Anna Konkle

PEN15 costars and real-life BFFs Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine appeared on Tuesday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live and discussed their recent overlapping pregnancies and the moment they introduced their babies to one another. The actresses, both 34, revealed they welcomed their babies within two months of each other, which...

"It actually is the best. To have a friend, a best friend, go through it at the same time," Erskine said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Konkle said that she and Erskine introduced their babies to one another "a few days ago for the first time" after both got vaccinated. "I think they love each other," Erskine added. "I'm just gonna say it, I don't think they were like co-existing, I think they were starting deep into each other's eyes and truly connecting."

Right out of the gate, the Hulu series Pen15 made noise, and not just for its title. The show was created by Anna Konkle, her best friend and writing and acting partner Maya Erskine and Sam Zviberman, who directs most of the episodes. Konkle and Erskine, who met in a theater class in Amsterdam, play 13-year-old versions of themselves even though both are actually in their mid-30s now and, coincidentally, both new mothers.

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“I think it’s the worst times in a lot of peoples’ lives,” admits Anna Konkle, the star, co-creator and co-writer of Hulu’s Emmy-nominated comedy “PEN15.” “It wasn’t really something that people were talking about that much in mainstream media. It was the Nickelodeon version or whatever shiny, kid-like version. And the reality that we had lived was this really awkward, weird moment between childhood and teenhood.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.

“I think the performances are even better this year,” praises “PEN15” director Sam Zvibleman when discussing the accolades Season 2 of Hulu’s hit comedy has received. The series stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle as middle schoolers and awkward social outcasts in the year 2000. “Maya and Anna were obviously wonderful the first season. I think they got to dive into maybe some deeper emotional stuff. The world of middle school sort of pummels them a bit harder and they really got to show off their dramatic acting chops.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.

In Hulu’s Pen15, real-life BFFs Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle play 13-year-old versions of themselves at the turn of the 21st century. Amidst the Y2K era of AOL Instant Messenger chatting, gel pens and Tamagotchi keychains, the TV versions of Maya and Anna must navigate one of the most awkward and painful moments of one’s life: adolescence.

Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle are not only real life best friends and the hilarious leads of the Hulu comedy PEN15, but they're now also both mothers. Erskine and Konkle realized they couldn't do anything separately when they discovered last year that they were both pregnant. In a recent interview with Vogue, the two discussed their 'twin pandemic pregnancies' and how they enjoyed the chance to take a break when they had been planning on diving right into the third season of their middle school-centered comedy. Now, the two actresses are enjoying their time as new mothers.

Watch: "Vanderpump Rules" Star Scheana Shay Welcomes Baby Girl. Pen15 stars and co-creators Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle are best friends in real life, and now, they're embarking on a brand-new journey together: motherhood!. The actresses, who play middle school versions of themselves on the Hulu comedy (alongside a cast...

The PEN15 actress, 34, welcomed her first child with writer and actor Alex Anfanger — a daughter named Essie Wunderle Anfanger — earlier this year, she revealed in an interview with Vogue published on Friday. "The middle name comes from my dad's side of the family, in honor of him,"...

The PEN15 star and co-creator revealed that she gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Essie Wunderle Anfanger, with Alex Anfanger earlier this year. Konkle shared the news during a new interview with Vogue published on Friday, as well as shared that she and Anfanger are engaged. She...

In January, best friends and Pen15 co-stars/producers/writers Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle had a delightful surprise for their followers. A few months after Erskine announced that she and the actor Michael Angarano, her fiancé, were expecting a baby, Konkle revealed that she too was pregnant with her fiancé, the writer and actor Alex Anfanger—and that she was already nine months along. Needless to say, a barrage of joyous headlines followed: “Maya Erskine And Anna Konkle From ‘PEN15’ Are Pregnant At The Same Time And It’s BFF Goals”; “BFFs Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine Pregnant With Future BFFs.” But what had long been kept a secret from the public was, within Erskine and Konkle’s innermost circle, already very old news.

Konkle revealed that she and her fiancé, writer and actor Alex Anfanger, had welcomed a daughter in a Vogue article on her and her fellow PEN15 co-creator and co-star Maya Erskine's "twin pandemic pregnancies."

Hit comedy PEN15, created by and starring Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine, features the two playing a pair of preteen best friends who are often at odds with their parents. Now, the pair of real-life best friends might get a taste of their own medicine. After a recent, surprise, pregnancy announcement from Konkle, we can now confirm that both Konkle and Erskine are pregnant at the same time.

In a twist their on-screen counterparts probably would have loved, real-life besties and PEN15 creators Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine are pregnant at the same time. Konkle surprised fans late last week when she took to Instagram to announce she was pregnant — just like her co-star Erskine, who'd announced she was expecting in November.

Big news for Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle on PEN15. The actors just announced via Instagram that they are pregnant at the same time! Will their kids grow up to be BFFs just like them? We can only hope!. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle are best friends in real life.

Watch: Necessary Realness: It's a Celebrity Baby Boom!. Galentine's Day is still weeks away, but real-life BFFs and PEN15 co-creators Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine have surprised fans with the sweetest gift: They're both pregnant at the same time!. "Yin and yang," Anna captioned her Instagram Stories on Friday, Jan....