Ana Gasteyer Biography

Fast Facts

• Majored in speech, theater and performance studies at Northwestern University
• Began her acting career at the age of 13 performing as a child ghost in a production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Macbeth․"
• Made her feature film acting debut in the 1997 comedy "Courting Courtney․"
• Studied at The Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles, where she gained experience performing improvisational comedy
• Made her professional acting debut in the iconic 1995 episode of "Seinfeld" titled "The Soup Nazi․"
• Quote: "(On advice she would give to struggling comedians) "Be tenacious․ Get as much stage time as possible․""
• At the age of 10, she played violin for then-Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David