Kathy Griffin made a name in the line of comedy, starring in TV comedy specials and releasing comedy albums. She made her breakthrough in the sitcoms Seinfeld and Suddenly Susan and became more notable in the reality series Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List.
In her more than 40 years in the business, take a look at Griffin's life, career, and net worth.
Kathy Griffin's Career
The 62-year-old became a member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Grounding when she studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in 1978.
Come the 1990s, she began performing as a stand-up comedian and guesting on different TV shows, like Suddenly Susan.
When she started doing Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List in 2005, it received sky-high ratings, becoming a big and eventually earning two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Reality Program.
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Griffin has also released six comedy albums, which all received Grammy Award nominations. She became the first female comedian to debut at the top of the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart, thanks to her first album, For Your Consideration, in 2008.
She then released her autobiography Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin in 2009. Finally, in 2014, after being nominated for six years in a row, she won the Grammy's Best Comedy Album.
In 2019, she held her concert film A Hell of a Story.
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Today, Griffin has amassed a net worth of $35 million thanks to her success, fame, and hard work.
Kathy Griffin is Now Focusing on Her Health
Griffin is now putting all her attention on her health today. Recently, the actress posted a picture of herself at the hospital, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a black mask while sitting on a chair, waiting to undergo an MRI.
"Happy Easter??? Getting an MRI," she captioned her post. However, she didn't detail why she needed to undergo a scan.
But two years ago, she revealed she opened up about her stage one lung cancer battle.
"In August, I had half of my left lung removed. I'm not even kidding," she said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in November 2021 via E! News. "Now, they, like, put the intubation tube to drop by my vocal cord. So now I'm, like, Minnie Mouse meets Marilyn Monroe, I'm not sure."
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Griffin had never smoked, but the tumor had been there for a decade.
"So I go in, and he's, like, describing how they take half your lung out, and he goes, 'It's kind of like a balloon. So we do it laparoscopically, and we poke it,'" she continued. "And then he goes, 'And when we take it out, it kind of looks like a used condom.' The doctor. And then he goes, 'You can use that.'"
In 2022, she gave an update about her health, being finally cancer-free.
"My health is pretty good. And I'm cancer free, which is great!" she told E! News in September. "But I did sustain some injuries from the surgery. So, I'm working on my voice to get it better, keeping my fingers crossed, but it used to be even worse than this. At least now I can be heard; it was like a whisper for six months."
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