"Jennifer Coolidge"
Jennifer Coolidge (/ˈkuːlɪdʒ/; born August 28, 1961) is an American actress and comedian, known for playing "Stifler's mom", the MILF in the film American Pie (1999); Hilary Duff's stepmother in A Cinderella Story (2004); Paulette, the manicurist in Legally Blonde (2001) and its sequel; the voice of Aunt Fanny in the animated feature Robots (2005); for her role in The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Betty; and for her regular role in the NBC sitcom Joey as Joey's agent, Bobbie Morganstern. She is also a regular actor in Christopher Guest's mockumentary films. Coolidge is an alumna of The Groundlings, an improv and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles. She stars in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls as Sophie, Max and Caroline's Polish upstairs neighbor who owns a cleaning business.
Coolidge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Gretchen (née Knauff) and Paul Constant Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer. She was raised in Norwell, Massachusetts, and has a brother, Andrew, and two sisters, Elizabeth and Susannah. Coolidge attended Norwell High School, the Cambridge School of Weston, Emerson College in Boston and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Her charitable work has included a history of supporting AIDS assistance and animal rights.
Coolidge is known for her supporting roles in several comedy movies and guest spots on television. Having made one of her first appearances in the Seinfeld episode "The Masseuse", as well as appearing in a recurring role on King of the Hill as Luanne's beauty school teacher, Miss Kremzer, Coolidge is best known for playing "Stifler's mom", the consummate "MILF", in the American Pie films, though she is also known for supporting parts in other films, including Hilary Duff's stepmother in A Cinderella Story; Paulette, the manicurist in Legally Blonde and its sequel; "Hottie Police Officer" in A Night at the Roxbury; and the voice of Aunt Fanny in the animated feature Robots.
She has played comic parts in the improv mockumentaries Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration, all directed by Christopher Guest. She also appeared in the 2006 film Date Movie as a spoof of Barbra Streisand's Meet the Fockers character. Epic Movie, released in 2007 and made by the same people behind Date Movie, was the first movie in which she starred; in it, she played the "White Bitch" (the White Witch) of Gnarnia (Narnia), a lampoon of the Disney and Walden Media film The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Coolidge had a regular role in the NBC sitcom Joey as Joey's agent, appearing in 37 out of 46 episodes in the series. She originally starred in an episode of Friends in its final season as Amanda, a tactless and uninhibited wannabe whom Phoebe and Monica try to shake off. Prior to her Friends appearance she was a regular on She TV, a very short-lived sketch comedy that also featured Nick Bakay, Elon Gold, Simbi Khali, and Linda Kash. She also has appeared on According to Jim, playing Jim's sister and in an episode of Sex and the City, and on Frasier as Frederica, Martin Crane's new physical therapist. Coolidge also appeared in the kiddie comedy Slappy and the Stinkers and as Adam Sandler's wife's friend, Janine, in the 2006 comedy film Click.
In 2005, Coolidge was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2006, she guest starred on an episode of Top Chef.
In 2007, Coolidge appeared on Thank God You're Here and The Closer, on TNT. In 2008, she guest starred on The Secret Life of the American Teenager as a call girl. In the second season, she was a frequently recurring character, playing the fiance of Ben's dad and future stepmother of Ben. She also starred in the 2008 television film Living Proof.
In 2009, Coolidge took a dramatic role in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Genevieve McDonagh. The film premiered on September 9, 2009 at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, and It opened in general release in the United States on November 20, 2009. Also In 2009, she starred alongside Heather Graham and Amber Heard in ExTerminators. A black comedy about a set of women who form their own "silent revolution", wreaking havoc on the abusive men in their lives.
In 2010, Coolidge appeared in Beauty & the Briefcase an ABC Family television film produced by Image Entertainment that originally aired on April 18, 2010. It was Based on the novel Diary of a Working Girl by Daniella Brodsky. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the US on February 8, 2011.
In 2011, Coolidge curated a Blake Nelson Boyd art show in New Orleans.
In June 2011, Coolidge told Australian radio show The Kyle & Jackie O Show that she would be touring Australia as part of her Yours for the Night stand-up tour.
In October 2011, Coolidge began a recurring role in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls as Sophie Kachinsky, a Polish neighbor of the two lead characters. She has since been promoted to main cast.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Not of This Earth | Nurse | |
| 1995 | A Bucket of Blood | Stupid girl | |
| 1995 | Love and Happiness | Jeringir | |
| 1997 | Plump Fiction | Sister Sister | |
| 1997 | Trial and Error | Jacqueline "Jackie" Turreau | |
| 1998 | Slappy and the Stinkers | Harriet | |
| 1998 | Men in White | N/A | Television film |
| 1998 | A Night at the Roxbury | Hottie police officer | |
| 1998 | Brown's Requiem | Helen | |
| 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Woman at football game | |
| 1999 | American Pie | Jeanine Stifler (Stifler's mom) | |
| 2000 | The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy | Betty | |
| 2000 | Best in Show | Sherri Ann Cabot | |
| 2001 | Down to Earth | Mrs. Wellington | |
| 2001 | Legally Blonde | Paulette Bonafonté | |
| 2001 | Pootie Tang | Ireenie | |
| 2001 | American Pie 2 | Jeanine Stifler (Stifler's mom) | Uncredited |
| 2001 | Zoolander | American designer | |
| 2002 | Women vs. Men | Shelly | Television film |
| 2003 | A Mighty Wind | Amber Cole | |
| 2003 | As Virgins Fall | Janice Denver | |
| 2003 | Carolina | Aunt Marilyn | |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Paulette Bonafonté Parcelle | |
| 2003 | American Wedding | Jeanine Stifler (Stifler's mom) | |
| 2003 | Testosterone | Louise | |
| 2004 | A Cinderella Story | Fiona Montgomery | Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Sleazebag |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | White-faced woman | |
| 2005 | Robots | Aunt Fanny (voice) | |
| 2006 | Date Movie | Roz Fockyerdoder | |
| 2006 | American Dreamz | Martha Kendoo | |
| 2006 | Click | Janine | |
| 2006 | For Your Consideration | Whitney Taylor Brown | |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | The White Bitch of Gnarnia | |
| 2008 | Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief | Daisy (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Foreign Exchange | Principal Lonnatini | |
| 2008 | Igor | Jaclyn/Heidi (voice) | |
| 2008 | Living Proof | Tish | Television film |
| 2008 | Soul Men | Rosalee | |
| 2009 | ExTerminators | Stella | |
| 2009 | A Good Funeral | Helen | |
| 2009 | The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Genevieve McDonagh | |
| 2009 | Gentlemen Broncos | Judith Purvis | |
| 2010 | The Jack of Spades | Monica | |
| 2010 | Beauty & the Briefcase | Felisa McCollin | Television film |
| 2011 | Mangus! | Cookie Richardson | |
| 2012 | American Reunion | Jeanine Stifler (Stifler's mom) | |
| 2013 | Austenland | Miss Elizabeth Charming | |
| 2014 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Ms. Suggs | |
| 2015 | Hell & Back | Durmessa (voice) | In post-production |
| TBA | B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations | Carol Sue (voice) | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Seinfeld | Jodi | Episode: "The Masseuse" |
| 1994 | She TV | Various | |
| 1995 | The Monroes | Marcia Kelly | Episode: "Educating Billy" |
| 1996 | Saturday Night Special | Various | |
| 1997–99 | King of the Hill | Miss Kremzer (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 1998 | Alright Already | Rhonda | Episode: "Again with the Hockey Player: Part 1" |
| 1998 | Rude Awakening | Sue | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Ladies Man | Helen | Episode: "Neutered Jimmy" |
| 2001 | The Andy Dick Show | Nancy Bunting | Episode: "Kid Krist" |
| 2001 | Frasier | Frederica | Episode: "Forgotten But Not Gone" |
| 2001 | Sketch Pad | The Groundlings | |
| 2002 | Do Over | Gwen Brody | Episode: "Cold War" |
| 2003–04 | According to Jim | Roxanne | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Sex and the City | Victoria | Episode: "The Perfect Present" |
| 2003 | Friends | Amanda Buffamonteezi | Episode: "The One with Ross's Tan" |
| 2004 | Game Over | Ramona (voice) | Episode: "Into the Woods" |
| 2004 | MADtv | Herself/Ivanka | Season 9, episode 23 |
| 2004–06 | Joey | Roberta "Bobbie" Morganstern | Main cast; 46 episodes |
| 2004 | Father of the Pride | Tracy (voice) | Episode: "And the Revolution Continues" |
| 2004 | As Told by Ginger | Nikki Laporte (voice) | Episode: "The Wedding Frame" |
| 2005 | Hopeless Pictures | Traci (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | Comic Relief 2006 | "Fur" | Stand-up comedy benefit concert in the wake ofHurricane Katrina |
| 2007–09 | Nip/Tuck | Candy Richards/CoCo | 3 episodes |
| 2008–09 | Yin Yang Yo! | Coop's mother (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2008 | The Closer | Angie Serabian | Episode: "Dial M for Provenza" |
| 2008–12 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Betty | 35 episodes |
| 2008 | Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Fannie Mae (voice) | Episode: "Mom Fight" |
| 2009 | Kath & Kim | Lenore | Episode: "Celebrity" |
| 2009 | Party Down | Bobbie St. Brown | 2 episodes |
| 2010, 2012 | The Life & Times of Tim | Various voices | 3 episodes |
| 2010–13 | Hero Factory | Daniella Capricorn | 3 episodes |
| 2011–14 | Fish Hooks | Ms. Lips (voice) | Recurring |
| 2012 | The Game | Marissa | Episode: "Skeletons" |
| 2012 | Napoleon Dynamite | Mrs. Moser (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2012–present | 2 Broke Girls | Sophie Kachinsky | Recurring (season 1); main cast (season 2–present) |
| 2012–present | Gravity Falls | Lazy Susan Wentworth (voice) | Recurring |
| 2015 | Glee | Whitney S. Pierce | Recurring (season 6) |
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/
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