Annabelle Gurwitch

Teaches at Writing Pad

Annabelle Gurwitch is an actress, author, and popular television host. Her essays and articles have been published in More, Los Angeles Magazine, The LA Times, Marie Claire, Men's Health, Glamour, Real Simple, and The Nation. She blogs for xoJane, Huffington Post, and What the Flicka web sites. She is a contributor to three essay anthologies: "I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in the Relationship," "Note to Self" and "Rejected." Her forthcoming comedic memoir about turning 50 is slated for publication in Spring 2014 (Penguin). Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) says that the book "stares into the maw of middle age and makes you laugh, cringe, hoot and holler. She turns 50 into a battle cry and a hallelujah.” “Autumn Leaves,” a short story from the new book, was published in November 2012 by Zola Books. People Magazine deemed her previous memoir, "You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up" (Random House, 2010) co-written with her Emmy award-winning writer husband Jeff Kahn, "laugh out loud." Tomato is currently touring on its second national tour as a theatrical play. Annabelle turned being fired by Woody Allen into the book "Fired!" Oprah Magazine called the book and documentary "entertaining and slyly subversive," while Time Magazine featured Annabelle in their cover story "Ten Ideas that are changing the world." Her Fired! documentary played every where from The Sundance Channel to Capitol Hill, and Fired! also toured the country as a live show after sold out runs Off-Broadway. She was also a regular commentator on NPR for five years. Annabelle has also appeared on The Today Show, Oprah, Bill Maher's Real Time, and made numerous appearances on CNN and Fox. She hosted the popular series "Dinner & a Movie" for 6 seasons on TBS, hosted three seasons of “WA$TED" on Planet Green, in addition to programs on ABC, HBO, and the Style Channel. Her acting career includes over 50 guest roles on shows like "Medium," "Boston Legal," and "Seinfeld." Films include "Shaggy Dog," and "Melvin Goes to Dinner". Her new web series, "The Motherhood Do-Over" launched on the Nick Mom web site this past summer, and Annabelle starred in the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Donald Marguiles’ world premiere production of "A Coney Island Christmas" this winter at the Geffen Playhouse. She studied at The Experimental Theatre Wing Program at NYU.