Lauren Weedman

Lauren Weedman is not okay. She’s living what should be the good life in sunny Los Angeles. She has a great career, a loving husband, and an adorable baby boy, but she finds herself starring in a tabloid-worthy nightmare: she’s a Hollywood actress whose husband has an affair with their babysitter. Join Lauren on March 15th as she turns a piercingly observant, darkly funny lens on the way her life is actually Not Okay, discussing: • Meeting her birth mother for the first time: “Our reunion, though life-changing, wasn’t the hysterical emotional scene I’d been led to believe it would be from all the dramatic reunions I’d been watching on Oprah since seventh grade.” • First (and only) threesome: “They shouldn’t call them three-ways. They should call them “piles of idiots.” • On becoming a mother: “People keep assuming that I’m going to be this wacky mom type. They’re assuming that my whole “I’m an asshole who can’t do anything right!” is real, and I’m going to play that shtick right into motherhood. That’s not really me. Yet when it comes to what kind of mother I’ll be, I have no idea.” • Learning to be grateful: “My house envy has the tendency to become painful and ridiculous if I don’t watch it. I need to watch it. I’ve watched Dateline specials on serial killers and I find myself envying them for their basements.” In a voice reminiscent of a grown-up Lena Dunham, Lauren Weedman’s MISS FORTUNE is not only hilarious, but is shot through with a powerful undercurrent of vulnerability that pulls off a stunning balance between comedy and tragedy. About the Author Lauren Weedman is an award-winning comedic actress, playwright and author. Her television credits include The Daily Show, True Blood, United States of Tara, Reno 911, Curb Your Enthusiasm, New Girl, Arrested Development, Horny Patty on HBO's HUNG and Doris on HBO's Looking. Film credits include Imagine That, Date Night and A Five Year Engagement. Weedman's first book, A Woman Trapped in a Woman's Body: Tales from a Life of Cringe, was named by Kirkus as a top ten Indie book for 2007. Weedman is the host of the popular Moth Storytelling series in LA. Visit Lauren on Instagram: @lauren_weedman