Andrea Kristen Savage born February 20, is an American actress and comedian known best known for creating, writing and starring in the show I'm Sorry — The show originally aired on TruTV , but became a hit when it streamed on Netflix.
She also has appeared in Curb Your Enthusiasm. She is three quarters Ashkenazi Jewish and one quarter Greek descent her maternal grandfather was of Greek origin.
In her senior year of high school, she played the title character in Mame. Soon after, she joined The Groundlings theater, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] performing weekly in their company. After taking time off to have her child, in , Savage was in the film Dinner For Schmucks. In addition, Savage created and starred in a series of shorts for the HBO show Funny or Die Presents [ 8 ] about a very pregnant woman trying to engage in some casual sex, [ 9 ] as well as a series entitled "Reenactments of Actual Conversations from the Ladies Rooms of Hollywood".
Additionally, she has recently appeared on other popular comedies such as Modern Family , House of Lies , and The League.
The series is a parody of the reality television franchise The Real Housewives on Bravo. Season one The Hotwives of Orlando focused on Orlando, while season two now titled The Hotwives of Vegas took place in Las Vegas with the same cast playing new characters. In , she began appearing as Senator and later President Laura Montez on Veep , who first appears as the running mate of the titular Veep's opponent, before ultimately becoming president in a complex manipulation of constitutional procedure.
