Jennifer Coolidge
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Jennifer Coolidge (August 28, 1963) is an American comedic actress.
Biography
Personal life
Coolidge was born to Paul Coolidge in Boston, Massachusetts, where she was raised. She has a sister, Suzanne. Coolidge attended Norwell High School and Emerson College in Boston. She has dated actor Chris Kattan and writer Banks McClintock.[1]
Career
Coolidge is known for her supporting roles in many comedy movies and guest spots on television. She is best known for playing "Stifler's mom", the consummate "MILF" (hard though this is to understand given the photgraphic evidence on this page), 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, and the voice of Aunt Fanny in the animated feature Robots.
She has played comic parts in the mockumentaries Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration directed by Christopher Guest. She also appeared in the 2006 film Date Movie as a spoof of Barbra Streisand's Meet the Fockers character. Her first movie released in 2007, Epic Movie, was made by the same people behind Date Movie; 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 49 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. 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.
Coolidge made one of her first appearances in the Seinfeld episode "The Masseuse". In 2006, she guest starred on an episode of Top Chef.
Most recently, Coolidge appeared on the American version of the improvisation show, Thank God You're Here, on NBC.
Selected Filmography
- Frasier (?)
- Trial and Error (1997)
- A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
- American Pie (1999)
- Best in Show (2000)
- Broken Hearts Club (2000)
- American Pie 2 (2001)
- Legally Blonde (2001)
- Pootie Tang (2001)
- Down to Earth (2001)
- Testosterone (2003)
- American Wedding (2003)
- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003)
- A Mighty Wind (2003)
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- A Cinderella Story (2004)
- Robots (2005)
- Click (2006)
- American Dreamz (2006)
- Date Movie (2006)
- For Your Consideration (2006)
- Epic Movie (2007)