For those that were not able to make it to the Speaker’s Event with the effervescent Ellie Kemper, here on the highlights you missed.
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When Ellie laughs a lot, she pees. She says that it’s not the worst thing because to her it’s the mark of a good time.
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Ellie’s favorite line in the show is: “And I’m saying this because I want to, your anus is really responding to the lazers.”
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Ellie wants to write a book, and host a talk show, and be on Broadway… and really take advantage of any and every opportunity.
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was originally meant for NBC and was only set to go to Netflix after filming ended.
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Miss Kemper is no dummy. She attended Princeton for undergraduate and did a year of graduate studies at Oxford.
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Ellie was involved in all sorts of extra curricular activities, having been on the Division One field hockey team in college and then the improv troupe Quipfire! and the musical theatre group Triangle.
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Kemper got her start as many other comedians, in the Upright Citizen’s Brigade.
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Ellie herself was a fan of The Office prior to being on it.
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Ellie Kemper’s sister is also in the entertainment industry. She write the HBO show Silicon Valley.
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Ellie Kemper was the first ever guest host of Ellen, and she says it was much to the dissatisfaction of the audience, who was reimbursed with a trip back for 12 Days of Giveaways.
Ellie is just as bubbly, charming, hilarious, and adorable as her characters, but even more down to earth.