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Gender
Female
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Acting
Place of birth
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Also known as
-Elaine Carroll
Biography
Elaine Carroll is an actress, writer, improviser, and impressionist. Her web series, Very Mary-Kate, was covered by the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post and called one of Time Out New York's Best Web Series of All Time. She also co-created, co-wrote, and co-starred in the sketch series Precious Plum for CollegeHumor and the sketch series The Britishes for DirecTV. As an actress, she has appeared in TV shows such as Arrested Development, Modern Family, The League, Mad Men, Adam Ruins Everything, Astronaut Wives Club, and Out of Office. She received a BFA in acting from Marymount Manhattan College and studied improv and sketch at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, where she performed in house teams in both NYC and LA. She boasts 300k+ followers across social media.
Filmography
Modern Family
7.9
Overview:
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
Mad Men
8.122
Overview:
Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.
Arrested Development
7.922
Overview:
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
CollegeHumor Shorts
7.4
Overview:
Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade.
The League
7.346
Overview:
The League is an American sitcom and semi-improvised comedy about a about a fantasy football league and its members and their everyday lives.
Game Changer
8.375
Overview:
In this game show, the game changes every show! Players begin each round without knowing the rules -- and must figure them out while competing to win.
Bad Internet
6.8
Overview:
A satirical anthology series about the terrifying potential futures of internet technology and culture. Not at all similar to any other shows about technological overreaching.
Adam Ruins Everything
7.419
Overview:
Host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
8.8
Overview:
In this newsroom, breaking means losing. Our reporters don't know what's about to be on the teleprompter, and every laugh is a point against them.
All-Nighters
NYR
Overview:
The glistening fruits of our ill-conceived annual tradition of guerrilla video making. We do it for you, and you're so welcome. Behold the bounty or whatever.
Dirty Laundry
7.6
Overview:
Host Lily Du gathers together four guests to tell secrets, guess who they belong to, and enjoy a few drinks.
See Plum Run
10
Overview:
Hungry for power, fame, and anything else, Mama and Plum invade cushy New England with sights set on Plum's most ambitious title yet: student body president.
Precious Plum
NYR
Overview:
Precious Plum (Elaine Carroll) and her stage monster Mama (Josh Ruben) are hellbent for beauty pageant fame and free famburgers, in this Honey Boo Boo parody.
Sketchy Queens
3.5
Overview:
Portlandia meets The Kids in the Hall in this strange and brilliant sketch comedy series, Sketchy Queens created by two-time RuPaul's Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon and her comedy partner Liam Krug. After meeting in their hometown of Portland, Oregon, Jinkx & Liam quickly found they shared a twisted sense of humor and started writing sketches together in quarantine. This 8-episode series is born out of their weirdest ideas, featuring celebrity impersonations, a revival of Jinkx's first Snatch Game character Little Edie, and hilarious (and humiliating) new material from this duo’s wacky minds. Filmed in Portland and Los Angeles, the series includes celebrity guests like Trixie Mattel, Brittany Broski and Brandon Rogers.
Smartypants
6.1
Overview:
The greatest thinkers/comedians of our time ask the questions no one else will.
Very Mary-Kate
NYR
Overview:
The unofficial celebrity biography of Mary-Kate Olsen, brought to spoiled rotten life by Elaine Carroll. Featuring Bodyguard, Fat Professor, and obscene wealth.
Gastronauts
NYR
Overview:
Culinary masterminds compete in a series of challenges created by the most unhinged comedians.
The Muppet Script
NYR
Overview:
When most people think of the Muppets, they think of the colorful characters made out of fleece and foam. But as with every movie, it all starts on the written page. Jim Henson's team of writers began with Jerry Juhl, and he was joined by Jack Burns in penning the script for THE MUPPET MOVIE. When mixed with the soundtrack by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher, it has become a well-loved classic.
Acting
2025The Muppet Script as The Swedish Chef
2024Gastronauts (1 Episode) as Self - Judge
2024Smartypants (1, 2 Episode) as Self - Presenter, Self - Society Member
2022Sketchy Queens (3 Episodes) as Various Characters
2022Out of Office as Tennessee
2022Dirty Laundry (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2020Troopers: Animated (1 Episode) as D’Lana / D'Lani (voice)
2019Game Changer (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Guest, Self (voice) (uncredited)
2019Milton as Natalie
2018See Plum Run (9 Episodes) as Plum Miller
2018Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Hulk Jr., Poof Goof, Fink Dinkum, Elaine Carroll, Bug News Anchor, Jill Tuck, Ann Bradford
2016Bad Internet (1 Episode) as Amy Allison
2015Adam Ruins Everything (1 Episode) as Unknown
2013Precious Plum (12 Episodes) as Plum
2011Dinosaur Office (1 Episode) as Susie Stone (voice)
2011Troopers (1 Episode) as D'Lana
2010Very Mary-Kate (82, 2 Episode) as Mary-Kate / Ashley, Maggie Smith
2009The League (1 Episode) as Credit Card Lady
2009Modern Family (1 Episode) as Female Magician
2008All-Nighters (1 Episode) as Elaine
2007CollegeHumor Shorts (1 Episode) as Soldier
2007Mad Men (1 Episode) as Janine
2003Arrested Development (1 Episode) as Jen