Nora Dunn cut her teeth in cabaret theatre and improvisation in Chicago and worked with defectors from the famous Second City Comedy Troupe where she was spotted by visiting "Saturday Night Live" casting directors. She joined the SNL cast in 1984 and entertained audiences for five years on the NBC late night hit.

A graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, Dunn also studied at San Francisco's Jean Sheldon Acting Workshop. She has acted in countless films and was most recently seen in Max Keeble's Big Move and in Ben Stiller's Zoolander. She was also in What's The Worst That Could Happen?, opposite Danny DeVito and Martin Lawrence, and Heartbreakers, opposite Sigourney Weaver. Dunn received critical acclaim for her work opposite George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg in Three Kings and in Mike Nichols' What Planet Are You From with Annette Bening and Garry Shandling. Other feature credits include Drop Dead Gorgeous, Bulworth, Father of the Bride Part 2, I Love Trouble, Born Yesterday, Passion Fish and Working Girl.

In addition to her roles on television and film, Dunn performs her critically acclaimed 'one woman' show in theatres around the country. She recently completed a screenplay that she will direct and is the author of a book, Nobody's Rib.