Edi Patterson

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**Edi Christine Patterson** (born November 14, 1972) is an American actress and writer. She has primarily acted in comedies. She is best known for portraying Fran in the film *Knives Out* (2019), Veronica in the series *Partners* (2014), and Ms. Abbott in the series *Vice Principals* (2016–2017), and Judy Gemstone in *The Righteous Gemstones* (2019–present).

## Early life

Edi Patterson was born in Texas City, Texas. Her mother, Jeanne Patterson, was a teacher and her father, Dennis Patterson, was a plumber. They were a very religious family who attended the Episcopal church. She graduated high school in 1993  and attended Southwest Texas State University, obtaining a theater bachelor of arts in 1997.

## Career

After graduating from college, Patterson became an improv performer for both Theatresports in Austin, Texas and with The Groundlings

Highlights of her screen career to date, have been regular roles in several TV series, including eleven episodes of *The Underground* in 2006, ten episodes playing Veronica in *Partners* alongside Kelsey Grammer in 2014, starred as Ms. Abbott for 15 episodes of *Vice Principals* (2016–2017), had a long standing voice only role in *We Bare Bears* between 2015–2018, played the recurring role of Elizabeth for 6 episodes of *The Last O.G.* in 2018.

In 2019, Patterson starred as Judy Gemstone alongside John Goodman in the HBO TV series *The Righteous Gemstones* about a famous but dysfunctional family of televangelists. The same year, Patterson starred in the film *Knives Out* which had its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival  and received three nominations at the 77th Golden Globe Awards.

## Filmography

### Video

 1998
 2012

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Texan Edi Patterson enjoys acting in The Underground". Houston Chronicle. 2006. https://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Texan-Edi-Patterson-enjoys-acting-in-The-1559683.php. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
2. ↑ "Edi Patterson Married Life With Husband, Family, Bio, Movies & More". marrieddivorce.com. 2020. https://marrieddivorce.com/actress/edi-patterson-age-husband-family.html.
3. ↑ "Texas City High School, Texas City, TX, CLASS OF 1993". old-friends.co. 2020. https://old-friends.co/class.php?s=13079&c=1993.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Actress Edi Patterson is scoring some good roles in Hollywood films". txstate.edu. 2018. https://news.txstate.edu/alumni-impact/2018/edi-patterson.html.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Vice Principals' Danny McBride on That Morally Complicated Series Finale". tvguide.com. 2017. http://www.tvguide.com/news/vice-principals-finale-danny-mcbride/. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The 14 Most Anticipated Movies at the Toronto Film Festival "Knives Out"". variety.com. 2019. https://variety.com/2019/film/awards/toronto-film-festival-joker-uncut-gems-hustlers-laundromat-ford-v-ferrari-1203324429/.
7. ↑ "Read Ryan Johnson's Knives Out Script". dreadcentral.com. 2019. https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/315949/read-rian-johnsons-knives-out-script/.
8. ↑ "Charlie Sheen's Anger Management to premiere with Partners". digitalspy.com. 2014. http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/news/a587336/charlie-sheens-anger-management-to-premiere-with-partners/. Retrieved June 3, 2018.

## External links

* Groundlings.com - Edi Patterson
* Improtheatre.com - Edi Patterson
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* Edi Patterson on TwitterTemplate:WikidataCheck

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