Who is Kay Cannon?- Biography
Kay Cannon is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actress. Cannon is a screenwriter, actor, and producer best known for the films Pitch Perfect (2012), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017). She is well noted for her roles on NBC’s 30 Rock (2006) and Netflix’s Girlboss (2017). Cannon has received three Writers Guild of America awards and has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.
How old is Kay?- Age
Kay is 50 years old as of August 2024. She was born Kathryn Ellen Cannon on 22 August 1974, in Illinois, United States of America.
Kay Height
Cannon stands at a height of 5′ 4″ (1.63 m).
Kay Family- Education
Kay Cannon grew up in Custer Park, Illinois, as the fifth of seven children. She graduated from Reed-Custer High School in Braidwood, Illinois, and went on to get a BA in Theatre and an MA in Education from Lewis University in Romeoville.
Who is Kay Cannon married to?- Husband
Cannon married actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis in 2004, after five years of dating. They split in 2008 and divorced in 2010. Cannon and her second husband, comedic writer Eben Russell, have a daughter, born in October 2013.
What does Kay Cannon do for a living?
Cannon studied at Second City, ImprovOlympic, and ComedySportz. Her first job was as a comedian at ComedySportz. She has performed arts and improvisational shows at shows such as Amsterdam, Boom Chicago in the Netherlands, Second City, ImprovOlympic (Western and Chicago) in Chicago and Las Vegas, and The Theatre Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles and New York City. Cannon starred in the independent film The Tin Man (2013). She has guest-starred on the NBC series “30 Rock”, “New Girl”, and “Cristela”. She starred in the film Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), and starred in the film How to Be Single (2016), starring Rebel Wilson and Dakota Johnson. While performing and writing in Chicago, he met actress Tina Fey, also from Second City. When Fey began writing the NBC comedy 30 Rock, she brought Cannon onto her writing team. She rose from staff writer to producer. Cannon won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy for “30 Rock” three times. She won a Peabody Award for her performance on the series in 2008.
Cannon was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2010. During this time, Cannon also served as a producer on Baby Mama (2008). She relocated from New York to Los Angeles, signing a full development deal with 20th Century Fox. Under the deal, she worked as a producer on “New Girl” and as a creative director on “Cristela”. As part of her development, Cannon sold an office drama series, “The Wrecking Crew”, to Fox and wrote the pilot “El Chapo” for CBS. She later created and executive produced the series Girlboss, based on the real life story of Sofia Amoruso, for Netflix. Cannon’s first comedy production was the a cappella comedy Pitch Perfect (2012). He wrote and co-directed the feature films Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017). Cannon made his film debut in “Blockers”. The film was released on April 6, 2018, by Universal Pictures. He stars and is produced by James Corden and his production company.
Kay Cannon Net Worth
Kay has a fortune of 500 thousand dollars.