Drysdale is One Woman… in Several Pieces . 7 January 2011. The Stage. 16 August 2007. Ben. Dowell.
  6. News: A funny thing happened on the way to stardom; HBO's annual contest gives ambitious comedians a shot at the big time.. https://archive.today/20130201052133/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/793280721.html?dids=793280721:793280721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+15,+2005&author=Bob+Baker&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=A+funny+thing+happened+on+the+way+to+stardom;+HBO's+annual+contest+gives+ambitious+comedians+a+shot+at+the+big+time.&pqatl=google. dead. February 1, 2013. 7 January 2011. Los Angeles Times. Feb 15, 2005.
  7. News: WitchelI. Alex. The Improviser. 9 January 2011. New York Times. 25 June 2006.
  8. News: Jackson. Sharyn. Passing familiarity . 9 January 2011. Time Out New York. 27 March 2008.
  9. Web site: Belge. Kathy. Julie Goldman Interview – An Interview with Lesbian Comedian Julie Goldman. about.com. 1 February 2008. 9 January 2011.
  10. Web site: it gets better-----a music video by rebecca drysdale. It Gets Better Project. 4 January 2011 . YouTube. 15 February 2011.
  11. News: Rossel. Emma. "It Gets Better": le rap lesbien qui dépote. 9 January 2011. Têtu. 6 January 2011. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110108145934/http://www.tetu.com/actualites/international/it-gets-better-le-rap-lesbien-qui-depote-18582. 8 January 2011.
  12. Web site: Interview With Rebecca Drysdale. AfterEllen. 15 February 2011. Karman. Kregloe. 29 January 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020150641/http://www.afterellen.com/people/2008/1/rebeccadrysdale?page=0%2C2. 20 October 2012.
  13. News: Oksenhorn. Stewart. Drysdale: weirdo makes a stand-up. 9 January 2011. Aspen Times. 11 February 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050212210939/http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20050211/AE/102110005. 12 February 2005.