Emmy award winning Chicago native, Kathy Griffin, a multi-faceted performer with a rapid fire wit, is probably best known for her four-year stint on the NBC sitcom “Suddenly Susan” as Vickie Groener, Brooke Shields’ acerbic colleague.

After moving west and joining the famed Los Angeles Groundlings comedy improvisational troupe, Kathy began building her resume with guest starring roles on such series as “ER” and “Seinfeld” where she created recurring character Sally Weaver. After her various TV guest spots, Kathy began gaining notice as a stand-up comedienne and landed her own “HBO Half Hour Comedy Special”. In 1998, HBO gave Kathy her own One-Hour Special, “A Hot Cup of Talk.”

Kathy has yearly performed a set of four very successful stand-up specials for Bravo. The first in 2005 called “Kathy Griffin...Is Not Nicole Kidman,” the second in May of 2006 called “Strong Black Woman.” Kathy’s third DVD stand-up special “Allegedly’ is in stores now. Her newest entry “Everybody Can Suck It” will be aired in the summer of 2007.