Kathy Griffin was born in Chicago. She is the youngest of five children, with three brothers and a sister. According to her brothers, she was always trying to make others laugh, even circulating among guests at parties and telling jokes. When her parents retired and moved to California, shortly after Kathy finished high school, she decided to move with them and try to break into show business. Kathy, unlike many comedians who move to Los Angeles would soon find fame working in the local comedy clubs. Kathy got her comedy career off the ground when she joined the Los Angeles Groundlings improvisation group, where she performed for over seven years.

From her work at local Los Angeles comedy clubs, Kathy was chosen to be given a guest appearance on Mad About You, and a recurring role as Jerry Seinfeld’s girlfriend, Sally Weaver on Seinfeld. It was after these roles that HBO gave her her own half hour comedy special. The response was so great, that in 1998, HBO gave her a one-hour special entitled A Hot Cup Of Talk.

In the early 90s, Kathy Griffin went on to lend her voice to the animated series’ The Simpsons and Dilbert. Kathy went on to have guest appearances on over fifty different television series, including The Drew Carey Show, Ellen, Caroline In The City, The Tonight Show, and Whose Line Is It Anyway?. She is also seen in several Hollywood movies such as Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms and The Cable Guy. Most of Kathy’s fans know her as Vicki from NBC’s Suddenly Susan, which she co-starred in with Brooke Shields.

Kathy has said that while she loves sitcoms, her passion is reality television. Kathy was the host of Average Joe on NBC. She also competed in and won ABC’s Celebrity Mole. She had so much fun doing reality television that she went on to create MTV’s Kathy’s So Called Reality. Kathy has a new unscripted reality series on the Bravo network entitled My Life On The D-List.

Kathy hosted the Billboard Music Awards for three years in a row, where she met and became friends with Snoop Dogg. Eminem later agreed to put Kathy in his music video “The Real Slim Shady” thanks to a good word put in by Snoop to Dr. Dre, the producer of the video.

Kathy is married to Matt Moline, a computer technician. Their wedding was held in 2001 atop Hollywood’s 360-Degrees Restaurant. Kathy’s long time friend and co-star, Brooke Shields was her Maid Of Honor. Prior to meeting Matt Moline, Kathy was romantically linked to Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino.

My Life On The D List can be seen each Wednesday at 10pm on Bravo.