Lauren is an award winning comedic actress, playwright and author. Her first show, HOMECOMING began as a 15 minute performance art piece at Seattle's On the Boards and went on to go off-Broadway in NYC. BUST, about her work in the LA county jail was awarded a Macdowell fellowship for playwriting by the Alpert Awards as well as several 'best of the arts' across the nation. She has written and performed 9 solo plays. HOMECOMING, AMSTERDAM, IF ORNAMENTS HAD LIPS, HUU, RASH, WRECKAGE, BUST, NO...YOU SHUTUP-a piece commissioned by Boise Contemporary Theater and directed by Jeff Weatherford. Most recently THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF PORTLAND for Portland Center Stage. Her television credits include The Daily Show, True Blood, United States of Tara, Reno 911, Curb Your Enthusiasm, New Girl, Arrested Development, Horny Patty on HBO's HUNG. Film credits include Imagine That, Date Night and Judd Apatows "A Five Year Engagement" starring Jason Segal. Weedman's first book, A Woman Trapped in a Woman's Body: (Tales from a Life of Cringe), is a collection of comedic essays and was named by Kirkus Review as a top ten Indie book for 2007 and currently she is working on a second book of essays about for Plume due out 2014. Weedman lives in Santa Monica and is the host of the popular Moth Storytelling series in LA.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Captain Fall (2023)
Guest starring as Additional Voices
- Episode 1x04: Boner Medicine (Jul 28, 2023) [Co-Star]
Abbott Elementary (2021)
Guest starring as Kristen Marie
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x16: Teacher's Conference (Feb 22, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: The Principal's Office (Oct 12, 2022)
- Episode 2x02: Wrong Delivery (Sep 28, 2022)
Kevin Can F**k Himself (2021)
Guest starring as Lorraine
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: The Problem (Sep 26, 2022)
- Episode 2x06: The Machine (Sep 19, 2022)
- Episode 2x05: The Unreliable Narrator (Sep 12, 2022)
- Episode 2x04: Jesus, Allison (Sep 5, 2022)
Hacks (2021)
Guest starring as Mayor Pezzimenti
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x01: There Will Be Blood (May 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x10: I Think She Will (Jun 10, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: Tunnel of Love (Jun 3, 2021)
Cinema Toast (2021)
Guest starring as Annie the Housekeeper
- Episode 1x01: Familiesgiving (Apr 20, 2021)
Briarpatch (2020)
Guest starring as Barbara Jean Littleton
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Most Likely to Succeed (Mar 30, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: Snap, Crackle, Pop (Feb 13, 2020)
Euphoria (2019)
Guest starring as Dr. Mardy Nichols
- Episode S01 Special: F*ck Anyone Who's Not a Sea Blob (Jan 22, 2021)
Special (2019)
Guest starring as Tonya
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x04: Death by a Thousand Cold Cuts (May 20, 2021)
- Episode 2x03: That's the Way the Boys Are (May 20, 2021)
- Episode 2x02: I Don't Like It Like This (May 20, 2021)
The Kominsky Method (2018)
Guest starring as Director
- Episode 1x05: Chapter 5: An Agent Crowns (Nov 16, 2018)
Single Parents (2018)
Guest starring as Franny
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x16: Hip$ for Dolores (Feb 19, 2020)
- Episode 1x20: Raining Blood (Apr 3, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: A Leash Is Not a Guinea Pig (Oct 10, 2018)
Graves (2016)
Guest starring as Bonnie Clegg
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x09: Not All Who Wander Are Lost (Dec 10, 2017)
- Episode 2x07: All the King's Horses (Nov 26, 2017)
- Episode 2x04: Something Left to Love (Nov 5, 2017)
Playing House (2014)
Guest starring as Cookie
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: Ride the Dragon (Jul 7, 2017)
- Episode 3x01: Cookie Jar (Jun 23, 2017)
Looking (2014)
Starring as Doris
(16 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Looking for Home (Mar 22, 2015)
- Episode 2x09: Looking for Sanctuary (Mar 15, 2015)
- Episode 2x08: Looking for Glory (Mar 8, 2015)
- Episode 2x07: Looking for a Plot (Mar 1, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: Looking for Gordon Freeman (Feb 22, 2015)
- Episode 2x04: Looking Down the Road (Feb 8, 2015)
- Episode 2x03: Looking Top to Bottom (Jan 25, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: Looking for Results (Jan 18, 2015)
- Episode 2x01: Looking for the Promised Land (Jan 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x08: Looking Glass (Mar 9, 2014)
- Episode 1x07: Looking for a Plus-One (Mar 2, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: Looking in the Mirror (Feb 23, 2014)
- Episode 1x04: Looking for $220/hour (Feb 9, 2014)
- Episode 1x03: Looking at Your Browser History (Feb 1, 2014)
- Episode 1x02: Looking for Uncut (Jan 26, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: Looking for Now (Jan 19, 2014)
Masters of Sex (2013)
Guest starring as Pregnant Mother
- Episode 1x03: Standard Deviation (Oct 13, 2013)
Mom (2013)
Guest starring as Angela
- Episode 7x05: Fake Bacon and a Plan to Kill All of Us (Oct 24, 2019)
Childrens Hospital (2010)
Guest starring as Angry Mother
- Episode 3x12: The Chet Episode (Aug 18, 2011)
Hung (2009)
Guest starring as Horny Patty
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x05: "A Man, a Plan" or "Thank You, Jimmy Carter" (Aug 1, 2010)
- Episode 2x03: "Mind Bullets" or "Bang Bang Bang Bang Motherfucker" (Jul 18, 2010)
- Episode 1x09: "This is America" or "Fifty Bucks" (Aug 30, 2009)
- Episode 1x08: "Thith ith a Prothetic" or "You Cum Just Right" (Aug 23, 2009)
True Blood (2008)
Guest starring as La Donna
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x04: I'm Alive and On Fire (Jul 17, 2011)
- Episode 4x03: If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'? (Jul 10, 2011)
Arrested Development (2003)
Guest starring as Twink
- Episode 4x07: Colony Collapse (May 26, 2013) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Joni Beard
(6 episodes)
- Episode 5x09: Unexpected Company (Mar 15, 2019)
- Episode 5x08: Premature Independence (May 29, 2018)
- Episode 5x05: Sinking Feelings (May 29, 2018)
- Episode 5x04: An Old Start (May 29, 2018)
- Episode 5x03: Everyone Gets Atrophy (May 29, 2018)
- Episode 5x02: Self-Deportation (May 29, 2018)
Reno 911! (2003)
Guest starring as Hysterical Woman
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x12: Jones and Garcia's Drug Stake-Out (Aug 25, 2004)
- Episode 2x05: Religion in Reno (Jul 7, 2004)