Lisa Lampenelli is one of the most high-profile insult comics. Though actually born in Connecticut, she is identified as a New Yorker, where she built up her career on the stand-up comic circuit. She is known for her outrageous pot shots at celebrities as well as references to her own weight and sexuality. Her acid wit and boisterous delivery has ...
Syracuse University, St. Joseph High School, Harvard University, Boston College
Nationality
American
Spouse
Jimmy Cannizzaro
Parents
Leonard Lampugnale, Gloria Lampugnale
Siblings
Nancy Lessard
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Movies
Lisa Lampanelli: Take It Like a Man, Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, Delta Farce, Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular, Witless Protection, Drillbit Taylor, Roast of Larry the Cable Guy, Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff, Not Fade Away, Lisa Lampanelli: The Queen of Mean, Lisa L...
TV Shows
Howard Stern on Demand
Star Sign
Cancer
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Trademark
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Jokes about race
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Profanity laden insults
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Quote
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The difference between me and some comics that have some hate, like the Kramer thing, put it this way; if a black guy hits me with his car, my first impulse isn't "f-ing n-word" it's "f-ing asshole." If you go right to race, hate is what you have inside.
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"I think it's what they see on the inside. They know I'm just kidding around. Because if it's funny -- if it's a good joke, it's a good joke. So no matter what, people will laugh if it's well written. But also, I think it'd be much harder for a very, very hot woman to get away with it because if you look like Cameron Diaz and you're trying to do this humor, women in the audience might get mad, they think you're trying to steal their guy. It's because I'm more the woman next door, soccer-type mom, so it's more shocking coming out of my mouth, but that works for me." Interview, 2006.
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Fact
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Upper West Side, New York City [October 2010]
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Her father is of Italian descent. Her maternal grandfather was of Polish descent, and her maternal grandmother was also of Italian descent.
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Started performing stand-up Comedy when she was age 30.
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She has a Yorkshire Terrier mixed dog, Parker, named after Sarah Jessica Parker.
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Sister of Nancy Lessard.
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She graduated from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York with a Bachelor's degree.
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She first worked as a newspaper reporter in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She began her show business career as a party DJ and studied improvisation.