Laura Kightlinger Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Jury Award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival for "60 Spins Around the Sun․"
• Studied at Emerson College in Boston, where she performed with the This Is Pathetic theater troupe
• Performed stand-up comedy at local Boston venues after graduating from college
• Made her first major on-screen appearance 1991 TV special "Women of the Night․"
• Quote: "I think women are definitely getting a foothold․ All those King of Queens married-couple sitcoms are so archaic․ And there's a thing about women helping women--whenever I've gotten a break it's always been from another woman․ Jhoni Marchinko hired me as a writer for Will & Grace․ Roseanne Barr gave me my first writing job on Roseanne․ It's those women who keep me working․"
• Quote: "I feel bad actually that it's [feminism] spoken with such derision․ That's what really bothers me, because if you're a woman, shouldn't you be a feminist? Shouldn't you want women's rights and shouldn't you want the most success for other women?"
• Published the autobiographical "Quick Shots of False Hope: A Rejection Collection" in 1999