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Stephnie Weir
Age: 41 Height: 5' 6"
Birth Place: Odessa, Texas, USA Born: Nov. 28th, 1967
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BIOGRAPHY: Stephnie Weir was raised in Texas and attended Odessa Junior College studying theater and broadcasting. Following that she went on to attend Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, were she studied anthropology and women's studies.
As she expanded on her creative talents in Chicago, Ms. Weir performed at the Second City's Main Stage, the Goodman Theater, and at the ImprovOlympic. She and her husband, Robert Dassie, created a two-person show entitled "WeirDass" that they have performed in New York, Chicago and Edinburgh. Ms. Weir recently performed her one-person show entitled Slowdeatha, TX at the Comedy Central Stage.
In Los Angeles, Ms. Weir spent five seasons as a writer/performer on Mad TV (her final episodes aired last season). She can currently be seen on the ABC comedy, Big Day (she portrays the wedding planner, "Lorna"). In film, Ms. Weir appeared last year in Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) and stars in two upcoming independent features, Eden Court (2006) and Moonpie (2006).
TRIVIA:
- Is still part of the "Second City Improve Comedy Group" and travels to Chicago to perform whenever she can.
- Completed the 2004 Honolulu Marathon in 5:13.59.
- Mom's name is Sharon
- Her natural hair color is red
- She writes most of her character sketches
- Although most of Weir's characters were made up by her imagination, Mrs. Campbell is based on Weir's real life Texan grandmother.
- Her famous Madtv characters include: Dot, Dr. Kylie Johnson, Dorothy Lanier, Angela Wright and Mrs. Campbell.
- Best known on "Mad TV" for her dead-pan impressions of Anna Nicole Smith and 'Reba McEntire' (qv)
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