
Bridget McManus
Actor
Bridget McManus is a Sundance Institute Episodic Lab Fellow. Some of her writing credits include the children’s animated series Mermaze Mermaidz, two seasons of the mockumentary McManusLand, and the award-winning series Maybelle. Bridget worked alongside showrunner Melanie Marnich (Murder at the End of the World, The Affair) on the Peacock series Apples Never Fall, starring Annette Bening and Sam Neill. She has had recurring roles on Transparent (Prime Video) and The Queen Latifah Show (CBS) and was the creator and host of two variety shows for MTV’s Logo network, Brunch with Bridget and Bridget McManus Presents: That Time of the Month. Bridget has toured internationally as a standup comedian and starred in four comedy specials: Laughing Matters: The Next Generation, One Night Stand Up, Bridget McManus: Live in Chicago and Bridget McManus: Live at The Tropicana in Las Vegas. She was a correspondent for the International Gay Games in Cologne, Germany, and wrote and hosted Advertising Week’s Livestream. In 2025, she launched her Substack series, Prologues & Epilogues, which is currently being developed into a book slated for release in Winter 2026. Bridget received her BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and is an alum of The Second City Conservatory Program in Los Angeles.
Movies7
Movie6.5ActionThrillerDoormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered father - whom Wesley never knew - belonged to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins which takes its orders from Fate itself. Fox and Sloan, the Fraternity's leader, teach Wesley, through intense training, to tap into dormant powers and hone his innate killing skills. Though he enjoys his newfound abilities, he begins to suspect that there is more to the Fraternity than meets the eye.
Wanted
2008 · 7.8K votes
Movie5.6ComedyRomanceUp-and-coming sports shoe entrepreneur Steve, who is still reeling from the death of his dad, has made a "November rule" in order to keep his distance from the women who seem to be getting too serious about their relationship. Every November 1st, Steve makes up a whopping lie in order to break up with his current girlfriend. However, this year, when he gives the beautiful Leah her walking papers, he realizes his immature and arbitrary rule has just lost him the woman of his dreams. But whether he can win Leah back seems increasingly doubtful, especially after she starts dating pro sports star, James Avedon.
November Rule
2015 · 45 votes
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Rudy (Bridget McManus) desperately needs a new roommate, and Ambrosia (Lena Headey, Imagine Me and You) seems like the solution to all of her problems...until friendship turns to obsession in this campy horror film.
Movie2.8DramaAli must lie and say she is her wife's sister so she can be with her in the hospital. Through Ali's memories, we see the women's relationship develop as Ali faces the truth in the present.
Quiet
2012 · 4 votes
MovieComedyDocumentaryBrash Boys Club, one-night of stand-up, gay comedy featuring three diverse comedians each doing a half-hour set.
Brash Boys Club
2020
Movie1.0A buttoned up divorcee has a chance encounter with a free spirited younger woman.
Alice & Iza
2018 · 2 votes
Movie0.5ComedyAfter searching for nearly a year before casting for the fourth installment in her award-winning LAUGHING MATTERS series, director Andrea Meyerson has put together an outstanding cast of the new up and coming comics on the LGBT comedy circuit. Shot in her winning formula that interweaves stand-up material with candid interviews, viewers are given the opportunity to at once laugh and simultaneously meet the person behind the comedy. Featuring Edison Apple, Gloria Bigelow, Ryan Hill, Daniel Leary, Bridget McManus and Amy Tee, all delivering performances so hilarious, you will soon forget they're the new kids on the block!
Laughing Matters... Next Gen
2009 · 1 votes
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TV6.4ComedyDramaAn LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
Transparent
2014 · 178 votes
TV0.5DramaAfter the death of her mother, 35-year old Maybelle Garris must learn to live for herself, as a gay women in the south, who’s still in love with her best friend from High School.
Maybelle
2015 · 1 votes