2007 film by Adrienne Shelly
Waitress is a 2007 American comedy drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, starring Keri Russell as a young woman trapped in a small town and an abusive marriage, who faces an unwanted pregnancy while working as a waitress.
The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it was accepted before Shelly's 2006 murder. Waitress received a limited theatrical release in the United States on May 2, 2007, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Shelly's supporting role is her final film appearance.
In 2015, Waitress was adapted into a Tony-nominated musical of the same name.
Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.