Fortune Feimster
Biography
Fortune Feimster is an American comedian, writer and actress who grew up in Belmont, North Carolina. She relocated to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue comedy, and in 2005 she joined The Groundlings Theatre, where she studied improv and sketch before being picked for its Sunday Company. Her television debut came on Last Comic Standing in 2010, and she played Colette on The Mindy Project between 2015 and 2017. She also appeared as Heather on the reboot The L Word: Generation Q. In 2019 she started hosting What a Joke with Papa and Fortune, the SiriusXM radio show she presents alongside Tom Papa, where she interviews comedians and celebrities; it was the first live programming on the Netflix is a Joke channel. On screen she took a supporting role in Zootopia 2 (2025) as Nibbles Maplestick, a beaver who hosts a podcast, and the article calls the film a critical and commercial success.
46years old
Turns 47 on July 1in 261 days
- Born Charlotte
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Emily Fortune Feimster
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 13 years2013 to 2026
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A change of course
After she connected with a journalist who worked for the Los Angeles Daily News and lived near Procter, Feimster started a seven-year career in entertainment journalism.
Early training
Feimster trained at The Groundlings Theatre from 2005, studying improv and sketch comedy, and after four years was chosen for the Groundlings' Sunday Company.
A change of course
After a year in Spain, Feimster moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue comedy and work as a personal assistant to Procter.
A first
In July 2019, Feimster started hosting What a Joke with Papa and Fortune alongside Tom Papa. On that SiriusXM channel, Netflix is a Joke, the show was the first live programming.
Fortune Feimster movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Zootopia 22025 Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Mysteryas Nibbles Maplestickvoice
IMDb rating 7.3155K votes
Worked with
Fortune Feimster shares two films with Margaret Cho, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Margaret Cho's page
Hayden Szeto's page
Danny Trejo's page
Alec Baldwin's page
David Strathairn's page
Seymour Cassel's page
Kemp PowersDirector, 1 film, 2020
All films by Kemp Powers
All films by Pete Docter
All films by Byron Howard
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.