Who Was Kay Cannon In Pitch Perfect? What Did Kay Cannon Direct?

In Pitch Perfect, American screenwriter, producer, director, and actress, Kay Cannon’s character’s name is Newscaster Connie.

Cannon is best known for writing and producing the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017).

Cannon also directed Cinderella (2021) And Blockers (2018).

Cannon was also a writer and producer for the NBC comedy series 30 Rock (2007–2012) and the FOX comedy series New Girl (2012–2014).

She created, wrote and produced the short-lived Netflix comedy-drama series Girlboss (2017).

Cannon trained at The Second City, ImprovOlympic, and ComedySportz. One of her first jobs was as a performer at ComedySportz.

She has performed sketch and improv for theaters including Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Second City in Chicago and Las Vegas, ImprovOlympic (West and Chicago) and at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles and New York City.

Cannon won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedic Series for her work on 30 Rock three times. In 2008, she won a Peabody Award for her work on the show.

In 2010, Cannon was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series. During this time, Cannon also worked as a co-producer on the feature film, Baby Mama (2008).