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Nora Kirkpatrick
Peru, Illinois, USA
Nora Kirkpatrick is an American actress, writer and director. She is a graduate from UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television. She is probably best known for her role as Kat…
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Nora Kirkpatrick is an American actress, writer and director. She is a graduate from UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television. She is probably best known for her role as Katherine, the stern president of Panhellenic, on the ABC Family TV series Greek, or for her recurring role on the ninth season of The Office as Esther Bruegger, a neighboring farmer's daughter who becomes Dwight's girlfriend. Kirkpatrick starred in the 2015 film Pink Grapefruit, which won the SXSW Grand Jury Award. She has played many other roles in film and TV, including Men at Work, Jennifer Falls, Don't Trust the B, and Chasing Life. She was one of the leads of the popular mockumentary web series Dorm Life, in which she played Courtney Cloverlock. in 2016, Kirkpatrick created a TV show for Comedy Central entitled Best-Seller, which she wrote with Saturday Night Live alum Dennis McNicholas. The show was produced by Olivia Wilde, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, and Adam McKay from Gloria Sanchez Productions. In 2017, Kirkpatrick created, wrote and directed Virtually Mike and Nora, the first virtual reality comedy series for Hulu, with collaborator Mike O'Brien. The first two episodes of the series played at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. In a 2017 Forbes article, Kirkpatrick mentions virtual reality's ability to cause "spatial un-comfortability," and her aim to make the viewer the lead character of the story. Kirkpatrick studies and performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in Los Angeles.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Couples Weekend
Movie Director
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2023
Daisy Jones & the Six
TV show Teleplay
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2023
Shrinking
TV show Kellie
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2019
Long Time Listener, First Time Caller
Movie Director
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2019
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
Movie Wife
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2017
Woman Child
Movie Kate Montgomery
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2017
Los
Movie Producer
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2017
Sandy Wexler
Movie Sienna
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2017
The Babymoon
Movie Shanon
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2016
Riders
TV show Mary
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2015
Movies in Space
Movie Rachel
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2015
Must Feed and Water
Movie Music
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2015
Pink Grapefruit
Movie
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2014
Chasing Life
TV show Jaclyn
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2014
Jennifer Falls
TV show Stephanie Doyle
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2014
Crying Man
Movie Brooke
More credits
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2014
Never
Movie Original Music Composer
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2013
Big Sur
Movie Alyson
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2013
The Goldbergs
TV show Director
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2013
All Together Now
Movie Kylie
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2013
Sexy Evil Genius
Movie Abby
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2012
Men at Work
TV show Nora
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2012
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
TV show Crissy
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2012
Dreamworld
Movie Jules
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2011
Breaking In
TV show Patty Boggs
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2010
How to Make Love to a Woman
Movie Carla
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2010
Growth
Movie Kirstin Daniels
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2008
Dorm Life
TV show
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2007
A Slice of Lynch
Movie Waitress
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2007
Greek
TV show Joel
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2007
John from Cincinnati
TV show Hotel Bartender
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2007
Crashing
Movie Barton's Girlfriend
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2007
Katrina
Movie Tyler
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2005
The Office
TV show Esther Bruegger
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2005
What's Bugging Seth
Movie Nora Green
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2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV show Jane Lewis
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Whodunnit
Movie Director
