| Personal Information Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kate Quigley |
| Date of Birth / Birthday / Age / DOB / How old is Kerstin Lindquist | October 27, 1977. As of 2024, she is around 47 years old. |
| Wedding / Husband / Spouse / Kate Quigley Married | Divorced. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Who was Kate Quigley on the office? | In the Office, she played the supporting role of Casino Waitress. |
| Children / No. of Kids | None |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | American |
Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction : Who is Kate Quigley?
- Kate Quigley (maiden name Katy Rice) is a popular American stand-up comedian, regularly performing at venues like Improv, The Comedy Store and The Laugh Factory.
- Quigley is also an actress and TV host, having starred in Playboy TV’s UNDERCOVER, and also hosting the AVN Awards in 2016.
- She also hosts a podcast called #DateFails on All Things Comedy.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Kate is originally from Canton, Ohio.
- Her mother ran a day-care centre, where a lot of boys attended. She attributes her tomboy personality to interact with the boys at the day-care whom she grew up with.
- Education : She graduated from the Chicago College of Performing Arts – Roosevelt University in 2004.
- Her original plan was to go to an acting school in Los Angeles after high school, but instead, she moved to Chicago after she was offered a scholarship there. In college, she tried out stand-up comedy and found her true passion was making people laugh.
- In 2006, She moved to Southern California to do comedy and act in TV shows.
- Quigley married her high school sweetheart at the age of 19, she got divorced 10 years later.
Early Career :
- Quigley was a fitness model before rising to fame as a stand-up comedian.
- In the domain of comedy where being attractive is frowned upon, Kate wanted to prove the stereotype wrong.
- Therefore, for six months, she wore nothing but a bikini everywhere she went, finally doing a show at the Ontario Improv in her bikini to prove that one can be attractive & funny at the same time.
- In her early days of comedy, Kate had stage fright and would feel nauseous the entire day of the show. This happened every time she has a show coming up. However, she never gave up and was motivated to succeed, as pursuing her career was one of the main reasons for her divorce.
TV, Podcast and Radio Work :
- Kate’s slot is called the “naughty comedy” every time she performs at the Comedy Club.
- She has also appeared in The Naughty Show hosted by Sam Tripoli.
- For her role in UNDERCOVER, she most enjoyed the “Fire Play” episode, where she wears a fire suit and gets lit up. She least enjoyed the “Foot Sucking” episode, where she lets someone suck her foot.
- Erik Myers, her co-host in her podcast #DateFails, is one of her close friends in real life.
- Kate’s podcast is about her going through the process of dating as someone in her 30s, as she did not experience any of these as a teenager.
- Many of her material in stand-up also derives from her personal experience of being single again after her divorce.
Dating, Height and Interesting Facts :
- Since her divorce, Kate has dated a p**star from the AVN awards, The Bachelorette contestant Chris Bukowski, and a drug dealer who later became homeless although she offered him to stay at her place!
- She has done breast implants, and her left breast had to be redone 3 times.
- She has never done stand-up naked in public before, but did one in high heels at the Playboy-TV head office while interviewing for the role.