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Emily Fortune Feimster (/ˈfiːmstər/; born July 1, 1980)[1] is an American writer, comedian, and actress. Having made her television debut on NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2010,[1] Feimster starred as Colette on The Mindy Project (2015–2017). In July 2019, she began hosting What a Joke with Papa and Fortune with Tom Papa, interviewing comedians and celebrities, the first live programming on the Sirius XM channel Netflix is a Joke.[2] Feimster played Heather in The L Word: Generation Q,[3] a reboot of The L Word.

Fortune Feimster
Feimster at the premiere of Office Christmas Party in 2016
Born	Emily Fortune Feimster (1980-07-01) July 1, 1980 (age 42) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater	Peace College
Occupation	Comedian, writer, actress
Known for	Chelsea Lately, The Mindy Project
Spouse	Jacquelyn Smith (m. 2020)

Early life

Feimster was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Mike and Ginger Feimster; the youngest of three, with two older brothers, Price and Jay. Fortune is her maternal great-grandmother's maiden name.[1] Growing up in Belmont, North Carolina, she attended Belmont Central Elementary School and Belmont Junior High,[1] subsequently graduating from South Point High School in 1998.[4] That same year, she was presented to society at the Gastonia Debutante Ball.[1] At South Point, she played basketball, softball, and tennis.[1]

She attended Peace College, then a women-only university, and was elected student body president, majored in communications, and played soccer and tennis. She graduated summa cum laude and was the student speaker at commencement in 2002. The graduation speaker was Raleigh native actress Emily Procter, with whom Feimster became acquainted after the graduation.[1]

After living in Spain for a year, she moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to become a personal assistant to Procter[1] and pursue comedy.[5] After connecting with Procter's neighbor, a journalist for the Los Angeles Daily News, Feimster began a seven-year career in entertainment journalism.[1] In 2005, she joined The Groundlings Theatre, studying improv and sketch comedy. After four years, she was selected to join the Groundlings' Sunday Company.[6][1]

Personal life

Feimster came out as lesbian[7] in 2005 at age 25.[1] In 2016, she began dating kindergarten teacher Jacquelyn Smith,[1] becoming engaged in early 2018.[8] She and Smith own homes in Los Angeles and Belmont, North Carolina. They married in a small ceremony on Friday, October 23, 2020.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Secret Lives of Dorks	Janitor
2015	Life in Color	Zoe
2016	Office Christmas Party	Lonny
2018	Social Animals	Sarah-Beth
2018	Father of the Year	Teacher
2018	The Happytime Murders	Robin
2020	Friendsgiving	Fairy Gay Mother
2020	Chick Fight	Bear
2020	Soul	Counselor Jerry D	Voice role[9]
2021	Deported	Tammy
2021	Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar	Pinky
2021	Yes Day	Jean the Paramedic
2022	Sex Appeal	Mama Suze

Television

• Last Comic Standing (2010) – herself
• After Lately (2011–2013) – herself
• Chelsea Lately (2013–2014) – Round Table Co-host
• 2 Broke Girls (2014) – Sherlock Mary
• Workaholics (2014) – Jo
• Mulaney (2014) – Mary Jo
• Glee (2015) – Butch Melman
• Hot Girls Walk By (2015) – Ruth
• Married (2015) – Woman on Rascal
• The Mindy Project (2015–2017) – Collette Kimball-Kinney[10]
• Drunk History (2015) – herself
• Life in Pieces (2016–2019) – Dougie[11]
• Go-Go Boy Interrupted (web series) (2016) – Fortune
• Chelsea (2016) – Ann Coulter
• RuPaul's Drag Race (2017) – herself (S9 E8)
• The Standups in (2017) – herself (S1 E2)
• Chelsea (2017) – Sarah Huckabee Sanders
• Craig of the Creek (2018) – Laura (first voice acting role)
• Summer Camp Island (2018) – Ava (voice acting role)
• Champions (2018) – Ruby
• Claws (2018) – Lauren Zorloni
• The Fix (2018) – herself
• RuPaul's Drag Race (2019) – herself
• Bless the Harts (2019–2021) – Brenda (voice acting role; series regular)
• The Simpsons (2019) – Evelyn (voice acting role)
• Sunnyside (2019) – Michelle Pinholster
• The L Word: Generation Q (2019) – Heather
• Tales of The City (2019) – Carlin
• Sweet and Salty (2020) – herself
• Nailed It! (2020) - herself
• Kenan (2021) - Pam Fox
• The Circle - The After Party (2021) - herself (co-presenter)
• Q-Force (2021) - Louisa Deck (voice acting role)
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2021) – herself
• Is It Cake? (2022) – herself (judge)
• FUBAR (2022) – Ruth / Roo[12]
• Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune (2022) – herself
• Velma (TBA) - Olive

Podcasts

In addition to hosting her own podcast, Sincerely Fortune,[13] Feimster has appeared on the following:

Date	Show	Episode
Nov. 10, 2019	Queery[14]	Episode #112
Aug. 12, 2019	The Margaret Cho[15]	Season 1, Episode 5
Jan. 9, 2020	This Past Weekend[16]	Episode #254
Jan. 20, 2020	Anna Faris is Unqualified	Fortune Feimster
Feb. 29, 2020	Lovett or Leave It[17]	”Oh, great. Mike Pence.”
Mar. 2, 2020	The Sporkful[18]	"You Can't Hate Yourself Constantly" Says Comic Fortune Feimster
Mar. 11, 2020	The Joe Rogan Experience[19]	Episode #1440
Sep. 2, 2020	Your Mom's House Podcast[20]	Episode #567 w/ Fortune Feimster
Nov. 30, 2020	Do You Need A Ride?	Fortune Feimster
Mar. 15, 2021	Comedy Bang Bang [21]	Episode #697 Fortune Feimster, Dan Lippert, Jacquis Neal
Jun. 30, 2021	Good For You [22]	Fortune Feimster
Dec. 15, 2021	Bertcast [23]	Fortune Feimster
Dec. 21, 2021	I Said No Gifts!	Fortune Feimster Disobeys Bridger
Dec. 28, 2021	Life Is Short	138. Fortune Feimster
Jan. 11, 2022	Scam Goddess	Episode #120 The Scammer Hood of the Traveling Wigs w/ Fortune Feimster
Jan. 26, 2022	Don't Ask Tig	Fortune Feimster

References

External links

• Fortune Feimster at IMDb

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