List of Georgetown University alumni
Name Class year School/ degree Notability
Sara Albert 2005 Col America 's Next Top Model contestant
Kary Antholis 1989 Law President of HBO miniseries and Academy Award -winning documentary filmmaker
Pearl Bailey 1985 Col Singer and actress ; winner of the Tony Award , Daytime Emmy Award , and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award ; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
John Barrymore 1895-1897* Col Actor
Zal Batmanglij 2001 Col Director and screenwriter
Tarak Ben Ammar 1970 SFS Franco-Tunisian film producer
Michael Benz 2004 Col Actor
Bruce Berman 1978 Law Chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures
Eileen Brennan Sometime 1950s Col Actress known for Private Benjamin , for which she received an Academy Award nomination
Mike Cahill 2005 Col Director and screenwriter
Bradley Cooper 1997 Col Actor ; nominated for several Academy Awards and Tony Awards ; named by People in 2011 as the Sexiest Man Alive
Lucy Barzun Donnelly 1995 Col Producer of Grey Gardens ; winner of an Emmy Award , a Golden Globe Award , and a TCA Award
Margaret Edson 1992 Grad Pulitzer Prize -winning playwright known for Wit
Robert Gant 1993 Law Actor
Pia Getty Col Independent filmmaker
John Guare 1960 Col Five-time Tony Award -winning playwright known for The House of Blue Leaves , Six Degrees of Separation , and Landscape of the Body
Jack Hofsiss 1971 Col Tony Award -winning director known for The Elephant Man play on Broadway
Mitchell Hurwitz 1985 Col Television writer and producer ; creator of Arrested Development ; co-creator of The Ellen Show
Nick Kroll 2001 Col Actor and comedian known for his role in The League and starring in the Kroll Show
Wilton Lackaye 1914 Grad Early stage and film actor ; first portrayed the character of Svengali
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Georgetown University is a private research university located in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, Georgetown University is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher education in the United States. The school graduates about two thousand undergraduate and postgraduate students annually. There are nine constitutive schools, five of which offer undergraduate degrees and six of which offer graduate degrees, as two schools offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees.