Judy Greer

Judy Greer met Dean E. Johnsen, a co-executive producer of 'Real Time with Bill Maher', on a blind date in mid-2010 and he proposed to her in June 2011 while vacationing together in Napa, California.

They got married on December 17, 2011 in a ceremony at the Los Angeles Athletic Club that was attended by nearly 200 guests, including Rashida Jones, Jason Biggs, Sarah Chalke and Bill Maher.

Even though she grew up in a Catholic family, according to a 2014 interview, she is no longer a practicing Catholic. She is rather interested in meditation, particularly in transcendental meditation as it is not “religious in any way”.

Judy Greer was born as Judith Therese Evans on July 20, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan and was raised in a Catholic family in Redford Township and Livonia. Her father, Rich Evans, is a mechanical engineer, while her mother, Mollie Ann (née Greer), is a hospital administrator and a former nun.

She attended Churchill High School and trained in classical Russian ballet for about a decade during her early years. She later became interested in acting and enrolled into Chicago's prestigious Theater School at DePaul University, from where she graduated in 1997.

Judy Greer, who did several odd jobs during college, bagged her first film role in the 1998 romantic comedy ‘Kissing a Fool’ just three days after graduating. She initially moved to California to attend the premiere of the film, but decided to settle there after being cast in a role in the dark comedy 'Jawbreaker' (1999).

She made her TV debut on the episode ‘Angels and Devils’ of the fantasy-drama ‘Early Edition’ in 1997 and landed a recurring role in the CBS sitcom ‘Love & Money’ in 1999. During this time, she had supporting roles in a host of films including ‘Three Kings’, ‘The Specials’, ‘What Women Want’, ‘The Wedding Planner’ and ‘Adaptation’.

In 2002, she appeared alongside Stephen Colbert in an untitled Ken Finkleman project based on his Canadian show ‘The Newsroom’, but it was later cancelled.

In 2003, she got her breakthrough role as Kitty Sanchez in the Fox sitcom ‘Arrested Development’, which ran successfully for three episodes and was later renewed for a fourth season for Netflix in 2013.

She continued to appear in films in the following years, acting in movies such as ‘13 Going on 30’ (2004), ‘The Village’ (2004), ‘Cursed’ (2005), ‘Elizabethtown’ (2005), and ‘27 Dresses’ (2008).

According to Judy Greer, she is best recognized for her role as Kitty Sanchez in the television series ‘Arrested Development’. Among her other well-known roles are Ingrid 'Fatty Magoo' Nelson in 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia', Trixie in 'Californication', and Cheryl Tunt in the animated comedy 'Archer'.