Early life

Duffy was born in New York City, the daughter of Carol, a homemaker, and Phil Duffy, a developer. She attended Park Ridge High School in Park Ridge, New Jersey, graduating in 1979. She received a bachelor's degree in recreational therapy from the University of Colorado.

Film and television career

By 1989, she was modeling and appearing in television commercials. She was a VJ for MTV in the early 1990s, under the name "Duff." She had small roles in a handful of films including Dumb and Dumber, and by 1995 she was working as a correspondent for documentary film-maker Michael Moore on his television shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth. She also modeled for Revlon.

In 2006 Duffy hosted House of Tiny Terrors on TLC. On July 7, 2007, she appeared on the Live Earth telecast on the Bravo Channel as a co-host at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States.

In 2008, Duffy began working with New York City's NYCTV through a series of emergency preparedness videos, based on the network's TV show, Secrets of New York. The videos, which mimic the style of Secrets of New York, are an attempt by City officials to raise awareness of the perils of natural disasters and preventative actions families should take to prepare for them.

Personal life

In 1995, Duffy was diagnosed with the relatively rare disease sarcoidosis. The disease affected her brain (neurosarcoidosis), leaving her partially paralyzed. She wrote about her affliction in the humorous 2000 autobiography Model Patient: My Life as an Incurable Wise-Ass.

She married John Lambros in 1997. They have since had a son named Jack "Lefty" Lambros.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	McBain	Crack Den Girl	Film Debut
	29th Street	Maria Rios
1992	Malcolm X	Sophia's Friend
1993	Who's the Man?	Officer Day
	Last Action Hero	Herself
1994	Blank Check	Shay Stanley
	Reality Bites	Elaina (Actress)
	Dumb & Dumber	J.P. Shay
1996	Memory Run	Celeste/Josette
1997	Nothing Sacred	Unknown Role
	Fool's Paradise	DJ
	Meet Wally Sparks	Reporter #3
1998	Celebrity	TV Reporter at Premiere
1999	The 24 Hour Woman	Margo Lynn
2002	A Smile Gone, But Where	Woman
2004	Marmalade	Karen
2006	Crafty	Host	TV Movie
2009	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Linda Otter	Voice
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Fade to Black	Unknown Role	Unknown episode(s)
1997	The Big Easy	Wanda Fallon	1 episode
1999-2002	Pepper Ann	Sketch	Recurring Role

Bibliography

• Karen Duffy. Model Patient: My Life as an Incurable Wise-Ass. 2001. ISBN 0-06-095727-1.
• Karen Duffy. A Slob in the Kitchen. 2004. ISBN 1-4000-5115-0.

Charities

Karen Duffy supports the following charitable causes: Sarcoidosis, Cancer, Breast Cancer.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]