Annie Mumolo is the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of the blockbuster feature BRIDESMAIDS in which she also had a memorable cameo as the ‘Nervous Woman’ who sits on the plane next to Kristen Wiig’s character. Other acting roles include a series regular on the critically-acclaimed NBC comedy ABOUT A BOY and notable roles in the current season of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, Amazon’s TRANSPARENT and ABC’s MODERN FAMILY. Annie also starred in THE BOSS, opposite Melissa McCarthy, BAD MOMS, and Judd Apatow’s THIS IS 40.
On the writing front, Annie wrote MEGAN LEAVEY starring Kate Mara for LD Entertainment and Bleecker Street Media. Prior to that, her screenplay JOY, based on the life of Joy Mangano, starred Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper with David O. Russell directing.
Annie reunited with her BRIDESMAIDS co-writer, Kristen Wiig, for the critically acclaimed BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR, where she played the titular role of Barb alongside Kristen, which was nominated for numerous awards including the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Comedy.
Most recently, Annie can be seen starring in the Miramax feature CONFESS, FLETCH opposite Jon Hamm and can be seen this spring in the Amazon Feature THE IDEA OF YOU opposite Anne Hathaway and directed by Michael Showalter.
