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Lennon Parham
Lennon Parham in 2022
Born	(1975-10-26) October 26, 1975 (age 49)
Education	University of Evansville (BFA)
Occupation(s)	Actress, comedian, writer
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Javier Guzman ​(m. 2006)​
Children	2

Lennon Parham (born October 26, 1975) is an American actress and improvisational comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. With frequent collaborator Jessica St. Clair, she created and co-starred in NBC's Best Friends Forever and USA Network's Playing House. She also co-starred in the CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose from 2009 to 2010. More recently, she has appeared in the Max series Minx.

Early life

Parham attended Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia, and graduated with a B.S. Degree in Theatre from the University of Evansville. Following college, she taught French for two years at T. L. Weston High School in Greenville, Mississippi, as part of the Teach For America program.

Career

After her stint as a French teacher, Parham began performing comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. During this time, she starred in the two-person show The Adventures of Lock & Kay and the one-woman show She Tried to be Normal. In the fall of 2009, Parham began a supporting role in the comedy Accidentally on Purpose.

Parham and frequent collaborator Jessica St. Clair created and starred in the NBC comedy Best Friends Forever, which ran for one season in 2012. Their second sitcom, Playing House, premiered on USA on April 29, 2014, and lasted three seasons. In 2015, Parham and St. Clair spun-off their Comedy Bang! Bang! characters Wompler and Listler for a new Earwolf podcast called WOMP It Up!, with St. Clair as host Marissa Wompler and Parham co-hosting as Marissa's teacher Charlotte Listler. Frequent guests on the podcast include Brian Huskey as Marissa's stepdad "Seth" and Jason Mantzoukas as Marissa's former flame Eric "Gutterballs" Gutterman.

Parham has made appearances on television programs such as Veep, Parks and Recreation, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Bad Judge, Arrested Development, Lady Dynamite, Review, and Mad Men. In 2019 and 2020, she was a main cast member of the ABC sitcom Bless This Mess, starring Lake Bell and Dax Shepard. Her notable work in film includes Confessions of a Shopaholic, Splinterheads, and Horrible Bosses 2.

Parham was a guest on The Big Alakens Big Lake marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.

Personal life

Parham is married to Javier Guzman. Their daughter Saraya was born on April 21, 2013. Their second child was born in October 2016.

Filmography

References

1. "History for Oct. 26".
2. "UCB Theater • Lennon Parham". Upright Citizens Brigade. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
3. "Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham Bond Over Baby Girls". People. May 31, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
4. lennonparham (November 28, 2016). "Jamming in my car with my 6 week old and a little "Celebrate Me Home". Thanks @kennyloggins & @kost1035fm #babys1stKenny". No. 803337008714104832.

External links

• Lennon Parham at IMDb

• 1975 births
• Living people
• 21st-century American actresses
• Actresses from Alabama
• Actresses from Georgia (U.S. state)
• American film actresses
• American comedy podcasters
• American television actresses
• American television writers
• American women comedians
• Actors from Bullock County, Alabama
• People from Lilburn, Georgia
• University of Evansville alumni
• American women television writers
• Upright Citizens Brigade Theater performers
• Screenwriters from Georgia (U.S. state)
• Screenwriters from Alabama
• 21st-century American comedians
• American women television producers
• 21st-century American screenwriters
• American women podcasters
• Television producers from Alabama
• Television producers from Georgia (U.S. state)
• Comedians from Alabama
• Comedians from Georgia (U.S. state)