![]() ![]() In late 2005, Coolidge was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The film was accompanied by an original short animated film based on Robots, titled Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty, in which she reprised her role. Coolidge also appeared in the children's comedy Slappy and the Stinkers, and as the voice of Aunt Fanny in the animated feature Robots. She also has appeared on According to Jim, playing Roxanne, Jim's sister and in an episode of Sex and the City, and on Frasier as Frederica, Martin Crane's new physical therapist. Prior to her Friends appearance she was a regular on She TV, a short-lived sketch comedy that also featured Nick Bakay, Elon Gold, Simbi Khali, and Linda Kash. She originally starred in an episode of Friends in its final season as Amanda, an obnoxious acquaintance whom Phoebe Buffay and Monica Geller try to shake off. NBC officially canceled the series in May 2006, citing low ratings. During its second season, she went from a recurring character to a more prominent role, appearing in 37 out of 46 episodes in the series. įrom 2004 to 2006, Coolidge had a role in the NBC comedy series Joey as Joey Tribbiani’s oversexed agent Roberta "Bobbie" Morganstern. Ĭoolidge nearly received the role of Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives, but it eventually went to Felicity Huffman. The film went on to become a moderate box office hit despite negative critical reviews. In 2004, she had a supporting role in the romantic comedy A Cinderella Story playing Hilary Duff's character's vain, self-absorbed stepmother. In 2003, she played the protagonist's agent Luise in Testosterone filmed in Argentina starring David Sutcliffe as Dean Seagrave and Antonio Sabato, Jr. In 2003, she again played Jeanine Stifler in American Wedding. ![]() The film's box-office success led to her reprising the role in its 2003 sequel, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, but the movie was not as financially successful as the first film and generated mostly negative reviews. Legally Blonde was a box-office hit, grossing US$96 million domestically. Later in that same year, she had a supporting role in Legally Blonde as Paulette Bonafonté Parcelle the manicurist. In 2001, she reprised her role in American Pie 2. The film was a box-office hit and took in a gross worldwide revenue of $235,483,004. In 1999, Coolidge got her big break playing Jeanine Stifler, or "Stifler's mom" in American Pie. She worked with The Groundlings, an improv and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles. She also voiced Luanne's beauty school teacher, Miss Kremzer, in a recurring role on King of the Hill. She had small roles appearing in such films as A Bucket of Blood, Plump Fiction, and A Night at the Roxbury. She made her first appearance on television in the Seinfeld episode " The Masseuse". ![]() Career 1993–1999: Early career Ĭoolidge played supporting roles in several comedy movies and guest roles on television. While in New York, Coolidge worked as a waitress in a restaurant alongside another aspiring actress, Sandra Bullock. During college, Coolidge wanted to become a dramatic actress like Meryl Streep, but instead became a comedic character actress. She attended Norwell High School, the Cambridge School of Weston, and pursued university studies at Emerson College in Boston and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. She was raised in Norwell, Massachusetts.Ĭoolidge played the clarinet and went to orchestra camp for three summers as a child. She gained acclaim for starring as Tanya McQuoid, an insecure rich woman, in the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2021–2022), winning a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for the performance.Ĭoolidge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Gretchen (née Knauf) and Paul Constant Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer. On television, Coolidge has appeared in the sitcoms Joey (2004–2006), The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2012), and 2 Broke Girls (2011–2017), and the drama series The Watcher (2022). She has also appeared in the films A Cinderella Story (2004), Click (2006), Date Movie (2006), Epic Movie (2007), Promising Young Woman (2020), Single All the Way (2021), and Shotgun Wedding (2022). She has regularly collaborated with Christopher Guest on his mockumentary films, such as Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). She has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.Ĭoolidge had supporting roles in the American Pie film series (1999–2012) and the Legally Blonde film series (2001–2003). She is primarily a character actress with roles in comedic film and television. Jennifer Coolidge (born August 28, 1961) is an American actress.
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