Raised in Plymouth, New Hampshire, she pursued theater at Plymouth Regional High School before earning a degree from CalArts in 2006, supplementing her education with improv training at The Groundlings and ImprovOlympic. A 2003 tour of France in an all-female King Lear and a one-woman sketch show that captured the Breakout Performer Award at HBO’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival launched her into televi…