Linda Wallem Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Humanitas Prize for 30 Minute Network Television for "Nurse Jackie" in 2010
• Won an AFI Award for TV Program of the Year for "Nurse Jackie" in 2010
• Her brother, Stephen Wallem, plays a nurse named Thor Lundgren on "Nurse Jackie․"
• Began her writing career on "The Carol Burnett Show" in 1991
• Made her screen acting debut as the voice of the Mother in "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" in 1990
• Started out as a comedian and improv performer at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Has also done acting work, playing Loretta in "Sleepless in Seattle" and having guest roles on "Cybill" and "That '70s Show․"
• Best known as the co-creator and consulting producer of "Nurse Jackie" and as the writer and executive producer of "That '70s Show" and "Cybill․"
• Was the voice of several female characters in "Rocko's Modern Life," including Dr․ Paul Hutchison and Virginia Wolfe