Ellie Kemper is an American TV and film actress. She was also a writer for The Onion and McSweeney's.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellie-kemper She played the role of Kelly Erin Hannon on NBC's sitcom The Office. Kemper made her film debut in the comedy Mystery Team and later took a role in Nicholas Stoller's Get Him to the Greek, which starred Jonah Hill.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2608689/

She made her television debut on Redeeming Rainbow, a TV "mockumentary" movie.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2608689/ After attending Princeton and later Oxford University, Kemper became involved in improvisational comedy and was featured in shows like The Improvised Mystery, Listen Kid, Death and/or Despair and Gang Bang.http://www.tv.com/ellie-kemper/person/649151/biography.html

Ellie Kemper was born on May 2, 1980, in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended Princeton University, where she first became involved in improvisational comedy, joining a group called Quipfire!. She began her career as a TV actress in the mockumentary, Redeeming Rainbow in 2007.http://www.tv.com/ellie-kemper/person/649151/biography.html

In 2009, Kemper made her film debut, appearing with Donald Glover, D.C. Piersen and Dominic Dierkes in Mystery Team. That same year she appeared in two episodes of the Comedy Central sketch show, Important Things with Demetri Martin and portrayed the character of Kelly Erin Hannon in NBC's The Office with Steve Carrell and Rainn Wilson. In 2010, the actress then took a role in the comedy film Get Him to the Greek, which starred Jonah Hill and Russell Brand.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2608689/

• 2007: Redeeming Rainbow (TV movie)
• 2009: Mystery Team
• 2009: Cayman Went
• 2009 - 2010: Important Things with Dmitri Martin (TV)
• 2009 - 2010: The Office (TV)
• 2010: Get Him to the Greekhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2608689/

"I’m so worried about being new on that show, because the fans are die-hard. Any rippling of the water can be upsetting. So I’m very conscious of that in the first place, to be a new person in their familiar world." — Ellie Kemper, interview with The Onion A.V. Clubhttp://www.avclub.com/articles/ellie-kemper,40258/

"I think Kelly would have a series of wigs. Erin would have like, a backpack or a fanny pack." — Ellie Kemper, interview with Small Screen Scoophttp://smallscreenscoop.com/our-exclusive-interview-with-mindy-kaling-and-ellie-kemper-of-the-office/32573/ (Speaking about if a doll was made for her character, Kelly, on The Office)