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Taylor Kay Phillips is an American writer and comedian from Kansas City, Missouri best known for her work on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and her humor book, A Guide to Midwestern Conversation. A writing team she is part of has won a Primetime Emmy and a Writers Guild of America Award for their work on Last Week Tonight.
Biography[edit]
Phillips was born in Kansas City, Missouri where she attended The Barstow School..[1] Later, she attended Harvard University where she majored in English and was a part of the comedy troupe, On Thin Ice.[2] After graduating, she moved to New York City where she trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.[1] Her humor has also appeared in several publications like The Atlantic, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and The New Yorker.[3][4][5]
In 2022, Phillips joined the writing staff of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.[6] The team's work earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series[7] and a Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series[8]
A Guide to Midwestern Conversation[edit]
Phillips published her first book, A Guide to Midwestern Conversation, in 2023.[9] The book is based on a series of humor pieces she published in McSweeney's,[10] and was named one of the best comedy books in 2023 by Vulture.[11]
Personal Life[edit]
Phillips is married to Colombian writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Felipe Torres Medina. She lives in New York City.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c https://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/article266418041.html
- ^ "Harvard Class of 2015". harvard2015.com.
- ^ Phillips, Taylor Kay. "Taylor Kay Phillips". The Atlantic.
- ^ "Taylor Kay Phillips - McSweeney's Internet Tendency". McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
- ^ Nast, Condé. "Taylor Kay Phillips". The New Yorker.
- ^ White, Peter (September 4, 2022). "'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver' Continues Emmy Streak With Writing Win; Can Anyone Stop HBO Show In Main Late-Night Category?".
- ^ "Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series Nominees / Winners 2022". Television Academy.
- ^ "2023 Writers Guild Awards Winners & Nominees". awards.wga.org.
- ^ Hadlock, Amanda (February 27, 2023). "A perfectly Midwestern Conversation with Last Week Tonight writer Taylor Kay Phillips".
- ^ D’Acquisto, Carmella (2023-08-08). "A New Book From a Midwestern Commedian". Milwaukee Magazine. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ Boone, Brian (December 7, 2023). "The Best Comedy Books of 2023". Vulture.