Kathy Najimy

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  • Birth Name: Katherine Ann Najimy
  • Birth Place: San Diego, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/06/1957, Aquarius
  • Profession: Actor; writer; director
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Kathy Najimy Fast Facts:
  • Was a member of the Sisters on Stage, a feminist theater group based in San Diego.
  • Cowrote and directed The Kathy and Mo Show, which ran off-Broadway and won an Obie Award; it was later produced as an HBO special.
  • Contributed to the book The Choices We Made: 25 Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion (1991), and was a contributing writer for the play Words of Choice II (2008), a pro-choice theater performance.
  • Was named Ms Magazine's "Woman of the Year" in 2005.
  • Husband Dan Finnerty is the lead singer of the Dan Band, the lewd wedding band featured in Old School.
  • Appeared with her family as contestants on Family Feud in 1981; in 2006, she was a contestant on CBS' Gameshow Marathon, on which Family Feud was played in the season-finale episode.
  • Participates in celebrity poker tournaments.
  • Created the shapewear collection Ch'Arms, which she debuted on HSN in 2010.
  • Is involved in numerous humanitarian efforts, including Project Angel Food and PETA; has been a keynote speaker at many humanitarian organizations.
  • Is an AIDS activist and a gay and lesbian rights activist.
  • Is a vegetarian.
  • Kathy Najimy Relationships:
  • Samia Najimy - Mother
  • Fred Najimy - Father
  • Dan Finnerty - Husband
  • Samia Najimy Finnerty - Daughter
  • College:
  • San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (BA in drama)
kathy najimy, Ricki Lake, Gloria Steinem Steve Granitz/WireImage.com
kathy najimy, Melissa Etheridge, Tammy Lynn Michaels  Lester Cohen/WireImage.com
Make It or Break It, Kathy Najimy, Josie Loren Eric McCandless/ABC Family
Make It or Break It, Nicole Anderson, Kathy Najimy   Eric McCandless/ABC Family
Make It or Break It,  Nicole Anderson, Kathy Najimy Isabella Vosmikova/ABC Family
Make It or Break It, Kathy Najimy, Peri Gilpin Isabella Vosmikova/ABC Family
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