Deb Hiett

Writer/actress Deb Hiett was raised in a happy "house divided" in Birmingham, and she cheers both the Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers to this day. After years of performing and writing in New York City, Deb moved to Los Angeles where her short comedy film, "A Bit of Counseling" (co-written and performed with Richard Kuhlman), won the Audience Choice Awards at the Palm Beach International Film Festival and the L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival. Deb has created and performed two one-woman comedy shows, in New York (Village Voice called her "the bold new voice in solo . . . a sure-shot writer") and at The Second City in Los Angeles. She has appeared as an actress on "Arrested Development," "Parks and Recreation," "The Office," "Desperate Housewives," "Prison Break," "Boston Legal," and "Real Time with Bill Maher," among other television shows and films (and too many plays and musical productions to count). In addition to writing and performing, Deb soothes her Southern homesickness by growing her own collards, okra, and watermelon. She's also been known to play the accordion.