2007–2016 in Melbourne in 2012 In 2007, Everett starred and co-wrote alongside
Michael Patrick King the off-Broadway musical comedy ''At Least It's Pink: A Trashy Little Show
. King gave her a small part in the 2008 Sex and the City'' movie, as a drunk woman who interviews to be Carrie's assistant. Everett met
Amy Schumer at the
Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2009. Everett has been regularly opening for Schumer on her comedy tours since 2012. Everett has even upstaged Schumer, which then led Schumer to prefer to have Everett close for her instead, according to Schumer on her podcast. Everett often performs with her band, The Tender Moments, which includes Adam "
Ad-Rock" Horovitz from the
Beastie Boys and Carmine Covelli from
The Julie Ruin. In October 2013, Everett and Horovitz performed in a show called
Rock Bottom that the two co-wrote with
Hairspray songwriters
Marc Shaiman and
Scott Wittman.
Rock Bottom won Everett the 2015
Obie Awards Special Citation presented by the
American Theatre Wing. In 2013, Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments released a 12-track album titled
Pound It! Everett has also performed with
Brad Williams in a show called
Down n Dirty (hosted by
Broad Citys
Abbi Jacobson and
Ilana Glazer) at the
2014 Bonnaroo Music Festival. Everett performed a duet of "
Me and Bobby McGee" with
Patti LuPone at
Carnegie Hall in 2013. In the dramatic film
Patti Cake$, Everett played Barb Dombrowski, marking her screen breakout as the alcoholic mother of
Danielle Macdonald's character Patti Dombrowski.
Patti Cake$ received generally positive reviews from critics, and Everett specifically received praise. Matt Zoller Seitz from
RogerEbert.com wrote in his review: "Everett's history of using her considerable weight and height as comic fuel in standup and cabaret made her a perfect choice for this role, but she's as strong in the arguments and drunk scenes as she is when she's singing or cracking wise. If there's any justice, this should be a career-redefining performance on the order of
Frank Sinatra's in
From Here to Eternity." Later that year, she appeared in the romantic comedy-drama film
Permission, and the horror comedy film
Little Evil. Also in 2017, Everett went to star in the Amazon comedy pilot
Love You More. On August 1, 2017, Everett got a standing ovation for her "
Piece of My Heart" karaoke performance on
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. On January 3, 2018
The Tonight Show aired a repeat of Everett performing "Piece of My Heart". She also performed the song in the third episode of the 2022 TV show
Somebody Somewhere. In 2018, Everett had a recurring role in the short-lived
HBO comedy series,
Camping. The following year, she appeared in the Netflix miniseries,
Unbelievable playing Colleen Doggett, one of the foster parents of teenage victim Marie Adler (
Kaitlyn Dever). In 2021, she appeared in the black comedy film
Breaking News in Yuba County directed by
Tate Taylor. In 2022, Everett began starring in the HBO comedy-drama series
Somebody Somewhere playing the leading role of Sam, a woman in her 40s trying to find happiness. Her performance received positive reviews from critics. Ciara Wardlow from
RogerEbert.com wrote in her review: "Everett is remarkable as a woman who hides behind a mask of apathy and witty barbs. She’s hardly the sort to talk about her feelings by choice, but Everett’s performance manages to consistently convey to the audience things that Sam refuses to say or acknowledge with crystal clarity. It’s a subtle and compelling portrait of grief, a sadness that creates an intriguing counterbalance to the bold and bawdy sense of humor for which Everett is known, which also gets plenty of opportunity to shine." The
Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus reads, "Led by a captivating Bridget Everett,
Somebody Somewhere explores the human condition with tenderness, grace, and warmth. At the
38th Independent Spirit Awards, Everett received nomination for the Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series. She was also nominated for an
TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. The show received the 84th
Peabody Award in Entertainment. == Political advocacy ==