At Princeton, Kemper was a member of the school's improv comedy troupe, Quipfire, which was known for its elaborate pranks. Kemper graduated from Princeton University in 2002 with a BA in English. One of her teachers was actor Jon Hamm, with whom she appeared in a school play. She attended Conway Elementary School in the affluent suburb of Ladue and high school at John Burroughs School, where she developed an interest in theater and improvisational comedy. Kemper was raised and remains a practicing Roman Catholic. Kemper is of Italian (from her maternal grandfather), English, French, and German ancestry. She is the elder sister of television writer Carrie Kemper. Ellie is the great-great-granddaughter of banker, insurance man, and railroad magnate William Thornton Kemper Sr. She is the granddaughter of Mildred Lane Kemper, namesake of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis. Her father is executive chairman of Commerce Bancshares, a bank holding company founded by the Kemper family. Kemper was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the second of four children of Dorothy Ann "Dotty" (née Jannarone) and David Woods Kemper, a son of one of the wealthiest families in Missouri.
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