Edi Patterson
Edi Christine Patterson 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), 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. She graduated from 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 appeared in the mystery 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.