Personal Life
Fischer met screenwriter James Gunn, her first husband, after she graduated from Truman State and moved to Los Angeles; her childhood friend Sean Gunn, James' brother, introduced them after he helped her get a part in a showcase. That small part in a showcase also led to her getting her first manager. On October 7, 2000, Fischer married James Gunn. Fischer announced her separation from Gunn in September 2007. In a June 2008 radio interview during the publicity tour of The Promotion, she confirmed that the divorce from Gunn had been finalized.
In the summer of 2009, People magazine reported her engagement to screenwriter Lee Kirk. Fischer confirmed this publicly on her MySpace page. The couple married on July 3, 2010.
In May 2007, while attending the NBC upfronts for her role in The Office, Fischer suffered a traumatic injury after falling down a flight of stairs in a Manhattan lounge, fracturing her back in four places. She was taken via ambulance to a Manhattan hospital and spent several weeks after in a New York City hotel before she was finally cleared by her doctor to fly to Los Angeles. After a twelve-week recovery, she returned to the set in time for the fourth season's first episode.
Fischer is passionate about animal rescue, and she is involved with the Los Angeles organizations Kitten Rescue and Rescue Rover. Before The Office, she worked for three years doing hands-on rescue work for the organizations. She still regularly fosters cats and has hosted Kitten Rescue's annual silent auction three years in a row (in 2008, 2009, and 2010).
Fischer maintains a MySpace blog detailing her experiences on The Office and is the godmother of co-star Angela Kinsey's daughter Isabel.
On September 24, 2011, Fischer gave birth to a baby boy, Weston Lee Kirk.
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