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Edi Patterson is an American actress and writer. She has primarily acted in comedies. She is best known for portraying Fran in the film ''
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'' (2019), Veronica in the FX series '' Partners'' (2014), Jen Abbott in the
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series '' Vice Principals'' (2016–2017), and Judy Gemstone in the
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series '' The Righteous Gemstones'' (2019–2025).


Early life

Edi Patterson was born in
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. Her mother, Jeanne Patterson, was a teacher and her father, Dennis Patterson, was a plumber. She graduated from Texas City High School in 1993 and attended Southwest Texas State University, obtaining a theater
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in 1997.


Career

After graduating from college, Patterson became an
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performer for both
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in
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and with
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. Highlights of her screen career to date have been regular roles in several TV series, including eleven episodes of ''The Underground'' in 2006, ten episodes playing Veronica in ''Partners'' alongside
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in 2014, starred as Jen Abbott for 15 episodes of '' Vice Principals'' (2016–2017), had a long-standing voice only role in ''
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'' between 2015 and 2018, and played the recurring role of Elizabeth for 6 episodes of ''
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'' in 2018. In 2019, Patterson began playing Judy Gemstone alongside
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in the
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TV series '' The Righteous Gemstones'' about a famous but dysfunctional family of
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. The same year, Patterson appeared in the mystery film ''
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'', in a cast which included
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. The film had its world premiere at the
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and received three nominations at the
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.


Filmography


Film


Television


Video


Anime roles


Music videos


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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Groundlings.com - Edi Patterson

A day in the Life of Edi Patterson on set by HBO YouTube
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