Insecure as Issa Rae’s most quotable friend, Kelli Prenny, CPA and meme machine. Also a writer and producer on the series, responsible for hatching some of those indelible lines, Rothwell earned an Emmy nomination with the show’s 2020 nod for Outstanding Comedy Series.
She soon followed that with another Emmy nomination, for her heart-tugging supporting turn as screwed-over spa manager Belinda Lindsey on season one of The White Lotus.Any performer who can pilfer scenes from White Lotus Emmy winner Jennifer Coolidge is definitely going places.
And, for a talent like Rothwell, who earned her stripes in the SNL writer’s room early in her career, it was only a matter of time before she was leading her own show.
Her time has come.Rothwell created, executive produces, and stars in Hulu’s How to Die Alone, from Onyx Collective, the streamer’s label oriented towards stories by creators of color.
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