Kay Cannon Biography

Kay Cannon (nickname Kay Bo) is an American film and television writer and actress who is best known for her work as an Emmy-nominated writer and producer for the NBC series 30 Rock. She wrote the screenplay for the 2012 film Pitch Perfect and she is a co-executive producer and writer on New Girl.
Cannon graduated from Reed-Custer High School in Braidwood Illinois. She received her BA in Theatre and MA in Education at Lewis University in Romeoville Illinois. She trained in improvisation at The Second City and I.O. (ImprovOlympic) in Chicago.
In addition to being a writer for 30 Rock Cannon has had cameo roles on the series.
She was thanked by Alec Baldwin at the Golden Globe awards during his acceptance speech for Best Actor in a Comedy Series on January 15 2007. She has won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedic Series for her work on 30 Rock three times and also won a 2008 Peabody Award for her work on the show. In 2010 Cannon was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.

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