Actor
Nora Kirkpatrick
Born December 6, 1984 in Peru, Illinois, USA
16 films
Nora Kirkpatrick is an American actress, writer and director. She is a graduate from UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television. She is probably best known for her role as Katherine, the stern president of Panhellenic, on the ABC Family TV series Greek, or for her recurring role on the ninth season of The Office as Esther Bruegger, a neighboring farmer's daughter who becomes Dwight's girlfriend. Kirkpatrick starred in the 2015 film Pink Grapefruit, which won the SXSW Grand Jury Award. She has played many other roles in film and TV, including Men at Work, Jennifer Falls, Don't Trust the B, and Chasing Life. She was one of the leads of the popular mockumentary web series Dorm Life, in which she played Courtney Cloverlock.
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in 2016, Kirkpatrick created a TV show for Comedy Central entitled Best-Seller, which she wrote with Saturday Night Live alum Dennis McNicholas. The show was produced by Olivia Wilde, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, and Adam McKay from Gloria Sanchez Productions.
In 2017, Kirkpatrick created, wrote and directed Virtually Mike and Nora, the first virtual reality comedy series for Hulu, with collaborator Mike O'Brien. The first two episodes of the series played at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. In a 2017 Forbes article, Kirkpatrick mentions virtual reality's ability to cause "spatial un-comfortability," and her aim to make the viewer the lead character of the story. Kirkpatrick studies and performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in Los Angeles.
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First watchSexy Evil Genius20135.9as AbbyA dark comedy about an eclectic group of strangers invited to a downtown bar by a mutual ex-lover, Nikki Franklyn, a maddeningly sexy, unpredictable and possibly insane young woman who's…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
16 films as actor- 2019Modern/Love in 7 Short FilmsWife
- 2017Woman ChildKate Montgomery
- 2017Sandy WexlerSienna
- 2017The BabymoonShanon
- 2015Movies in SpaceRachel
- 2015Pink Grapefruit
- 2014Crying ManBrooke
- 2013Big SurAlyson
- 2013All Together NowKylie
- 2013Sexy Evil GeniusAbby
- 2012DreamworldJules
- 2010How to Make Love to a WomanCarla
- 2010GrowthKirstin Daniels
- 2007CrashingBarton's Girlfriend
- 2007KatrinaTyler
- 2005What's Bugging SethNora Green