Kathleen Madigan

In just ten years, Kathleen Madigan went from working as a waitress and local newspaper reporter in St. Louis, Missouri to being an internationally celebrated comic whose list of credits was easily as long as those belonging to people with much longer careers. A journalism graduate of Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Madigan tried standup on a whim and began performing in open-mike nights around St. Louis. Two years later she quit her job and booked a tour through the Southern and Midwestern United States that jump-started her full-time career in comedy at the age...