Stephanie Allynne

Stephanie Allynne is an American actress, writer, comedian, and director. She is best known for her roles in In a World..., Dream Corp, LLC, One Mississippi, and The L Word: Generation Q. She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2024 for Outstanding Directing for the comedy special Hello, Again.

Biography

Allynne moved back and forth from southern California and Buffalo, New York, for most of her youth. She headed to Los Angeles at the age of 18 and joined the Upright Citizens Brigade. She performs regularly with ASSSSCAT, Wild Horses, and Last Day of School: The Text Message show. Allynne started making numerous appearances on television including The League, The Mindy Project, Happy Endings, 2 Broke Girls, Kroll Show, and Key & Peele. Allynne wrote and co-starred in One Mississippi with her wife Tig Notaro. The show was a loose autobiography about their lives. Allynne is developing an hour drama for HBO. In 2022, Allynne co-directed the film Am I Ok? starring Dakota Johnson. Am I Ok? premiered at The Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by HBO MAX. Allynne was nominated for an Emmy in 2024 for Outstanding Directing for the comedy special Hello, Again which premiered on ''Prime Video''

Personal life

Allynne was a ranked CIF First Team All-State Varsity basketball player in high school. She was awarded the Pepsi Athlete of the Year award in 2003 and is a member of the elite 1000-Point Club, scoring over 1000 points by her Junior year. Allynne married comedian Tig Notaro on October 24, 2015. According to Allynne, before her relationship with Notaro she had never dated women, saying, "I was so into Tig and I was falling in love with her and I didn't know how to identify it because I thought I was straight." In June 2016, their twin sons were born via surrogate.