Kit Pongetti is an American actress, musician, writer and director, known for several acting roles, including playing Lady, the wife of the Janitor, in the show Scrubs and also for her role as Marta Trundel in iCarly.
Early life Pongetti was born in Kingsville, Texas and soon thereafter moved to Clear Lake, a suburb of Houston, Texas. Her father was a chemical engineer and her mother taught mathematics at Arizona State University. Pongetti graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993 and moved to Los Angeles in 1994.
Career Pongetti performed in the band Those Who Dig. She began work in Los Angeles as an assistant to writers on the TV Series Roseanne in 1995. Thereafter, she began doing improvisational comedy at The Groundlings Theater, IO West and UCB. She has also performed music that was used in the TV series Gilmore Girls ("My Little Corner of the World", episode "Pilot") and My Boys (episode "Dinner Party"), as well as helping to write and perform a song used in the movie Van Wilder ("Do-Si-Do").
Pongetti devoted herself full-time to acting starting in late 2002. Since that time, she has performed in a variety of commercial and theatrical television and film roles.
In 2011, she was accepted in the AFI's Directing Workshop for Women and her short film Stakeout received AFI's prestigious Nancy Malone Living Trust Award and the Jean Picker Firstenberg Award.
Pongetti co-wrote and directed Don't Stop: The Musical, which performed at Largo at the Coronet Theater from April 2018 to February 2020.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2003In Smog and ThunderBrenda Bounty2005Loudmouth SoupKim White2006InvisibleJane2007TrendsettersMarcyShort2007Dante's InfernoVarious (voice)2009Weather GirlHarper2011Victory or DeathMartha BrennanShort2016I Know Jake Gyllenhaal Is Going to Fuck My GirlfriendDanielleShort
Television Year Title Role Notes1997RoseanneTicket Taker"Roseanne-Feld"20028 Simple RulesMs. Hunter"Wings"2002Yes, DearNicole"You're Out... of Dreams"2003Yes, DearAlex Jaffey (voice)"The Day of the Dolphin"2003ScrubsDr. Mitchell"My Philosophy"2004Still StandingHostess"Still Champions"2004RebaMary Joe"Brock's Mulligan"2005Gilmore GirlsLucille"Blame Booze and Melville"2005Still StandingEstelle"Still Beauty and the Geek"2006RodneyArlene"Welcome Ho"2006Free RideNurse"Colon Blow (to the Head)"2007–2009ScrubsLadinia 'Lady' WilliamsRecurring role2008My BoysMargo"Dinner Party"2008Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesVictoria"The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short"2009How I Met Your MotherFran"Right Place, Right Time"2009GreekParamedic"At World's End"2009iCarlyMarta Trundel"iFind Lewbert's Lost Love"2009–2011Various (voice)Recurring role2010Men of a Certain AgeKristina"Father's Fraternity"2011Traffic LightSophie"Credit Balance"2012Ground GameMacyTV miniseries2013Gail"The Mother Is In"2014Raising HopeChristy"Para-Natesville Activity"2015Kitty"Welcome to F***ing Hollywood"2015Chasing LifeJill Jacobs"La Dolce Vita"
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