Nora Kirkpatrick
Nora Kirkpatrick is an American actress, writer and director. She is a graduate from UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television. She is probably best known for her role as Katherine, the stern president of Panhellenic, on the ABC Family TV series Greek, or for her recurring role on the ninth season of The Office as Esther Bruegger, a neighboring farmer's daughter who becomes Dwight's girlfriend. Kirkpatrick starred in the 2015 film Pink Grapefruit, which won the SXSW Grand Jury Award. She has played many other roles in film and TV, including Men at Work, Jennifer Falls, Don't Trust the B, and Chasing Life. She was one of the leads of the popular mockumentary web series Dorm Life, in which she played Courtney Cloverlock.
in 2016, Kirkpatrick created a TV show for Comedy Central entitled Best-Seller, which she wrote with Saturday Night Live alum Dennis McNicholas. The show was produced by Olivia Wilde, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, and Adam McKay from Gloria Sanchez Productions.
In 2017, Kirkpatrick created, wrote and directed Virtually Mike and Nora, the first virtual reality comedy series for Hulu, with collaborator Mike O'Brien. The first two episodes of the series played at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. In a 2017 Forbes article, Kirkpatrick mentions virtual reality's ability to cause "spatial un-comfortability," and her aim to make the viewer the lead character of the story. Kirkpatrick studies and performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in Los Angeles.
Acting
TV
The Office
as Esther Bruegger
2005
TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jane Lewis
2000
TV
Shrinking
as Kellie
2023
Movie
Sandy Wexler
as Sienna
2017
TV
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
as Crissy
2012
TV
Greek
as Katherine Parker
2007
TV
Greek
as Joel
2007
Movie
Sexy Evil Genius
as Abby
2013
Movie
Growth
as Kirstin Daniels
2010
TV
Breaking In
as Patty Boggs
2011
TV
Chasing Life
as Jaclyn
2014
Movie
How to Make Love to a Woman
as Carla
2010
TV
Men at Work
as Nora
2012
Movie
Big Sur
as Alyson
2013
TV
Jennifer Falls
as Stephanie Doyle
2014
Movie
Dreamworld
as Jules
2012
Movie
A Slice of Lynch
as Waitress
2007
Movie
Crashing
as Barton's Girlfriend
2007
Movie
The Babymoon
as Shanon
2017
Movie
Pink Grapefruit
2015
Movie
All Together Now
as Kylie
2013
Movie
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
as Wife
2019
Movie
Crying Man
as Brooke
2014
Movie
What's Bugging Seth
as Nora Green
2005
Crew
TV
The Goldbergs
Director
2013
TV
Daisy Jones & the Six
Teleplay
2023
Movie
Couples Weekend
Director
2026
Movie
Never
Original Music Composer
2014
Movie
Los
Producer
2017
Movie
Must Feed and Water
Music
2015
Movie
Long Time Listener, First Time Caller
Director
2019
Movie
Whodunnit
Director
TV
Riders
Executive Producer
2016