Emmy Laybourne
1971
A novelist, screenwriter and a public speaker, Emmy Laybourne is also a former actress and a writing teacher. Emmy Laybourne began her writing career working as a playwright. The first ever play that she wrote and was also featured in was titled Miss Alphabet City Beauty Pageant. Upon its release, the book received mainly, positive reviews with, The Daily News terming it as hilariously clever while the New York Post saying that this book restored the faith in America’s comedic future. Laybourne’s subsequent play earned her a leading role in the Paramount feature film Superstar and adaptation of her original play, Superstar. As an actress, Laybourne managed to land various roles especially in several critically acclaimed movies such as Nancy Drew, Lucky Numbers, and the In-Laws. Emmy Laybourne was also a regular on DAG, an NBC sitcom and performed on a number of original comedy on MTV, Comedy Central, and VH1.