Arden Myrin

Arden Myrin
250px Myrin backstage at the Cynthia Rowley fashion show in September 2011
Born	(1973-12-10) December 10, 1973 Little Compton, Rhode Island, U.S.
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Dan Martin (2007–present)

Arden Myrin (/məˈriːn/; born December 10, 1973) is an American actress and comedian, best known for her work on the television shows Chelsea Lately, @Midnight, Fresh Off the Boat and MADtv.

Myrin has appeared in many films, including Bachelorette, Kinsey and What Women Want. Notable television credits include guest roles on Orange Is The New Black, Fresh Off the Boat, Key and Peele, Inside Amy Schumer, Hung,Friends and Reno 911!.

Myrin has been a frequent panelist on E!'s Chelsea Lately roundtable, appearing over 100 times . She has also appeared twice as a guest on internet podcast Two Jacks in the Hole and twice appeared on the USA Network show Psych as a stalker with an attraction for older men.

Early life and education

Myrin was born on December 10, 1973 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, a seaside fishing village. Her father was an accountant, and her mother was a real estate agent. She has an older brother, Alarik. As a child, she staged her neighborhood plays, and she enjoyed seeing Annie on Broadway. Myrin attended the Friends Academy in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where she graduated in 1988. She then attended Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts for high school. She is of Swedish and Norwegian heritage.

Afterwards, Myrin attended Colorado College, a small liberal arts school, where she received a degree in theater and studio arts and she was elected commencement speaker at her graduation. During one college break, Myrin began to study improvisational comedy and worked as an intern on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1993–94, where she admits she "mostly ran the Xerox machine".

Career

Soon after graduation, Myrin briefly moved to Chicago when she became a member of the Improv Olympic and later re-located to Los Angeles where she was part of the same group. One of her memorable standup comedian acts included a section of her own life experiences called “Straight Outta Lil' Compton”. Myrin also trained with the L.A. Comedy troupe The Groundlings.

Myrin returned to New York and appeared in commercials while working as a waitress and taking acting classes. She caught a break when two casting directors sent an agent to see her newly minted stand-up comedy act, which netted her an agency contract.

MADtv

Myrin officially joined the cast of MADtv in 2005 as a repertory performer for the eleventh season and remained with the show until it was canceled in 2009. Her characters included "Crafty Gal Kendra" and Alana from "Holly Meadow Estates". Her impersonations included Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jillian Barberie, Katherine Heigl, Tara Reid, Cindy McCain, Alex Borstein (as Lois Griffin from Family Guy), Kourtney Kardashian, Lo Bosworth, Heidi Montag, Goldie Hawn, Ali Lohan, Avril Lavigne, Mayim Bialik, Lily Allen, Jamie Lynn Spears, Emily Osment, and Portia de Rossi. She also played Melinda Calkins, a GUYCO (A parody of GEICO) customer, who appears in a GUYCO commercial telling the story of when she was in a car accident and Elmo from Sesame Street is hired as the celebrity who helps tell her story. Melinda says she was on her way to her mother's funeral when a truck hit her car head on. Elmo says "Elmo say that must have given you a boo boo!" and laughs. Melinda then says that her father flew through the windshield and hit his head on an iron fence and the airbag broke her sister's head and they're still looking for it. Elmo replies, "When Elmo loses things, Elmo retrace his steps!", and then laughs again. Melinda says that her insurance is GUYCO and Elmo says that he's going to count the street sign just as the police comes by with a body bag on a stretcher. The sign said "311" as Elmo reads it. Elmo then says, "Elmo love to read!", and laughs yet again. Melinda apologizes and says that the accident just happened and asks if they can do it later and Elmo says "Tickle Elmo!" and laughs. Melinda is so annoyed with Elmo laughing when her parents are dead that she throws him into a moving car, which slams on its brakes, and Melinda runs away. The scene then switches to Elmo being the GUYCO customer and Carlos Mencia (played by Johnny A. Sanchez) is the celebrity who's going to help tell his story. Elmo begins to regain consciousness and coughs and asks what happened and Carlos tells him about the previous commercial. Elmo is so annoyed that the best celebrity they can give him is Carlos Mencia and says that he would rather have George Lopez, Cheech Marin or Wilmer Valderrama. Carlos is so annoyed with Elmo that, when Elmo asks him to help him up, he tears his head off and throws it into the street. Elmo's head then hits the windshield of a car, which happens to belong to Mo'Nique (played by Erica Ash), who was in the first part of the GUYCO commercial. As Mo'Nique steps out of her car and sees Elmo's head on the windshield, despite being able to stand, she says that she's paralyzed, she's got whiplash and her back hurts. She plans to sue Carlos for throwing it just as Carlos runs away.

Characters

• Alana (Holly Meadow Estates)
• Kendra (Jazzed for Crafts)
• Lindsey (Apple iPad)

Personal life

On December 30, 2007, Myrin married Dan Martin, a comedy writer she first met in 2001.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Box Office Performance
1997	I Think I Do	as Wendy	Comedy Movie	$345,478
1997	Deconstructing Harry	as Mary	Comedy Movie	$10,686,841
1997	In & Out	as Student	Comedy Movie	$63,856,929
1998	The Impostors	as Stewardess with Luggageas	Comedy Movie	$2,198,044
1999	30 Days	as Stacey	Comedy Movie
2000	What Women Want	as Darcy's Assistant	Comedy Romance Movie	$374,111,707
2001	Bubble Boy	as Lorraine	Comedy Adventure Movie	$5,007,898
2002	Highway	as Lucy	Comedy Drama Movie
2002	Auto Focus	Hippie Girl		$2,704,951
2003	Farm Sluts	as Larry's Co-worker	Comedy Movie
2003	Soul Mates	as Julie	Comedy Movie
2003	Dry Cycle	as Sarah	Comedy Movie
2004	Kinsey	as Emily	Biography Drama Movie	$10,254,979
2004	Whistlin' Dixie	as Bunny LeVine	Comedy Movie
2004	Christmas with the Kranks	as Daisy	Comedy Movie	$96,572,480
2005	Heart of the Beholder	as Patty	Drama Movie
2005	I'm Not Gay	as Foreperson	Comedy Movie
2007	Evan Almighty	as Evan's Staffer	Comedy Movie	$173,391,888
2009	The Informant!	as Sarah Scott	Comedy Movie	$33,316,821
2012	Wrong	as Gabrielle	Comedy
2013	Wrong Cops	as Shirley	Comedy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Episode count
1996	The Royale	as Daphne
1997–1999	Working	as Abby Cosgrove	NBC Comedy	39 Episodes
1999	Just Shoot Me!	as Amy	NBC Comedy	1 Episode
2000	Nikki	as Amy	The WB Comedy	1 Episode
2001	Friends	as Brenda	NBC Comedy	1 Episode
2003	On the Spot	as Caramel	The WB Comedy
2004	I'm with Her	as Girl	ABC Comedy
2004	Reno 911!	as Miss Nude Reno 1	Comedy Central Comedy
2005	Gilmore Girls	as Honor's Bridesmaid	Warner Brothers
2005	Kitchen Confidential	as Wendy	FOX Comedy
2005–2009	MADtv	as Various Characters	FOX Comedy	(Season 11–14) 82 Episodes
2007–2008	That's So Hollywood	as Herself
2007–Present	Chelsea Lately	as Herself	E! Network Comedy
2007	Good Day LA	as Herself
2009	True Jackson, VP	as Jenna Lutrell	Nickelodeon Comedy
2009	Michael and Michael Have Issues	as Various Characters
2009	It's On with Alexa Chung	as Herself... regular guest
2010	Party Down	as Vanna	Starz Comedy	1 Episode
2011	Hung	as Joanie	HBO Comedy	1 Episode
2011	RuPaul's Drag Race 3	Guest judge (as herself)	Logo	1 Episode
2011	Suburgatory	as Jocelyn	ABC Comedy	Recurring
2012	Delocated	as Marlo	Adult Swim Comedy	1 Episode
2012-2013	Psych	as Chelsea		2 Episodes
2013	Orange Is the New Black	as Doctor Brooks	Netflix	1 Episode
2014	@midnight	as Herself		4 Episodes
2014	Legit	as Tess	FXX	1 Episode
2014	Anger Management	as Paula	FX	1 Episode
2015	Fresh Off the Boat	as Ashley Alexander	ABC Comedy	3 Episodes
2015	K.C. Undercover	as Candice Adams	Disney Channel	Enemy of the State

External links

• Arden Myrin at the Internet Movie Database
• Official MADtv site
• Arden Myrin is interviewed and performs on Radio Happy Hour
• The JV Club #87: Arden Myrin (interview) mp3