Kate Flannery Biography

Fast Facts

• Has six siblings
• Performed with the Second City National Touring Company during the same time Steve Carell, her future cast mate on NBC sitcom The Office, was appearing in shows with the company
• Was a member of Chicago's Annoyance Theater, where she performed in more than 15 shows, including The Real Live Brady Bunch, in which she played Mrs
• Brady
• Contributed to a 1998 album by Mono Puff, a side project of They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh
• Kept her waitressing job throughout the first season of The Office
• Performs, along with co-creator Scot Robinson, as fake lounge act the Lampshades
• Was a talent scout for the 2008 season of Last Comic Standing
• Served as a guest judge on a 2009 episode of Iron Chef America
• Her family owns a Philadelphia bar called TA Flannery's
• Is the musical director of the Los Angeles Drama Club, which teaches Shakespeare to young kids