Katy Mixon

Katy Mixon (born March 30, 1981)^[1] is an American actress and model. She began her career playing supporting roles in films such as The Quiet (2005), Four Christmases (2008), and State of Play (2009), before landing the female leading role in the HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down (2009–2013).

Katy Mixon
Mixon in 2010
Born	(1981-03-30) March 30, 1981 (age 44) Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Education	Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Breaux Greer
Children	2
Modeling information
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown

From 2010 to 2016, Mixon starred as Victoria Flynn, sister to Melissa McCarthy's character, on the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly. She had dramatic parts in films Take Shelter (2011), Drive Angry (2011), and Hell or High Water (2016), and did voice-over work in television with The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013) and Big Hero 6: The Series (2018–2019), and in film with Minions (2015). From 2016 to 2021, Mixon starred as Katie Otto, the lead character in the ABC sitcom American Housewife.

Early life

Mixon was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida; she is one of seven siblings.^[2] She attended the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, Alabama and graduated from the Pensacola Private School of Liberal Arts.^[3] She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.^[4]

Career

Mixon's first acting job came in 2001, playing Calpurnia in the Utah Shakespearean Festival's presentation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.^[4] Mixon moved to Los Angeles in 2003. In 2005, she starred in the premiere of the interactive theater play American Standard at the Los Angeles Edgefest. Mixon has performed at Upright Cabaret.^[5][6]

Mixon made her motion picture debut in the 2005 thriller film The Quiet starring Elisha Cuthbert, playing the character Michelle Fell.^[7] The next year she appeared in the romantic comedy Blind Dating playing a secondary role. Mixon had a bigger role in the 2008 comedy film Four Christmases playing Jon Favreau's younger wife.^[8] In 2009, she had roles in three films: crime drama The Informers, political thriller State of Play, and a Razzie-winning comedy All About Steve.^[9][10] Also from 2009 until 2013 she starred as April Buchanon in the HBO baseball comedy series Eastbound & Down opposite Danny McBride.^[11][12]

In 2010, Mixon was cast as Victoria Flynn in the CBS comedy series Mike & Molly opposite Melissa McCarthy and Swoosie Kurtz.^[13] Vanity Fair described her role as "the funniest part" of the sitcom.^[8] The series ended in 2016 after six seasons and 127 episodes. During her time on Mike & Molly, Mixon co-starred alongside Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon in the critically acclaimed independent drama film Take Shelter which was released in 2011.^[14] She had a role in the action film Drive Angry (2011) which starred Nicolas Cage; she voiced Tina Nelson in Minions (2015) as well. In 2016, she appeared alongside Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine in the critically acclaimed crime film Hell or High Water.^[15]

In 2016, Mixon was cast in the first leading role of her career on the ABC comedy series American Housewife created by Sarah Dunn.^[16] Mixon received positive reviews from critics for her performance as Katie Otto.^[17][18][19] She was included in People's “One to Watch” list.^[20] The series was cancelled in 2021 after 103 episodes. In 2022, Mixon played Betsy Faria in the NBC miniseries The Thing About Pam detailing the involvement of Pam Hupp in the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria.^[21][22] Later that year, she was cast opposite Jessica Chastain in the Showtime musical drama miniseries George & Tammy.^[23]

Personal life

Mixon is married to former track and field athlete Breaux Greer, and they had a son in May 2017 and a daughter in May 2018.^[24][25]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005	The Quiet	Michelle Fell
2006	Zombie Prom	Coco	Short film
2006	Blind Dating	Suzie
2008	Finding Amanda	Girl #1 with Greg
2008	Four Christmases	Susan
2009	The Informers	Patty
2009	State of Play	Rhonda Silver
2009	All About Steve	Elizabeth
2011	Take Shelter	Nat	Nominated — Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance
2011	Drive Angry	Norma Jean
2012	A Little Something on the Side	Sofia	Short film
2015	Soul Ties	Grace
2015	Minions	Tina Nelson	Voice
2016	Hell or High Water	Jenny Ann	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Nominated — Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble
2024	Hot Frosty	Dottie	Netflix[26]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Then Comes Marriage	Audrey	Unsold pilot
2007	Reinventing the Wheelers	Caroline Honeybaker	Unsold pilot
2008	My Name Is Earl	Sheila	Episode: "Sweet Johnny"
2009–2010	Two and a Half Men	Betsy	3 episodes
2009–2013	Eastbound & Down	April Buchanon	Series regular, 20 episodes
2010–2016	Mike & Molly	Victoria Flynn	Series regular, 127 episodes
2011	Wilfred	Angelique	Episode: "Doubt"
2011	Robot Chicken	Mary Jane Watson (voice)	Episode: "Major League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"
2013	Psych	Ursula Gibbs	Episode: "Cirque du Soul"
2013	The Looney Tunes Show	Petunia Pig (voice)	Episode: "Mr. Weiner"
2016–2021	American Housewife	Katie Otto	Main role (103 episodes)
2016	Neo Yokio	Sailor Pellegrino (voice)	Episode: "A Pop Star of Infinite Elegance"
2017	Future-Worm!	Additional Voices	1 Episode
2018–2019	Big Hero 6: The Series	Barb (voice)	3 episodes
2018	Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure	Seraphina (voice)	Episode: "There's Something About Hook Foot"
2022	The Thing About Pam	Betsy Faria	Miniseries
2022	George & Tammy	Jan Smith	Miniseries