© 2024 Texas Public Radio
Real. Reliable. Texas Public Radio.
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Ellie Kemper's Journey From An Ordinary Midwest Childhood To Hollywood

Published December 28, 2018 at 10:00 AM CST
Ellie Kemper attends Netflix's "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" #NetflixFYSEE For Your Consideration event at the DGA Theater on Sunday, June 3, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Ellie Kemper attends Netflix's "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" #NetflixFYSEE For Your Consideration event at the DGA Theater on Sunday, June 3, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

This hour originally aired on Oct. 5, 2018.

With David Folkenflik

The irrepressible Ellie Kemper on her journey from a seemingly ordinary Midwestern childhood to starring in the unusual dark comedy, the “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”

Guest

Ellie Kemper, Emmy-nominated actor. Star of the Netflix original series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Author of “ My Squirrel Days.”

From The Reading List

Excerpt from “My Squirrel Days” by Ellie Kemper

Excerpted from MY SQUIRREL DAYS by Ellie Kemper. Copyright © 2018 by Ellie Kemper. Excerpted with permission by Scribner, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.