# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laura-kightlinger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:27:27.361Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laura-kightlinger"
name: "Laura Kightlinger"
slug: "laura-kightlinger"
description: "Laura Kightlinger is an American actress, writer and comedian. She was a writer and consulting producer on Will & Grace, while also occasionally appearing on the show as the character Nurse Sheila. Her 2003 documentary about New York drug reform, Sixty Spins Around the Sun, won numerous awards. Kightlinger also played the titular character in the TV show The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, which she created, wrote, and executive produced."
tagline: "American actress and writer"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/g0cN04jwrJ3CEURkcg4TT55kwTU.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1969-06-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.54772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/KingKightlinger"
    handle:    "KingKightlinger"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452716/"
    handle:    "nm0452716"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7baa339d-3796-4baa-a746-3201861b4159"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "لورا كايتلنجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "لورا كايتلنجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Kightlinger"
    title: "Laura Kightlinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Kightlinger"
    title: "Laura Kightlinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Kightlinger"
    title: "Laura Kightlinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%B9%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "لورا کائٹلنجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q384551"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61409"
    title: "Laura Kightlinger"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump