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Who Is Abby Elliott? – Abigail Elliott is a famous American actress and comedian. From her appearance in Saturday Night Live to How I Met Your Mother, She seems to become a successful television star. Besides, She is best known for landing the main role on the Bravo comedy series Odd Mom Out. She played Brooke Von-Weber, the show also featured Jill Kargman, Andy Buckley, and Sean Kleier in lead roles. It has three seasons and eventually got cancelled after that. On the personal front, she married Television writer Bill Kennedy on September 3, 2016. They together have a daughter and a son. Let’s know more about the SNL star Abby Elliott.

Early Life & Education – Abigail Elliott was born on June 16, 1987, in New York City, United States. Her father Chris Elliott is a famous actor and comedian while her mother Paula Niedert works as a talent coordinator. She grew up with her younger sister named Bridey Elliott who pursue a career in the entertainment industry just like her sister. Abby received her high school education at Immaculate High School located in Danbury, Connecticut, where she performed in a couple of school plays and musicals which somewhat made her interested in acting. After school, she went to Marymount Manhattan College but dropped out somewhere around her first semester in order to be cast in SNL.

Career – While studying comedy at The Groundings, she started performing in various sketch comedies at the Upright Citizens Theatre in Los Angeles. In 2006, she commenced her television career after appearing in the pilots of You’ve Reached the Elliotts and Chrissy: Plain & Simple which star her dad as well. Abby became famous when she was cast in Saturday Night Live in 2008. She appeared in 81 episodes and that was quite enough to earn her recognition.

That same year, she lent her voice to the American animated TV series King of the Hill. She also voiced for Emily in an episode of the Black Comedy animated series Ugly Americans. In 2011, Abby marked her film debut in the romantic comedy No Strings Attached in which she was seen playing a small role as Joy while Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher were in the main role. Following that, she played Yuruki in the short film My Anime Girlfriend and Monica in the comedy film High Road that same year.

In 2012, Abby was chosen to be cast as Ruth in CBS’ sitcom 2 Broke Girls which stars Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs in the leads. In the same year, She also had a film role in the American teen comedy Fun Size. She then was seen playing Jeanette Peterson in five episodes of the American acclaimed sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Later that year, she went on to make appearances in Happy Endings and Inside Amy Schumer. Meanwhile, the actress managed to star in films as well including Life Partners, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and S#x Ed.

Her career’s major breakthrough role came when she was chosen to onboard Bravo’s Odd Mom Out which earned huge appreciation from critics and the audience. Since then, she voiced for several TV shows and did films as well. Her other best-known roles include Rebecca Klein in the American sitcom Indebted and Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto on Hulu’s The Bear.