Lydia Cornell: Comedy Writer, Afi Best Actress Nominee & People's Choice Award Winner, Interviewed

March 26, 2012 - PRLog -- Lydia Cornell is an American actress, writer, blogger and talk-radio host. She was born on July 23, 1962 in El Paso, Texas. She co-starred as Ted Knight’s daughter in the role of Sara Rush on the ABC television situation comedy Too Close for Comfort, and most recently on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Cornell was a Best Actress nominee at Method Fest, which honors outstanding acting performances, for her leading role in the indie “Miss Supreme Queen.”

Lydia Cornell's blog - winner of the Freedom Award and three World Report Awards, is “a consistently thought-provoking firecracker of pointed socio-political commentary and observant, caustic wit.” (Yahoo News: Shotgun Reviews.)

Cornell’s blog Lydia Cornell was a Koufax Award double nominee for best writing, and is “a consistently thought-provoking firecracker of pointed socio-political commentary and observant, caustic wit.” (Shotgun Reviews.) http://www.LydiaCornell.com

Lydia Cornell was recently profiled on Inside TV, A&E Biography, ET, E-Channel; People; Femmes Fatales, Women on Top and Asbury Park Press. She has had extensive theater, film and television experience. Credits include Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Drew Carey Show; the lead in indie films Nooner; Story of Dean & Nancy; Physical therapy; Happy Holidaze; *Miss Supreme Queen, Damage Done, Final Act, Black Scorpion and soon her own film Venus Conspiracy. Other credits include: The Red Tide (w/ James Earl Jones & José Ferrer) Quantum Leap Pilot, Hunter, Hotel, Hardball, Twilight Zone, Simon & Simon, Full House, Knight Rider, Love Boat (5), Hexed, T.J. Hooker, A-Team, Fantasy Island, Charlie’s Angels, Dukes, Monsters, Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve (co-host). She co-hosted the Victor Awards, the BRAVO Awards with Garry Marshall, JAKS Awards with Bill Cosby. On stage, she appeared in Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello and As You Like It; Ibsen's Enemy of the People; Of Mice and Men, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Bus Stop, Butterflies Are Free, Night of January 16 and Los Arboles Mueren de Pie in Spanish. She studied with Stella Adler, Jeff Corey, John Lehne and Nina Foch.

Lydia is also a comedienne, political writer and novelist. Her grandfather was Henry Ward Beecher Stowe. Cornell speaks at charity fundraisers, hospitals, high schools, colleges and women’s centers on overcoming loss, grief, unemployment, sexism, ageism, depression, self-sabotage, suicide, raising aliens (teenagers) and every imaginable hardship. Her triumph over addiction was the result of a ‘catastrophic spiritual awakening.’ “There is a reason so many celebrities are in rehab these days,” she says. Her experiences in overcoming a string of failures and humiliations inspired her to assist others with their own demons. “My ego was so big, it had an apartment of its own with a walk-in closet. The only medication I’m on now is self-pity. If you can laugh at yourself you probably won’t kill yourself.”

Deborah Dachinger interviews Lydia Cornell on “Dare to Dream” radio.  Listen to Lydia and Deborah live or via the podcast on: http://www.deborahdachinger.com/interview-archives. Debbi Dachinger’s “Dare to Dream” radio show is a syndicated, multi-award winning program, that’s been featured in news sources around the world. Author of the bestselling book “Dare to Dream: This Life Counts, “receiving 5-star reviews and is available on Amazon.

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Debbi Dachinger’s “Dare to Dream” radio is a syndicated, multi-award winning show that inspires 4+ million listeners. She wrote the bestselling book: “Dare to Dream: This Life Counts!” www.YouTube.com/debontheradio, www.deborahdachinger.com