Feimster Biography
Fortune Feimster is an actor, comedian, and writer from the United States. She debuted as Colette on The Mindy Project and made her television debut on NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2010. She was the host of the first live shows on the Sirius XM channel, Netflix is a Joke, in 2019—What a Joke with Papa and Fortune with Tom Papa. In The L Word: Generation Q, she also portrayed Heather.
Feimster Age
Fortune is 44 years old as of 1 July 2024. He was born on 1 July 1980 on North Carolina, United States.
Feimster Partner
At the age of 25, Feimster came out as a lesbian in 2005. She started dating Jacquelyn Smith, a kindergarten teacher, in 2016, and they got engaged in early 2018. On October 23, 2020, they were married in a modest ceremony.
Feimster Parents and Siblings
Feimster, the youngest of three children born to Mike and Ginger Feimster in Charlotte, North Carolina, had two older brothers, Price and Jay. Her maternal great-grandmother’s maiden name was Fortune.
Feimster Weight Loss
Feimster admitted that it was difficult for her to feel at ease with her physique after losing forty pounds. The North Carolina native discusses her issues with body image, her early years, her family, and how she came to terms with her sexual orientation in her first hour-long Netflix comedy special, Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty. Feimster pointed out that in order for her to make healthy decisions, she needed to get comfortable with herself.
The comic acknowledged that while they were new lovers, she and her fiancé, Jacquelyn Smith, put on the notorious “love weight.” However, the pair recognized they needed to adopt some better behaviors after viewing their engagement pictures. Feimster also disclosed that she recently lost weight as a result of an unusual doctor’s visit.
Feimster Height
Fortune stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches.
Education and Career
She went to Belmont Central Elementary School and Belmont Junior High while growing up in Belmont, North Carolina, and eventually graduated from South Point High School in 1998. She was introduced to the public at the Gastonia Debutante Ball the same year. She played tennis, softball, and basketball at South Point.
She studied in communications, played tennis and soccer, and was voted president of the student body at Peace College, which was then exclusively for women. She was the student speaker at commencement in 2002 and received a summa cum laude degree. After the graduation, Feimster got to know actress Emily Procter, who was born in Raleigh, and she spoke at the ceremony.
She spent a year in Spain before relocating to Los Angeles in 2003 to work as Procter’s personal assistant and pursue a career in comedy. Feimster began a seven-year career in entertainment journalism after establishing a connection with Procter’s neighbor, a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News. She started learning sketch comedy and improv at The Groundlings Theatre in 2005. She was chosen to join the Sunday Company of the Groundlings after four years.
Fortune Feimster Net Worth
Fortune has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Feimster Movies
2025 – Zootopia 2
2023 – Family Switch
2022 – Sex Appeal
2021 – Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
2021 – Yes Day
2020 – Deported
2020 – Friendsgiving
2020 – Chick Fight
2020 – Soul
2018 – Social Animals
2018 – Father of the Year
TV Shows
2023–present – FUBAR
2023 – Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune
2023 – Velma
2022–2023 – Firebuds
2022 – Is It Cake?
2021–2022 – Ada Twist, Scientist
2021–2022 – Kenan
2021 – iCarly – Countess Debra
2021 – The Circle
2021 – The Mighty Ones
2021 – Q-Force
2021 – Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2021 – RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars
2020 – Sweet and Salty
2020 – Nailed It!
2019–2021 – Bless the Harts
2019–2020 – The L Word: Generation Q