Kathy Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning American stand-up comedian, television personality, and actress. A self-proclaimed "D-list celebrity," Griffin gained recognition first for her supporting role on NBC's Suddenly Susan and is now the star of the Bravo reality show, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. A gay icon, though not gay herself, Griffin has been a voice actress and a red carpet commentator in addition to her other career pursuits.

Griffin established her career with candid observations about her dating life, later focusing on mocking celebrities, her act currently consists of recounting embellished stories involving celebrities. Her favorite celebrity topics are plastic surgery, Scientology, drunkenness, substance abuse, snooty attitudes, eating disorders, and stars whose sexual orientation is disputed. Griffin is sometimes the object of her own humor, particularly with regard to her D-List status. While Griffin paints herself as a Hollywood outsider, she has a group of close celebrity friends such as Rosie O'Donnell, Joan Rivers, Brooke Shields, Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Coolidge, Ricky Gervais, and Lance Bass.