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Carrie Kemper (born March 16, 1984) is an American
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who worked as a staff writer on the
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sitcom ''
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''. She is the sister of actress
Ellie Kemper Elizabeth Claire Kemper (born May 2, 1980) is an American actress, best known for her roles of Erin Hannon in the sitcom ''The Office'' (2009–2013) and Kimmy Schmidt in the sitcom '' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (2015–2019). She has also app ...
.


Career

Kemper worked as a staff writer on ''The Office'' from the beginning of the show's seventh season. She wrote the episodes "Ultimatum" (season 7, episode 13); "Spooked" (season 8, episode 5); "The Whale", in which she appeared as Jan Levinson's assistant Molly (season 9, episode 7); and " Junior Salesman" (season 9, episode 13). In 2010, Kemper and 21 other writers shared a
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award nomination for their work on ''The Office''. In 2013, she had a brief appearance in the ''
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'' episode "Smashed" as Mrs. Astronaut Lovel. In 2014, she joined ''
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'' as a writer and producer. In 2019, she won a
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for her work on ''
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''. In 2022, she worked as a writer on '' The Rehearsal'' as well as on ''The Curse''''.''


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