Swoosie Kurtz is an Emmy Award and two-time Tony Award-winning American actress. Broadway credits include her debut as Muriel McComber in Ah! Wilderness, Nancy in Frozen, and Mariane in Tartuffe (Circle in the Square Theatre); Hesione Hushabye in Heartbreak House (American Airline Theatre); Lillian Hellman in Imaginary Friends (Ethel Barrymore Theatre); Melissa Gardner in Love Letters (Edison Theatre); OBIE Award-winning role as Bananas Shaughnessy in The House of Blue Leaves (Plymouth Theatre); and Gwen Landis in Fifth of July (New Apollo Theatre). Off-Broadway OBIE Award-winning performances include Myrna/Myra in The Mineola Twins (Laura Pels Theatre) and Rita Altabel in Uncommon Women and Others (Marymount Manhattan Theatre).

Television credits include Joyce Flynn on CBS' Mike & Molly, Alex Reed on NBC's Sisters, and Betty Smith/Marylin Thacker on FOX's American Dad!

Films include The Rules of Attraction, Cruel Intentions, Liar Liar, Citizen Ruth, Reality Bites, Dangerous Liaisons, Against All Odds, and Slap Shot.