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Carrie Clifford

Birth Name:
Carrie Clifford
Birth Place:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Actress, Writer, Producer, Production manager
  • Earned her college degree from Colgate University, where she played lacrosse
  • Enjoyed attending improve shows at Colgate University, but didn't have enough time to audition for the group herself
  • Took her first improve class at a friend's request as a way to meet guys
  • Trained in improvisation at iO, Second City and The Annoyance in Chicago and at The Groundlings, and Second City in Los Angeles
  • Quote: "It's great having an improve background on that stand-up stage--things don't throw you as much․"
  • Quote: "The stand u is ultimately very scripted, but we often arrive at a joke through improve․"
  • Half of the Sky & Nancy Collins stand-up act, which has appeared on "Last Call with Carson Daly" and "Last Comic Standing․"
  • Has performed her two-person improve show, Razowsky & Clifford, at iO West and various improve fests
  • Claims that she struggles with an addiction to Twizzlers
  • For a scene in "Slammin' Salmon" in which she plays a hostess being groped by the owner of a restaurant played by Michael Clarke Duncan, she had to give him lessons in groping because she felt he was being too polite
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