Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin

Birthday: September 1
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan

Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer.

Tomlin began her career as a stand-up comedian, and performing off-Broadway during the 1960s.

Her breakout role was performing as a cast member on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973.

Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer.

Tomlin began her career as a stand-up comedian, and performing off-Broadway during the 1960s.

Her breakout role was performing as a cast member on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973.

In 1974, Tomlin was cast by Robert Altman in her first film; her performance as Linnea Reese in Nashville won her several awards, and nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable films include 9 to 5 (1980), All of Me (1984), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Tea with Mussolini (1999), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and Grandma (2015).

Her signature role was written by her then partner (now wife), Jane Wagner, in a show titled The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe which opened on Broadway in 1985 and won Tomlin the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play.

She won her first Emmy Awards in 1974 for writing and producing her own television special, Lily.

She currently stars on the Netflix series Grace and Frankie as Frankie Bergstein. Her performance as Frankie garnered her four consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

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Awards & Nominations

25 Nominations | 6 Emmys
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series - 2018
  • Nominee
  • Lily Tomlin, as Frankie Bergstein
  • Grace And Frankie
  • Netflix
  • Skydance Productions
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - 2017
  • Nominee
  • Lily Tomlin, as Frankie Bergstein
  • Grace And Frankie
  • Netflix
  • Skydance Productions
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series - 2016
  • Nominee
  • Lily Tomlin, as Frankie
  • Grace And Frankie
  • Netflix
  • Skydance Productions for Netflix
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series - 2015
  • Nominee
  • Lily Tomlin, as Frankie
  • Grace And Frankie
  • Netflix
  • Skydance Productions for Netflix
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - 2013
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2010
  • Nominee
  • Lily Tomlin, as Marilyn Tobin
  • Damages
  • "Your Secrets Are Safe"
  • FX Networks
  • Sony Pictures Television, FX Productions and KZK Productions

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Lily Tomlin
2018 Performers Peer Group Celebration
2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda on stage at the 69th Emmy Awards.
Lily Tomlin, from left, Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda on stage at the 2017 Primetime Emmys.
Television Academy performers celebration
Television Academy performers celebration
Television Academy performers celebration
Lily Tomlin on the red carpet at the 2016 Primetime Emmys.
Lily Tomlin on the red carpet at the 67th Emmy Awards.
Jo Anne Worley and Lily Tomlin at the Performers Peer Group nominee reception.
66th Primetime Emmy nominee Kevin Spacey and Television Academy governor Lily Tomlin at the Performers Peer Group nominee reception.
66th Primetime Emmy nominees at the Performers Peer Group nominee reception.
66th Primetime Emmy nominee Kevin Spacey and Television Academy governor Lily Tomlin at the Performers Peer Group nominees reception.
Lily Tomlin and Bob Bergen, governors of the Television Academy Peformers Peer Group, arrive at the Montage Beverly Hills for their peers' Primetime Emmy nominee reception.
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Lily Tomlin, Sarah Paulson, Bob Bergen
Robert Smigel and Emmy winner Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin and Bob Bergen at the 2013 Performers Emmy Celebration
Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda at the 2013 Performers Emmy Celebration
Jane Lynch and Lily Tomlin at the 2013 Performers Emmy Celebration
Lily Tomlin, Kat Kramer, Glynn Turman and Karen Sharpe at the 2013 Performers Emmy Celebration
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Mary Lynn Rajskub, Caroline Rhea, Margaret Cho, Bonnie Hunt, Elayne Boosler, Carol Leifer, Lily Tomlin & Rocci Chatfield
Bonnie Hunt, Lily Tomlin & Elayne Boosler at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
Lily Tomlin at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carol Leifer, Caroline Rhea, Margaret Cho, Bonnie Hunt, Lily Tomlin & Elayne Boosler
Lily Tomlin at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
Lily Tomlin at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
Margaret Cho, Caroline Rhea, Bonnie Hunt, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carol Leifer, Elayne Boosler & Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
Lily Tomlin & Elayne Boosler at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
Margaret Cho, Caroline Rhea, Bonnie Hunt, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carol Leifer, Elayne Boosler & Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin (L) and George Schlatter speak onstage during the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre
Lily Tomlin (L) and George Schlatter speak onstage during the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Actress Lily Tomlin and producer George Schlatter speak onstage during the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Lily Tomlin at the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Lily Tomlin and Kathryn Joosten at the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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Lily Tomlin was featured in a previous "Reel to Real" LGBTQ+ exhibit

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2018 Performers Peer Group Celebration
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Lily Tomlin and Diarra Kilpatrick attend the Television Academy’s 2018 Performers Peer Group Celebration of the 70th Emmy Awards at NeueHouse Hollywood on Monday, August 20, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.

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2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Lily Tomlin speaks at the 24th Television Academy Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.

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2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, and Lily Tomlin attend the 24th Television Academy Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.

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2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Lily Tomlin, and Hayma Washington, Chairman and CEO of the Television Academy, attend the 24th Television Academy Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.

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2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Dan Aykroyd, Larry Wilmore, Chevy Chase, Chris Hardwick, Garrett Morris, Lily Tomlin, and Hayma Washington, Chairman and CEO of the Television Academy, attend the 24th Television Academy Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.

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Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda on stage at the 69th Emmy Awards.
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Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda on stage at the 69th Emmy Awards.

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Lily Tomlin, from left, Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda on stage at the 2017 Primetime Emmys.
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Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda on stage at the 2017 Primetime Emmys.

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Lily Tomlin, left, and Bob Bergen attend the Television Academy's 2017 Performers Peer Group Celebration of the 69th Emmy Awards at Montage Beverly Hills on Monday, August 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, California.

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Television Academy governors Patrika Darbo and Lily Tomlin attend the Television Academy's 2017 Performers Peer Group Celebration of the 69th Emmy Awards at Montage Beverly Hills on Monday, August 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, California.

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Television Academy governors Patrika Darbo and Lily Tomlin speak at the Television Academy's 2017 Performers Peer Group Celebration of the 69th Emmy Awards at Montage Beverly Hills on Monday, August 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, California.

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Lily Tomlin on the red carpet at the 2016 Primetime Emmys.
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Lily Tomlin on the red carpet at the 2016 Primetime Emmys.

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Lily Tomlin on the red carpet at the 67th Emmy Awards.
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Lily Tomlin on the red carpet at the 67th Emmy Awards.

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Lily Tomlin arrives at the 34th College Television Awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live on April 25, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Kirkland/Invision for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/AP Images)

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Jo Anne Worley and Lily Tomlin at the Performers Peer Group nominee reception.
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66th Primetime Emmy nominee Kevin Spacey and Television Academy governor Lily Tomlin at the Performers Peer Group nominee reception.
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66th Primetime Emmy nominees at the Performers Peer Group nominee reception.
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66th Primetime Emmy nominee Kevin Spacey and Television Academy governor Lily Tomlin at the Performers Peer Group nominees reception.
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Lily Tomlin and Bob Bergen, governors of the Television Academy Peformers Peer Group, arrive at the Montage Beverly Hills for their peers' Primetime Emmy nominee reception.
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Lily Tomlin and Bob Bergen, governors of the Television Academy Peformers Peer Group, arrive at the Montage Beverly Hills for their peer group's Primetime Emmy nominee reception.

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Lily Tomlin
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Lily Tomlin, Sarah Paulson, Bob Bergen
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Robert Smigel and Emmy winner Lily Tomlin
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Lily Tomlin and Bob Bergen at the 2013 Performers Emmy Celebration
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Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda at the 2013 Performers Emmy Celebration
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Jane Lynch and Lily Tomlin at the 2013 Performers Emmy Celebration
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Lily Tomlin, Kat Kramer, Glynn Turman and Karen Sharpe at the 2013 Performers Emmy Celebration
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Lily Tomlin
Mary Lynn Rajskub, Caroline Rhea, Margaret Cho, Bonnie Hunt, Elayne Boosler, Carol Leifer, Lily Tomlin & Rocci Chatfield
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Bonnie Hunt, Lily Tomlin & Elayne Boosler at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
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Lily Tomlin at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
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Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carol Leifer, Caroline Rhea, Margaret Cho, Bonnie Hunt, Lily Tomlin & Elayne Boosler
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Lily Tomlin at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
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Lily Tomlin at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
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Margaret Cho, Caroline Rhea, Bonnie Hunt, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carol Leifer, Elayne Boosler & Lily Tomlin
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Lily Tomlin at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
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Lily Tomlin & Elayne Boosler at Ladies Who Make Us Laugh
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Margaret Cho, Caroline Rhea, Bonnie Hunt, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carol Leifer, Elayne Boosler & Lily Tomlin
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Lily Tomlin (L) and George Schlatter speak onstage during the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre
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Lily Tomlin (L) and George Schlatter speak onstage during the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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Actress Lily Tomlin and producer George Schlatter speak onstage during the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Lily Tomlin at the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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Lily Tomlin and Kathryn Joosten at the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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