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Laura Krafft Biography

Birth Name:Laura Krafft

Birth Place:Evanston, Illinois, United States

Profession Writer, Actress, Producer, Casting director

Fast Facts

  • Trained in improv comedy at the Chicago Improv Olympic and Second City Theater
  • Began her career as a writer and producer on the TV series "The Blame Game" in 1998
  • Quote: "I think there's a notion out there sometimes that comedy writers are like joke robots who constantly create and spit out jokes and TV producers just put buckets underneath them which they then empty periodically into the TV shows․"
  • Best known as a writer and comedian who wrote for "The Colbert Report" and "The Wanda Sykes Show․"
  • Has written for publications like Vanity Fair, the New York Post, Bust Magazine, and TAR Magazine

Awards

  • 2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: nominated
  • 2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: nominated
  • 2008Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: winner
  • 2008WGA Award (TV)-Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series: winner
  • 2009WGA Award (TV)-Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series: nominated