"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.

Film

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

Television

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)

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