Elizabeth Warner
Elizabeth Warner’s Biography
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ELIZABETH WARNER BIO
TALENT PRODUCER/BOOKER
celebrity, political, authors, music
Born in Detroit and raised in West Los Angeles, Elizabeth knew from an early age that show business was the career for her. With a voracious interest in pop culture, news and politics fed early while watching countless hours of television, movies, listening to music and reading every entertainment magazine available, Elizabeth has spent her life soaking up all that the world of entertainment has to offer.
Elizabeth is a graduate of University High School in WLA, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of California Irvine.
Beginning her career as a page at NBC Studios in Burbank, the doors were open to a person as vivacious and friendly as Elizabeth.
She took advantage of the connections made while at NBC,
and spent a year as personal assistant to Ed McMahon which included working at The Tonight Show Studios.
On a chance trip to New York, she ended up at the offices of Lorne Michaels at "Saturday Night Live". As luck would have it, the talent department was looking for an assistant, and Elizabeth had 2 days to move to NYC to begin her adventure with the legendary program. Working with the talent booker at SNL, she spent her years there learning the ropes of booking celebrity hosts and guests.
After SNL, Elizabeth continued to ply her trade in New York City, working on two Broadways Shows “Raggedy Ann” and “Rosa”, and booking celebrity guests for Lifetime’s daytime talk show “Attitudes” as well as PBS Primetime Emmy winner, “Celebrating Gershwin” where she secured Bob Dylan, among others.
Returning to Los Angeles after several years in the Big Apple, Elizabeth has gone on to forge a career as one of the most sought after celebrity bookers on both coasts and has worked on numerous Emmy winning programs.
Elizabeth has had a very busy career, having recently completed her 7th season booking celebrity and political guests on the Daytime Emmy winner and 2 time NAACP winner, Telepictures daytime talk show "The Real", and the upcoming FOX Network primetime 2021 holiday event special, “The Real Dirty Dancing” for Eureka/Lionsgate.
Other past projects include “Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party”, “The Carlos Watson Show”, "The Doctors", “The Roseanne Show", “CNN”, “MSNBC”, ”RuPaul’s Drag U”, “Inside Edition” and the highly acclaimed documentary, “Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock & Roll” which featured Bruce Springsteen. Other networks include CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, VH1, AXS TV, HGTV, GSN.
Elizabeth resides in The Rancho of Burbank where she lives on a horse trail. She is very proud of her son Aaron, who just started his second year of Medical School at UC Irvine (her alma mater). Elizabeth is a member of The Television Academy, The Society of Professional Journalists, The Motion Picture Academy Museum charter member, and Pi Beta Phi Sorority.
Sample of noteworthy bookings include First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris (twice), Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Representative Ayanna Pressley, Fareed Zakaria, Senator Cory Booker, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Sean Penn, Tiffany Haddish, Oprah Winfrey, Cardi B, George Clooney, Leah Remini, Steve Carrell, Matthew McConaughey, Angela Bassett, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Lopez, Laurence Fishburne. Additional names on attached resume.
Interests include politics, travel, genealogy, music, hiking.