Paula Pell
Growing up in the 1970s, Paula Pell fell in love with comedy, particularly the groundbreaking new show "Saturday Night Live" (NBC 1975- ). After the Illinois native studied acting and visual art at Orlando's Seminole Community College and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, she took a job at Walt Disney World, working in the nightclubs of the adults-only Pleasure Island section of the park. On the side, she worked with a local improv troupe, SAK Comedy Lab, in which she developed several popular recurring characters. When the troupe filmed a sketch comedy pilot called "Chucklehead," the show didn't go anywhere, but one of the handful of people who saw it was SNL Executive Producer Lorne Michaels.
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Paula Pell
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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90% |
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Inside Out 2 | Mom's Anger (Voice) | $653.0M | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
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Die Hart 2: Die Harter | Cynthia (Character) | - | 2024 |
32% |
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Dashing Through the Snow | Screenwriter | - | 2023 |
100% |
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The Slumber Party | Principal Petersen (Character) | - | 2023 |
66% |
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Wine Country | Val (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Parker Tribe | Dot Parker (Character) | - | 2015 |
60% |
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Sisters | Screenwriter | - | 2015 |
52% |
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This Is 40 | Executive Producer | $67.5M | 2012 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014-2015 2019-2024 |
97% | 84% | Girls5eva | Gloria (Character) | 2021-2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2021 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Self | 2023 |
80% | 43% | Die Hart | Cynthia (Character) | 2023 |
88% | 77% | A.P. Bio |
Helen Henry DeMarcus (Character), Helen (Guest Star), Writer |
2018-2019 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2019-2022 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2020-2021 |
82% | 62% | Bless the Harts | Ruth (Guest Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Mapleworth Murders |
Abigail Mapleworth (Character), Executive Producer |
2020 |
No Score Yet | 81% | No Activity | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Busy Tonight | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2019 |
95% | 88% | Documentary Now! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 2019 |
27% | 22% | Camping | Writer | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 68% | The Awesomes | Gadget Gal (Voice) | 2013-2015 |
86% | 83% | The Mindy Project | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
93% | 90% | Parks and Recreation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
100% | No Score Yet | Funny or Die Presents | Paula (Character) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live |
Executive Producer, Writer |
2006-2010 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Paula Hornberger (Guest Star) | 2007 2009-2010 |