Kerri Kenney-Silver

Kerri Kenney-Silver
Kenney-Silver before shooting a scene of Suburban Shootout in Southampton Village, New York, September 2008
Born	Kerri Kenney (1970-01-20) January 20, 1970 Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, comedian, singer, writer
Years active	1992–present
Spouse(s)	Steven V. Silver (2004-present; 1 child)

Kerri Kenney-Silver (born January 20, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, singer and writer best known as a cast member on MTV's The State and for her role as Deputy Trudy Wiegel on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!.

Early life

Kenney-Silver was born Kerri Kenney in Westport, Connecticut, the daughter of Sharon (McGaughey) and Larry Kenney, an actor who is known for his classic voice-over work. She has a sister, Ashley, and a brother, Tanner.

Career

During the early 1990s, Kenney-Silver joined with the sketch comedy group The State. The group was picked up for a self-titled sketch comedy show on MTV, The State, which lasted for four seasons between 1993 and 1995. After the show's completion, Kenney-Silver continued working with her fellow troupe members on other projects. In 1996, she co-wrote and starred in Viva Variety, a parody of variety shows that aired on Comedy Central for two seasons.

Kenney-Silver in character with Reno 911! co-star Thomas Lennon at Mardi Gras, 2009

In 2000, Kenney-Silver voiced the character of "Gravitina" in the children's cartoon Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. She has since done a number of voices on the Nickelodeon series Invader Zim. Additionally, she was cast as a regular on The Ellen Show, which aired until 2001. She later found success with Reno 911!, a series on Comedy Central that parodied police reality shows like COPS, which also featured former members of the State, Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant, and Joe Lo Truglio. The show was cancelled in 2009 after six seasons. Kenney-Silver also appeared on the TV series Still Standing.

In July 2008, Kenney-Silver made her debut as "Dame Delilah", the title character in the web series Dame Delilah's Fantasy Ranch & Gift Shoppe. On the site, various comedians give video testimony as characters working at or otherwise visiting the fictional Cat House. Kenney-Silver created the series and it was produced by her husband, Steve Silver, and Jared Mazzaschi.

Kenney-Silver was among the cast of Suburban Shootout, a pilot episode directed and executive produced by Barry Sonnenfeld for HBO. The pilot filmed in The Hamptons, Long Island, in September 2008. HBO has not announced if it will pick up the pilot for a season. The pilot is based on the British comedy of the same name.

Kenney-Silver has appeared in films such as All About Steve, Reno 911!: Miami, National Lampoon's Pledge This!, Balls of Fury, The Ten, Role Models, and Wanderlust.

In December 2011 it was announced that Kenney-Silver and actress Jamie Denbo are developing a new series for Comedy Central called "Dame Delilah’s Rabbit Hole Ranch" based on a web series they previously created and starred in.

In March 2012 it was announced Kenney-Silver had been cast a lead role in the ABC comedy pilot Counter Culture about three aging sisters (Kenney, Delta Burke and Margo Martindale) running their family diner together in West Texas. The pilot was not picked up for production by ABC.

In 2015 she began voicing the character of Miriam in the Nickelodeon series Harvey Beaks.

In 2016 she appeared in the reoccurring role of Syd, Mickey's neighbor, in the Netflix original series Love.

Personal life

Kenney-Silver was the lead singer and bass guitarist of the indie rock band Cake Like. She is married to cinematographer Steven V. Silver, with whom she has one son, Kai, born on August 6, 2005.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Love God	Darla
1998	Orange Quarters	First Funeral Mourner
1999	Terror Firmer	Woman with Eyeball in Her Cleavage
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	Paco's Wife
2003	Kim Possible: The Secret Files	The Bebes	voice
2005	Waiting...	Lilli
2006	Pledge This!	Kathy Johnson
2007	The Ten	Bernice Jaffe
	Reno 911!: Miami	Deputy Trudy Wiegel	Also writer and producer
	Balls of Fury	Cameo appeared
	The Comebacks	Sports Judge
2008	Role Models	Lynette Farcques
2009	All About Steve	Miss Hancock
2012	Wanderlust	Kathy
	Fun Size	Barb
2015	Hell and Back	Madame Zonare	voice

Television series
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	You Wrote It, You Watch It	Various Characters
1993–1995	The State	Various
1997	Viva Variety	Agatha Laupin	16 episodes Nominated - CableACE Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
1998	Hercules	Gaia (voice)	Episode: Hercules and the Prince of Thrace
2000	Hey Neighbor	Dotty	TV pilot
	The Weekenders	Tish's Mom (voice)	Episode: To Be or Not to Be
	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Various (voice)	5 episodes
2001	Clerks	Mother (voice)	2 episodes
2001–2002	The Ellen Show	Pam	16 episodes
2001–2002	Invader ZIM	Various (voice)	2 episodes
2002	What I Like About You	Lisa Lillien	Episode: Pilot
2003	Titletown		TV pilot
2004	Brandy & Mr. Whiskers	Mama Croc (voice)	2 episodes
	Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker	Alice Karp	Episode: Putt-Putt
2002–2006	Still Standing	Marion Fitzsimmons	5 episodes
2006	Lovespring International	Beatrice	Episode: The Psychic
2002–2007	Kim Possible	Bebes (voice)	5 episodes
2008	Pushing Daisies	Alexandria	Episode: Oh Oh Oh... It's Magic
2003–2009	Reno 911!	Deputy Trudy Wiegel	88 episodes
2010
	Adventure Time	Old Lady Princess	Episode: When Wedding Bells Thaw
	Tax Man	Bethany	TV pilot
	Party Down	Aviatrix	Episode: Not on Your Wife Opening Night
	Childrens Hospital	Dutch Tourist	Episode: Give a Painted Brother a Break
	Pretend Time	Mrs. Hampton	Episode: Mudslide Junction
2011	Raising Hope	Gwen	Episode: Everybody Flirts... Sometimes
	NTSF:SD:SUV	4-Sight	Episode: The Birthday Party That Was Neither
	Burning Love	Jay	TV pilot
2012	Are You There, Chelsea?	Olga	Episode: Surprise
	Counter Culture	Billie Haynes	TV pilot
	Anger Management	Mel	Episode: Charlie and the Slumpbuster
	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Therapist	Episode: The Gang Gets Analysed
2014	Us & Them	Gwen
	American Dad!	Parole Officer	Episode: Now and Gwen
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Real Estate Agent	Episode: "Auditions"
	Harvey Beaks	Miriam	Voice
2016	Angie Tribeca	Laurie Partridge	Episode: "Ferret Royale"
	Love	Syd	3 episodes
	Animals.	Leslie (voice)	Episode: "Rats."
	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	Mrs. Gullier	Episode: "Amir Is Glenn's Mentor"
	Lady Dynamite	Ginny Kimmle	Episode: "Mein Ramp"

External links

• Kerri Kenney-Silver at the Internet Movie Database