Edi Patterson

About

Edi Patterson is an American actress and writer. She has primarily acted in comedies. She is best known for portraying Fran in the film Knives Out (2019), Veronica in the FX series Partners (2014), Jen Abbott in the HBO series Vice Principals (2016–2017), and Judy Gemstone in the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–2025).

Edi Patterson is from Texas City, Texas. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a plumber. She graduated from Southwest Texas State University, obtaining a theater Bachelor of Arts in 1997.

After graduating from college in 1997, Patterson moved to Austin and became involved in the city’s developing improvisational theatre scene. She performed Theatresports and the improv format Gorilla at Hyde Park Theatre while The Hideout Theatre was being renovated, and also worked with the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals. Around 2000, she moved to Los Angeles, continued performing improv, and trained at The Groundlings, where she progressed from improvisation into sketch writing.
Her early screen work included performing and writing for The Underground in 2006 and playing Veronica opposite Kelsey Grammer in Partners in 2014. Patterson…