Years active 2002–present | Role Actress Name Jessica Clair Children Isobel Kelly O'Brien | |
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Occupation Actress/Comedian/Writer Parents Michael L. St. Clair, Mary Ellen St. Clair Movies and TV shows Playing House, Best Friends Forever, Bridesmaids, She's Out of My League, Life as We Know It Similar People Lennon Parham, Dan O'Brien, Keegan‑Michael Key, Zach Woods, Lindsay Sloane Profiles | ||
Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham On "Playing House"
Jessica St. Clair (born September 21, 1976) is an American actress and improvisational comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. With frequent collaborator Lennon Parham, she co-created and co-starred in NBC's Best Friends Forever and USA Network's Playing House.
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- Jessica St Clair and Lennon Parham On Playing House
- Jessica St Clair Shares Her Take on this Season of RHONY WWHL
- Life and career
- Personal life
- References
Jessica St. Clair Shares Her Take on this Season of RHONY | WWHL
Life and career
St. Clair was born in Princeton, New Jersey and raised in Westfield, New Jersey, where she attended Westfield High School, graduating as part of the class of 1994. She is a graduate of Middlebury College. She began her comedy career as a regular improviser and sketch performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and Los Angeles, originally as a member of the improv team "Mother". Her first major television work was as a regular panelist on the VH1 series Best Week Ever, offering comedic insights on pop-culture and the news of the week. She then co-starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom In the Motherhood in 2009.
St. Clair has since gained notice for her frequent guest appearances (often alongside performing partner Lennon Parham) on podcasts such as Comedy Bang! Bang!, where she plays the show's teenage intern Marissa Wompler. In 2015, St. Clair and Parham spun-off their characters in a new Earwolf podcast called WOMP It Up!, with St. Clair as host Marissa Wompler and Parham co-hosting as Marissa's teacher Miss Listler. Frequent guests on the podcast include Brian Huskey as Marissa's stepdad "Seth" and Jason Mantzoukas as Marissa's former flame Eric "Gutterballs" Gutterman. The podcast ran through the summer of 2015, returning after a hiatus on November 16, 2015.
St. Clair and frequent collaborator Lennon Parham created and starred in the NBC comedy series Best Friends Forever, which premiered on April 4, 2012 and aired for one season. St. Clair and Parham created and starred in their second comedy Playing House, which premiered on USA on April 29, 2014 and concluded its second season in fall 2015. A third season was announced in January 2016.
St. Clair has had recurring roles on television programs such as Veep, Weeds, The McCarthys, Marry Me, American Housewife, Worst Week, and United States of Tara. She was also part of the recurring cast on the Comedy Central series Review, playing the role of Suzanne, the long-suffering wife of host Forrest MacNeil (played by Andy Daly). St. Clair's notable work in film includes supporting roles in Bridesmaids, She's Out of My League, Afternoon Delight, and Enough Said.
Personal life
St. Clair is married to playwright and poet Dan O'Brien. Their daughter Isobel Kelly O'Brien was born on October 1, 2013.
In 2015, St. Clair said she and Lennon Parham had both learned Transcendental Meditation. In 2017, St. Clair revealed that she had undergone treatment for breast cancer after being diagnosed in September 2015, and this was incorporated into the third season of Playing House, when her character Emma was similarly diagnosed.