Nora Kirkpatrick

Nora Kirkpatrick is an American actress writer and director She is a graduate from UCLAs 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 farmers daughter who becomes Dwights 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 Dont 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 BestSeller 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 OBrien The first two episodes of the series played at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival In a 2017 Forbes article Kirkpatrick mentions virtual realitys ability to cause spatial uncomfortability 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