From social media to the big screen, Meg Stalter is peeling back her many layers as she marks her first starring role in Cora Bora . The Ohio-born actress recently opened up about her “sweet and rewarding” part in writer Rhianon Jones and director Hannah Pearl Utt ‘s new comedy-drama, which premiered at SXSW last year, as well as her journey from social media phenom to Hacks breakout and beyond. “I think my comedy translates well to this movie because it’s a character who’s kind of losing their mind but trying to pretend like they’re not,” Stalter tells Deadline.
“And that’s like a lot of the people I like to play outside of the movie. So, it kind of works.” She stars as the titular Cora, a struggling musician who puts her career on hold to return home and win back her girlfriend Justine ( Jojo T.
Gibbs ), who has fallen for another woman amid their open relationship. Meanwhile, Cora has to reckon with her past mistakes and the person she wants to be. After coming up in the Chicago improv scene, Stalter’s bold and awkward sense of comedy quickly drew an online following during the pandemic.
Fans of her social media videos continue to greet each other every Pride Month with a “ hi gay ” in reference to one of her most beloved sketches. Stalter has since found her breakout role as the hilariously inappropriate, yet loyal manager’s assistant Kayla on Max’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning comedy series Hacks . Audiences have watched the character gro.