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Holly Laurent
[edit]Holly Laurent is an American comedian and filmmaker. Laurent is a co-host of the improvised podcast MEGA, called "skillful satire" by Vulture Magazine.[1] She is a contributor on the radio variety show Live From Here.[2] Laurent won the Debut Directing Prize in 2019 for her film Brought to You by Satan that premiered at the Discover Film Festival in London.[3] She narrated the story of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan on Drunk History's season three Space episode.[4]
She is alumni of The Second City and is an original member of iO's comedy group The Reckoning. She was the creator of the comedy show I Live Next to Horses, winner of the Critic’s Choice Award in 2008.[5] The show was said to contain "the most courageous bits in iO's storied history"[6] by the Chicago Reader and was directed by fellow Reckoning member Mike O'Brien.
- ^ Editors, Vulture (2019-12-10). "The Year in Comedy Podcasts". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Holly Laurent: Making People Laugh Is Like a Super Power". www.livefromhere.org. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ^ Discover.film. "Best Short Films of All Time". Discover Film. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ^ Konner, Jeremy (2015-11-24), Space (Comedy, History), Derek Waters, Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Chelsea Peretti, Gary Sanchez Productions, Konner Productions, retrieved 2020-12-23
- ^ "I Live Next Door to Horses". Charleston City Paper. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Hubbard, Ryan. "I Live Next Door to Horses". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2020-12-23.