Ari Graynor Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Ariel Geltman Graynor
Profession	Actress
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5'5" (165 cm)
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Blonde
Career
Debut	TV: The Sopranos (2001) Soundtrack: The Sopranos (2001) Broadway: Brooklyn Boy (2005) Film: Mystic River (2003) Executive Producer For a Good Time, Call... (2012) Producer Bad Teacher (2014)
Awards	• Clarence Derwent Award for Best supporting Female (2005) • Young Hollywood Award (2009)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	27 April 1983 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2024)	41 Years
Birthplace	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Zodiac sign	Taurus
Signature
Nationality	American
Hometown	Boston, Massachusetts
School	Buckingham Browne & Nichols Upper School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
College/University	Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
Religion	Judaism
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Hobbies	Cooking, Photography
Social Media	• Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	• Joseph Kennedy III (Politician) • Johnny Galecki (Actor) • Eddie Kaye Thomas (2008-2012; Actor)
Family
Parents	Father- Joani Geltman (Parenting Expert, Author, Public Speaker) Mother- Greg Graynor (Contractor)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ari Graynor

• Her mother belongs to an Ashkenazi Jewish family.

• Her father belongs to Polish ancestry. He was born into a Roman Catholic family but later converted to Judaism.

• Her paternal grandfather’s surname was originally ‘Gryzna’ but it was later changed to ‘Graynor’.

• Her mother has worked in the community theatre with a performance art theatre group, Wellesley Players.

• She saw her first play, ‘Hello Dolly!’ when she was 4 years old. In the play, her mother worked in the chorus group.

• When she was in class 1, she returned home with tears in her eyes out of excitement after she got a role in the school play.

• She started acting professionally when she was 7 years old.

• When she was around 9 years old, she worked in the pilot episode for the show, ‘Willoughby’s Wonders’ along with fellow actor, Michael Angarano. But, due to a shortage of funds, the show wasn’t aired.

• Her parents would take her to auditions in New York when she turned 12.

• She performed in the theatrical play of Shakespeare, ‘King Lear’ at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Institute when she was 13.

• She has also participated in musical theatre and once did a tour of South Korea for the play, ‘Annie.’

• While studying in college, she often travelled to New York from Connecticut for auditions and while taking several leaves from college. She found the process of constant travelling very exhausting.

• In 2005, she dropped out of college after she got a role in the Broadway show, ‘Brooklyn Boy.’
  

  Ari Graynor in a still from the play, Brooklyn Boy

• After making her debut in the TV show, ‘The Sopranos’ (2001), she didn’t work for over a year and a half.
  

  Ari Graynor in a still from the show, The Sopranos

• In an episode of the TV show, ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ on 29 June 2017, she claimed to have gone to a prom with the politician, Joseph Kennedy III.
  

  Ari Graynor in a still from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

• To prepare for her role in the show, ‘I’m Dying Up Here,’ she performed in an open mike show and used the jokes from the show in front of a live audience and received positive reviews.
  

  Ari Graynor in a still from I’m Dying Up Here

• She has appeared in several American films and TV shows, including, ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ (2003), ‘Date Night’ (2010), ‘What’s Your Number?’ (2011), ‘Bad Teacher’ (2014), ‘The Disaster Artist’ (2017), and ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ (2024).
  

  Ari Graynor in a still from the show, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

• She is an animal lover and owns a pet dog which she has named Tootsie.
  

  Ari Graynor’s dog, Tootsie