Nora Kirkpatrick

Nora Kirkpatrick is an American actress, writer and director. She is a graduate from UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television. She is probably best known for her role as Katherine, the stern president of Panhellenic, on the ABC Family TV series Greek, or for her recurring role on the ninth season of The Office as Esther Bruegger, a neighboring farmer's daughter who becomes Dwight's girlfriend. Kirkpatrick starred in the 2015 film Pink Grapefruit, which won the SXSW Grand Jury Award. She has played many other roles in film and TV, including Men at Work, Jennifer Falls, Don't Trust the B, and Chasing Life. She was one of the leads of the popular mockumentary web series Dorm Life, in which she played Courtney Cloverlock. in 2016, Kirkpatrick created a TV show for Comedy Central entitled Best-Seller, which she wrote with Saturday Night Live alum Dennis McNicholas. The show was produced by Olivia Wilde, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, and Adam McKay from Gloria Sanchez Productions. In 2017, Kirkpatrick created, wrote and directed Virtually Mike and Nora, the first virtual reality comedy series for Hulu, with collaborator Mike O'Brien. The first two episodes of the series played at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. In a 2017 Forbes article, Kirkpatrick mentions virtual reality's ability to cause "spatial un-comfortability," and her aim to make the viewer the lead character of the story. Kirkpatrick studies and performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in Los Angeles.

Dreamworld (2012)

Oliver Hayes, an aspiring animator whose confidence is at a low point, meets the captivating and impulsive Lily Blush, who encourages him to drop everything and go with her to Northern California in the hopes of fulfilling his fantasy of working for Pixar Animation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Darst
CAST:  Whit Hertford  •  Mary Kate Wiles  •  Nora Kirkpatrick  •  Matt Bush

Oliver Hayes, an aspiring animator whose confidence is at a low point, meets the captivating and impulsive Lily Blush, who encourages him to drop everything and go with her to Northern California in the hopes of fulfilling his fantasy of working for Pixar Animation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Darst
CAST:  Whit Hertford  •  Mary Kate Wiles  •  Nora Kirkpatrick  •  Matt Bush

Big Sur (2013)

Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Polish
CAST:  Kate Bosworth  •  Josh Lucas  •  Radha Mitchell  •  Stana Katic

Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Polish
CAST:  Kate Bosworth  •  Josh Lucas  •  Radha Mitchell  •  Stana Katic

Sexy Evil Genius (2013)

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A dark comedy about an eclectic group of strangers invited to a downtown bar by a mutual ex-lover, Nikki Franklyn, a maddeningly sexy, unpredictable and possibly insane young woman who's recently gotten out of prison for murdering her last ex-boyfriend. The party ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shawn Piller
CAST:  Seth Green  •  William Baldwin  •  Katee Sackhoff  •  Michelle Trachtenberg

A dark comedy about an eclectic group of strangers invited to a downtown bar by a mutual ex-lover, Nikki Franklyn, a maddeningly sexy, unpredictable and possibly insane young woman who's recently gotten out of prison for murdering her last ex-boyfriend. The party ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shawn Piller
CAST:  Seth Green  •  William Baldwin  •  Katee Sackhoff  •  Michelle Trachtenberg

Crashing (2007)

It sounds like a budding writer's dream: a bestselling first novel, a luxurious house in Malibu, and a trophy wife... But it all unravels when writer's block and a failed marriage send Richard McMurray out into the streets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Walkow
CAST:  David Cross  •  Caleigh White  •  Campbell Scott  •  Alex Kingston

It sounds like a budding writer's dream: a bestselling first novel, a luxurious house in Malibu, and a trophy wife... But it all unravels when writer's block and a failed marriage send Richard McMurray out into the streets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Walkow
CAST:  David Cross  •  Caleigh White  •  Campbell Scott  •  Alex Kingston

Growth (2010)

In 1989, a breakthrough in "advanced parasitic research" on Cuttyhunk Island gave scientists a jump in human evolution. Initial tests proved promising, as subjects experienced heightened physical and mental strength and awareness. But - something in the experiment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Cowan
CAST:  Mircea Monroe  •  Christopher Shand  •  Brian Krause  •  Nora Kirkpatrick

In 1989, a breakthrough in "advanced parasitic research" on Cuttyhunk Island gave scientists a jump in human evolution. Initial tests proved promising, as subjects experienced heightened physical and mental strength and awareness. But - something in the experiment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Cowan
CAST:  Mircea Monroe  •  Christopher Shand  •  Brian Krause  •  Nora Kirkpatrick

All Together Now (2013)

Youth, in all its messy, drunken glory, is the connective thread at an all night noise-rock concert in the woods, where a motley assortment of music lovers prove that it isn’t always darkest before the dawn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Mirecki
CAST:  Lou Taylor Pucci  •  James Duval  •  Stella Maeve  •  Nora Kirkpatrick

Youth, in all its messy, drunken glory, is the connective thread at an all night noise-rock concert in the woods, where a motley assortment of music lovers prove that it isn’t always darkest before the dawn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Mirecki
CAST:  Lou Taylor Pucci  •  James Duval  •  Stella Maeve  •  Nora Kirkpatrick

Movies in Space (2015)

The axiom that in Hollywood “nobody knows anything” also rings true in the rest of the galaxy, so Earth Ambassador Travis Shepherd discovers when he inadvertently becomes a movie mogul on an alien planet. An infectiously hilarious marvel in its comic escalation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris W. Smith
CAST:  Chris W. Smith  •  Jack De Sena  •  Nora Kirkpatrick

The axiom that in Hollywood “nobody knows anything” also rings true in the rest of the galaxy, so Earth Ambassador Travis Shepherd discovers when he inadvertently becomes a movie mogul on an alien planet. An infectiously hilarious marvel in its comic escalation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris W. Smith
CAST:  Chris W. Smith  •  Jack De Sena  •  Nora Kirkpatrick

Pink Grapefruit (2015)

A young married couple brings two of their single friends out to Palm Springs for a long weekend. It does not go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Mohan
CAST:  Nora Kirkpatrick  •  Wendy McColm  •  Matt Peters  •  Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

A young married couple brings two of their single friends out to Palm Springs for a long weekend. It does not go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Mohan
CAST:  Nora Kirkpatrick  •  Wendy McColm  •  Matt Peters  •  Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

Woman Child (2017)

When a teacher at a Christian high school becomes pregnant out of wedlock, she is forced to decide if she should yield to the institution's teachings or fight for her civil liberties.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emily Bloom
CAST:  Alexie Gilmore  •  Tone Bell  •  Toby Huss  •  Nora Kirkpatrick

When a teacher at a Christian high school becomes pregnant out of wedlock, she is forced to decide if she should yield to the institution's teachings or fight for her civil liberties.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emily Bloom
CAST:  Alexie Gilmore  •  Tone Bell  •  Toby Huss  •  Nora Kirkpatrick

Sandy Wexler (2017)

When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Brill
CAST:  Adam Sandler  •  Kevin James  •  Terry Crews  •  Rob Schneider

When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Brill
CAST:  Adam Sandler  •  Kevin James  •  Terry Crews  •  Rob Schneider

The Babymoon (2017)

In a fragile relationship, a husband wants to impress upon his pregnant wife his seriousness in being a good father, so he whisks her away on a babymoon travel holiday to the most exotic, beautiful, Instagram -able, country imaginable, which unbeknownst to him is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bailey Kobe
CAST:  Julie McNiven  •  Shaun Sipos  •  Jessica Camacho  •  Michael Steger

In a fragile relationship, a husband wants to impress upon his pregnant wife his seriousness in being a good father, so he whisks her away on a babymoon travel holiday to the most exotic, beautiful, Instagram -able, country imaginable, which unbeknownst to him is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bailey Kobe
CAST:  Julie McNiven  •  Shaun Sipos  •  Jessica Camacho  •  Michael Steger

Long Time Listener, First Time Caller (2019)

After accidentally tuning to a late-night radio show, a small-town and sexually repressed woman, calls in to get some answers to her pressing questions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nora Kirkpatrick
CAST:  Breeda Wool  •  Juliet Mills  •  Jen Tullock  •  Dominic Bogart

After accidentally tuning to a late-night radio show, a small-town and sexually repressed woman, calls in to get some answers to her pressing questions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nora Kirkpatrick
CAST:  Breeda Wool  •  Juliet Mills  •  Jen Tullock  •  Dominic Bogart

Modern/Love in 7 Short Films (2019)

Seven romantic comedies from the UK, Australia, and the US explore our modern romantic entanglements in all their hilarious, mundane, sexy and nerve-wracking ways. The festival hits from Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca star well-known actors like Natalie Dormer, Tom Burke, ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Thomas Ward  •  Erin James  •  Nick Nemeroff  •  Erin Foster

Seven romantic comedies from the UK, Australia, and the US explore our modern romantic entanglements in all their hilarious, mundane, sexy and nerve-wracking ways. The festival hits from Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca star well-known actors like Natalie Dormer, Tom Burke, ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Thomas Ward  •  Erin James  •  Nick Nemeroff  •  Erin Foster

Crying Man (2014)

The surreal story of a young woman who, through interacting with a mysterious, crying stranger at the grocery store, comes to realize her own sadness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brett Allen Smith
CAST:  Nora Kirkpatrick  •  Tyler Cook  •  Kelly Daly  •  Dink O'Neal

The surreal story of a young woman who, through interacting with a mysterious, crying stranger at the grocery store, comes to realize her own sadness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brett Allen Smith
CAST:  Nora Kirkpatrick  •  Tyler Cook  •  Kelly Daly  •  Dink O'Neal