Laurie Kilmartin is a comedian and an Emmy-nominated/WGA Award-winning writer for CONAN. She has also written for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, The Late Late Show, and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. She has performed standup on CONAN, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Comedy Central and Showtime. Her standup special, 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad made Vulture's list of Top Ten Comedy Specials of 2016. Festival appearances include Just for Laughs, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Moontower Comedy Festival.

Laurie has written two books, Dead People Suck and the New York Times bestseller Shitty Mom. She and fellow comic Jackie Kashian host a popular podcast about standup comedy called The Jackie and Laurie Show. Her new album, Corset, was released at #1 on the iTunes charts.Laurie’s recent TV appearances include After Midnight (CBS), The Talk (CBS), Sherri (syndicated) and being interviewed by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton on Gutsy Women (AppleTV).

Laurie’s new one-hour comedy special, Cis Woke Grief Slut is available on AppleTV, Amazon Prime and YouTube.In a January 2024 profile piece, the Los Angeles Times says that “Kilmartin has become one of the most fearless, respected performer-writers in the L.A. standup scene.”