Susie Essman: HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm
Susie Essman

Susie performs at Zanies in Vernon Hills, Illinois
May 15 (8:00pm) 16 (7:00) 17 (9:30) Info


Susie interviews Bill Scheft (head writer for David Letterman) about his new novel.
May 20th at The 92nd Street Y Info

Susie returns to Carolines:
June 18, 19 and 20 (8:00pm each night) Info

Susie performs at the Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, NY - August 17th Info

See Susie at the Hilton Atlantic City with Richard Lewis - August 29th Info

Susie Essman with her beloved Shih Tzu Maggie

Stay tuned for Susie's new book to be released in November!!!!!!!!!!!!


May I just take a moment here to pay homage to Susie Essman? As Susie Greene, she is perhaps the most lyrical purveyor of profanity on television. She makes the entire cast of the "The Sopranos" look like rank amateurs. "Get your . . . hands off me," she says in response to Larry's attempt to pat her. "What are you, in fourth grade?" A streetwise haiku. It really is a gift.--Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times

Susie's inimitable voice provides the streetwise patter for the character Mittens the Cat in Disney's Bolt Now on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital Movie Download. John Travolta does a great job as the voice of the American Shepherd Bolt, a hero-dog who suddenly finds he is all-too-canine (thanks to several sessions of effective counseling by Mittens, who acts as the emotional catalyst that keeps the entire plot moving along), with Miley Cyrus as the voice of Penny, Bolt's beloved person.

Some links to DVDs of Bolt, Curb Your Enthusiasm and some of the many films that feature Susie in ever-stimulating roles:


WOR News Talk Radio Joan Hamburg chats with Susie

Susie's Feature in Vanity Fair Magazine

Susie Gets Serious in Energy Times

See Susie and her dog Sumo with Mo Rocca and his rented dog. Huh?

Chicago Tribune: Susie Essman likes her Manhattan home clutter-free


Read the September 2007 New York Times article on Susie:
Susie Essman, Uncurbed and Enthusiastic

Read the October 2007 Newsday Article on Susie:
Fast Chat: Susie Essman

Susie Sightings on the Web

Susie's New York Times Food Interview

Susie's HBO Curb Your Enthusiasm Interview

Susie's Girlcomic*net Interview

A Susie Photo Album

Susie on Dustry Wright's Culture Catch

Curb Your Enthusiam's Susie Greene offers her advice on our everyday issues.

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It's fascinating to see her Susie Essman's anger aimed at the way religion has curtailed female beauty (read empowerment) issues. Minnie Driver finally meets a Frenchman who understands her hair . . . and tries to teach her not to hate it. Marian Keyes remembers the blow-dry that pushed her over the edge. Francesca Lia Block tells the ugly story of the plastic surgeon who promised to make her beautiful. Rose McGowan explains why it's harder to be depressed when you're glamorous . . . and shows how it takes a village to transform from mere mortal to movie star.

Witty and wise, Damage Control is an intimate, sometimes dark, look at our experiences with the professionals who pluck, prod, and pamper every inch of our bodies—and a reminder why we surrender ourselves to their (hopefully) very capable hands. Order Damage Control


Susie Essman Susie Essman has played the venomous Susie Greene for all six seasons of the critically-acclaimed HBO comedy series, Curb Your Enthusiasm. Susie is the no-nonsense wife of Larry David's rotund, cheerful agent Jeff Greene. Mrs. Greene will not suffer a fool or overlook the slightest slight; she invariably sees through every one of Larry and Jeff's lies and mischievous ploys and rips into them. These hilarious bouts of withering sarcasm and uninhibited insults have become her character's trademark and helped her to become one of the most popular players on the show.

The New York Times called Susie “one of the most vivid characters in the show, whose off-color tantrums have become an audience favorite the way Kramer's clumsy entrances once were”. The New York Observer (which calls her “fantastic”) says “she's taken female cursing to longshoreman levels, pummeling her bumbling, barrel-bodied husband with potty-mouthed invectives like 'You fat fuck!'”. Essman's streetwise vernacular also suggests the contrast between Curb's L.A. setting and her real life preferred location--New York. The Manhattan-based Essman is a veteran of the world of standup comedy, logging thousands of performances on the Gotham comedy circuit. She has appeared in her own half-hour HBO comedy special, hosted the American Comedy Awards, and performed on Comedy Central's “The Friar's Roast of Jerry Stiller”, “Politically Incorrect,” “Late Night with Conan O'Brien”, “Law and Order” and many more.

Essman has appeared in the films “The Man”, “Keeping The Faith,” “The Siege,” “Volcano” and “Punchline.” Her talent and audacity made her a natural choice to perform off-Broadway in the play “The Vagina Monologues.” Currently, you can see Susie as host of the new Bravo reality series “Better Half” and you can hear Susie as the voice of Helen Higgins in the puppet animation/crank call series "Crank Yankers" on Comedy Central”. She is currently in production on the new Disney animated film “Bolt” where she is co starring with John Travolta. “Bolt” is set to be released in November 2008. If you live in the New York area you can catch her regularly at Carolines.

  • Reruns of Curb can be seen every night on HBO Comedy at 7:30 and 11pm est.

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