Kate Comer

Kate Comer
OccupationActress
Years active2007-present

Kate Comer is an American actress.

Career

Comer grew up in Sarasota, Florida, where she was involved with community theatre. As a teenager, she became obsessed with movies such as Trainspotting, Donnie Darko and Pretty in Pink. She was also inspired by African-American characters like Angela Moore from Boy Meets World.[1] She studied at the Howey Acting Studio[where?] which she credits as having "allowed and encouraged [her] to be [herself] 100%".[2] She joined the cast of New Warriors as the character Debrii on Freeform.[3] The show was dropped by Freeform before being cancelled.[4] Despite this, Comer maintains a close friendship with her cast mates.[5]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Wainy Days — Production assistant
2009 Michael & Michael Have Issues Diet Cola Girl
2011 Crying in Public Coffee Shop Crier Short
2015 Hello, My Name Is Doris Hipster Girl
2019 Wine Country Clem
2020 King Knight Rowena
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Dollhouse Attendant Episode: "Stop-Loss"
2009-2011 The Whitest Kids U' Know Various 4 episodes
2013 The Office Photographer Episode: "Paper Airplane"
2013 Criminal Minds Casey Episode: "Final Shot"
2014 Murder in the First Lisa Sunday Episode: "The City of Sisterly Love"
2014 The Comeback Rada 3 episodes
2014-2015 The Fosters Hipster 2 episodes
2015 Shameless Art Teacher Episode: "Milk of the Gods"
2015 Other Space Crew Member #1 Episode: "Into the Great Beyond... Beyond"
2016 Veep Secretary Episode: "Inauguration"
2016 Roadies Robin Episode: "The Corporate Gig"
2017 Animal Kingdom Eileen Episode: "Broken Boards"
2017 Modern Family Destiny Episode: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Phil Dunphy"
2018 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Amanda Episode: "The Gang Escapes"
2018 Marvel's New Warriors Deborah Fields / Debrii TV pilot
2019 I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson Miranda Episode: "Thanks for Thinking They Are Cool"
2019 You're The Worst Debbie / Ripped Jeans Episode: "The One We Don't Talk About"
2019 What We Do in the Shadows Park Woman Episode: "Pilot"
2022 The Dropout Miriam Episode: "Satori"

References

  1. ^ "BNC Obsidian Archive: Kate Comer". Black Girls Create. May 1, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Comer, Kate (September 12, 2016). "Kate Comer". The Howey Acting Studio. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (July 10, 2017). "Marvel's 'New Warriors' Sets Its Cast — Including Squirrel Girl". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  4. ^ Polito, Thomas (September 15, 2019). "Marvel's 'New Warriors is Dead; Superhero Show Fails to Find a New Home". The GWW. Archived from the original on September 16, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Instagram Zoom Post". Instagram. April 15, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.