Cast & Crew: Mo Gaffney

SYBIL RADZINSKI

Mo Gaffney www.mogaffney.com

Mo gained national attention when she wrote and starred, with Kathy Najimy, in the Off-Broadway comedy sensation, "The Kathy and Mo Show: Parallel Lives." Her critically acclaimed performance earned her an Obie Award. After the show ended its sold-out engagement, HBO taped the comedy and aired it as an hour-long special which went on to win two Cable Ace Awards, "Best Comedy Special" and "Best Performance in a Comedy Special."

Mo wrote, produced and starred in her second HBO special, "Kathy and Mo: The Dark Side" which went on to win two Cable Ace Awards for "Best Comedy Special" and "Best Performance in a Comedy Special."

Mo has appeared in the films "Other Peoples' Money", "State Of Grace", "The Shot", "Bogus", "The Truman Show", "The Basement and the Kitchen", "Inconceivable", "Happy, Texas" and "In The Company of Angels."

She wrote material for the film "The Lemon Sisters" and wrote "Bus Plunge" for Hollywood Pictures with Kathy Najimy.

Mo played Paul and Jamie Buchman's therapist, Sheila Kleinman, on NBC's "Mad About You", and has been seen on "Two Guys and A Girl", "Ladies Man", "Veronica's Closet", "Roseanne", "The Naked Truth", "Tracey Takes On", "The Louie Anderson Show" and "The Five Mrs. Buchanan's."

For three seasons, Mo was seen as a regular on the BBC television show "The Full Wax" with Ruby Wax, writing and starring in her own five minute segments, "Taffy Turner: Inside America." She has also appeared in the number one BBC sitcom, "Absolutely Fabulous" and in the two hour special The Last Shout.

Mo hosted and co-produced the ground breaking half-hour comedy/talk show, "Women Aloud!" on Comedy Central -- earning her two Cable Ace Award nominations.

After three seasons of Women Aloud! Mo brought her hosting and executive producing skills to Fox television with her daily hour-long talk show, "The Mo Show".