Education
Raised in Wayne, New Jersey, Wigfield graduated in 2001 from the all-girls Immaculate Heart Academy, a Catholic high school in Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey.
Raised in Wayne, New Jersey, Wigfield graduated in 2001 from the all-girls Immaculate Heart Academy, a Catholic high school in Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey.
Wigfield graduated from Boston College in 2005, where she majored in theater. She has written for and performed with the Upright Citizens Brigade. Tina Faculty hired Wigfield at the age of 23 as a staff writer after convincing her to submit a sample of her writing skills.
She moved up to lead writer and then producer.
After her work on 30 Rock, Jack Burditt brought her to California to write for The Mindy Project and its star Mindy Kaling. She has also appeared on the show, portraying Doctor Lauren Barinholtz, a love interest of Doctor Peter Prentice.