Ellie Kemper

Elizabeth Claire Ellie Kemper is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her role as Kimmy Schmidt in the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, for which she has received critical acclaim. She is also known for her role as Erin Hannon in the NBC series The Office, as well as her supporting roles in the films Bridesmaids andJump Street. In the summer of 2015, she joined NBC News as a temporary cohost on NBCs morning news program, The Today Show.

Kemper was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the second of four children of Dorothy Dotty Ann and David Woods Kemper, one of the wealthiest families in the State of Missouri. She is the granddaughter of Mildred Lane Kemper, the namesake of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St.160Louis, for which the family donated 5160million. Kempers father was the chairman and chief executive officer of Commerce Bancshares, a bank holding company founded by the Kemper family . She is also the older sister of television writer Carrie Kemper. Kemper has Italian , English, and German ancestry.

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