Mary Birdsong
Biography
Mary Birdsong, an American actress, comedian, writer, and singer, was raised on Long Beach Island, New Jersey, and studied acting at New York University. Her screen debut came in 1996 with the TV film Live On Tape. She is best known for playing Deputy Cherisha Kimball on Reno 911! from 2005 to 2007 and 2020 to 2022, as well as in its spin-off movies in 2007 and 2021. Her film work includes Halloween II (2009), The Descendants, High School (2010), Buried (2010), and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013), and she voiced a role in Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022). On television, she was a correspondent on The Daily Show and Crossballs and appeared in Succession. On stage, she won a Theatre World Award for Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and played Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray.
58years old
Turns 59 on April 18in 185 days
- Born Long Beach Island
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Mary Evans Birdsong
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 15 years2007 to 2022
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Behind the award
Birdsong won a Theatre World Award for her performance in the Martin Short comedy musical Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, which she appeared in from July 2006 to January 2007.
Beyond film
Birdsong took her one-woman show, 3 Days in the Tub: A Mama Drama, to Los Angeles, where it ran at Comedy Central Stage and the Fake Gallery, and later to New York City's Joe's Pub.
Mary Birdsong movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Robert Ben Garant directed two of these films. Carlos Alazraqui appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Carlos Alazraqui's page
Thomas Lennon's page
Toby Huss's page
Wendi McLendon-Covey's page
Niecy Nash's page
Cedric Yarbrough's page
All films by Robert Ben Garant
Also three films together2 more actors
- Ian RobertsReno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist (2022), Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon (2021) and Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
- Kerri KenneyReno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist (2022), Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon (2021) and Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2007 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.