Julia Sweeney

Julia Sweeney trained with The Groundlings improvisational comedy troupe beginning in 1988, eventually joining the Sunday Company, where she developed the characters she would later bring to stage, film, and television. Her work at The Groundlings led directly to her casting on Saturday Night Live, where she performed from 1990 to 1994. At The Groundlings she also co-wrote Mea's Big Apology, which won the Best Written Play Award from L.A. Weekly in 1988.