Laurie Kilmartin (born July 16, 1965)[1] is an American comedian and writer best known for being a finalist on Last Comic Standing season 7. She was also a staff writer for Conan O'Brien's show Conan.
In 2009 Kilmartin released a CD, Five Minutes to Myself, consisting of material she was not allowed to use on air. The CD covers topics such as immigrant boyfriends and unwanted Mexican babies, then answers an age-old question: Why is God such a prick in the Old Testament? Punchline Magazine called Five Minutes to Myself one of the “Top Ten Comedy CDs of 2009.”
Her comedy special, 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad,[5] stand up comedy about cancer, hospice, death, grieving and funerals, debuted on Seeso, December 29, 2016.[6]
Kilmartin was also a ‘Top Ten’ finalist in season 7 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing.[7] She was also listed in The Huffington Post's 53 Favorite Female Comedians list in 2011.[8]
In early 2016, Kilmartin and fellow comic Jackie Kashian began a new podcast produced by Nerdist Industries called The Jackie and Laurie Show.[9] The two primarily discuss stand-up comedy in LA and on the road, occasionally covering harassment and the unequal treatment of female comics, Kilmartin's job as a staff writer on the late-night circuit, and Kilmartin's multi-generational family living situation.
Media appearances
During an MSNBC panel discussion following the May 2022 leak of a Supreme Court draft, which would overturn Roe v. Wade, Kilmartin joked that she would "make sweet love" to the person who leaked the brief, and that if the leaker turned out to be a Republican, she would "joyfully abort our fetus and let them know."[10]