An American actress and comedian best known for her four seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2008–2012. Raised in Wilton, Connecticut, the daughter of Paula Niedert, a talent coordinator, and actor/comedian Chris Elliott. She is the granddaughter of radio comedian Bob Elliott. As a child, she enjoyed acting in school plays at Our Lady of Fatima School in Wilton, and decided that she wanted to pursue acting as a career from an early age.She attended high school at Immaculate High School in Danbury, Connecticut, where she acted in school plays and musicals. After graduating from Immaculate High School in 2005, she attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York City but dropped out during the first semester.

Filmography

• 2026Love - Love — Casting director
• 2026Purgatory — Marianne Gravel, Executive Producer
• All Her Fault — Lia Irvine
• 2024An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)
• Krapopolis — Lachesis (voice)
• 2022Cheaper by the Dozen — Tricia
• The Bear — Natalie 'Sugar' Berzatto
• Indebted — Rebecca
• 2018Clara's Ghost — Julie Reynolds
• 2016Better Off Single — Angela
• Search Party — Dr. Amanda Baby
• Difficult People — Kayla
• Odd Mom Out — Brooke
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil — Porcupine Monster (voice), Janna Ordonia (voice)
• Garfunkel and Oates — Chevrolet
• 2014Life Partners — Vanessa
• 2014Sex Ed — Trish
• 2014Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Taylor
• 2012Fun Size — Lara
• 2012High Road — Monica
• 2 Broke Girls — Ruth
• Happy Endings — Katie
• 2011No Strings Attached — Joy
• 2010The Women of SNL — Various (archive footage)
• Ugly Americans — Emily (voice)
• Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday — Kristen Cavallari
• How I Met Your Mother — Jeanette Peterson
• King of the Hill — Hipster Girl (voice), Melrose (voice), Clerk #1 (voice)
• The Kellys
• The Swimming Lesson — Vickie

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Match Game — Self - Panelist
• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• The Jeselnik Offensive — Self
• 2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters