The Host of Wa$ted: Annabelle Gurwitch
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Actress and writer Annabelle Gurwitch (Dinner and a Movie) is such a vibrant advocate for going green that she calls herself a "lime" activist. When she's not boldly shrinking the ecological footprints of American families as the host of Wa$ted!, Annabelle is a contributing writer and commentator on Day to Day on NPR and writes comedic essays on politics, pop culture and the environment in her "Fired Up!" column for The Nation Magazine.com. Annabelle has been documenting her attempts to understand climate change and sustainable living in a series of interviews on Day to Day and webisodes entitled "My Big Fat Environmental Crisis" for Hearst Magazines.
Annabelle's recent book and documentary film have brought humor and attention to employment in the U.S. Fired! Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized and Dismissed (now in paperback), was deemed a "merry compendium of failure" by The Washington Post, and was #1 on The New York Post Hot List. The Fired! film, called "hilarious" by The Nation Magazine, and "entertaining and slyly subversive" by Oprah Magazine, is currently in rotation on the Showtime and Sundance Channels and available on DVD.
Besides her six-year stint on the cult favorite Dinner and a Movie for TBS, she's hosted shows on ABC, HBO, Sci- Fi, The Style Channel, The Game Show Network, and hearted everything under the sun on VH1's "I Love the..." series. Recent TV appearances include: State of Mind, The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, Boston Legal, and her films include: Shaggy Dog and Melvin Goes to Dinner. For her work off-Broadway, The New York Times named her in The Top Ten Performances of the Year in 2002.
Annabelle attended NYU and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Emmy-Award winning writer Jeff Kahn, and their ten year old son in a house lit (dimly) by CFLs. Annabelle and her husband are currently at work on a comic memoir entitled, "You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up". On Wa$ted!, Annabelle is comically confrontational with "eco-terrorist" families, utilizing her sassy sense of style, and unabashed humor to teach viewers how to play their part in saving the planet one (ecologically smaller) footstep at a time.
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