Biography: Nora got her start working at the infamouse Second City comedy troupe where she was eventually spotted by Saturday Night Live casting directors and then joined the SNL cast in 1984 (at the time joining Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr. Nora Dunn, Anthony Michael Hall, Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, A. Whitney Brown, and Al Franken in what is considered the "Dark ... show all Nora got her start working at the infamouse Second City comedy troupe where she was eventually spotted by Saturday Night Live casting directors and then joined the SNL cast in 1984 (at the time joining Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr. Nora Dunn, Anthony Michael Hall, Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, A. Whitney Brown, and Al Franken in what is considered the "Dark years" in the history of SNL).
She was a graduate from the Art institute of Chicago and also studied at the Jean Sheldon Acting Workshop in San Francisco.
In addition to her roles on television and film, Dunn performs her critically acclaimed 'one woman' show in theaters around the country. She recently completed a screenplay that she will direct and is the author of a book, Nobody's Rib. hide |