Jennifer Coolidge is an American actress who plays one of the White-Faced Women in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Biography[]
She was born on August 28, 1961, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to Gretchen (Knauff) and Paul Constant Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer. Young Coolidge was dreaming of becoming a singer. She attended Norwell High School and Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and earned her bachelor's degree in theatre in 1985. She moved to New York and joined the Gotham City improv group. Then, she headed to Los Angeles where she became a long-running member of "The Groundlings" comedy troupe. Coolidge made her television debut in a guest role on NBC's Seinfeld (1989), playing a voluptuous masseuse who won't offer her professional services to boyfriend Jerry in a 1993 episode. The following year, she had a regular gig on ABC's short-lived sketch series She TV (1994), then briefly became a cast member and writer on another short-lived sketch comedy series, Fox's Saturday Night Special (1996) produced by Roseanne Barr. Coolidge made her big screen debut as a nurse in Not of This Earth (1995), then in the courtroom comedy Trial and Error (1997). Then, she appeared in small roles in several more feature films, and also continued her television work. Coolidge had her breakthrough role in American Pie (1999), as a boozed-up and sultry mom who seduces her son's classmate with the comment that she liked her scotch and men the same way: aged 18 years. She recreated the character in the sequel American Pie 2 (2001). Then, she reprized her role as "Paulette" opposite Reese Witherspoon in the "Legally Blonde" franchise. Although, she lost the part of "Lynette Scavo" on Desperate Housewives (2004) to Felicity Huffman, Coolidge graced several TV comedies as well, with major guest appearances on Frasier (1993) and Sex and the City (1998). Then, she landed a recurring role in the NBC sitcom Joey (2004), as "Bobbie Morgenstern", Joey's agent, appearing in 37 episodes over two seasons.
Eventually, Coolidge emerged as a versatile character actress with her no-holds-barred approach to comedy and her vanity-free comfort with playing uninhibited, unappealing characters, and delivering lines with sexual innuendo. Her talent shines in a range of characters, from a gold-digging dog owner in Best in Show (2000), to a scheming wife of an elderly mogul in Down to Earth (2001), to an opportunistic mother in American Dreamz (2006). Coolidge's gift for altering her appearance and manner, as well as her mastery of timing, shines in her perfectly hideous performance as "Fiona", a wicked stepmother in A Cinderella Story (2004) opposite Hilary Duff, for which Coolidge won a 2005 Teen Choice Award. Her lasting collaboration with director Christopher Guest continues in For Your Consideration (2006).
She has been sharing her time between her two homes, one is in Hollywood, California, and one in New Orleans, where she bought a historic mansion before the Hurricane Katrina hit the city, and then became involved in its restoration.[1]
Filmography[]
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 | |
| 1998 | Slappy and the Stinkers | Harriet | |
| 1998 | Men in White | ||
| 1998 | A Night at the Roxbury | Hottie Cop | |
| 1998 | Brown's Requiem | Helen | |
| 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Woman at Football Game | |
| 1999 | American Pie | 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 | |
| 2001 | Pootie Tang | Ireenie | |
| 2001 | American Pie 2 | Stiler's Mom | Uncredited |
| 2001 | Zoolander | American Designer | |
| 2002 | Stage on Screen: The Women | Edith Potter | |
| 2002 | Women vs. Men | Shelly | |
| 2002 | The Burbs | ||
| 2003 | A Mighty Wind | Amber Cole | |
| 2003 | As Virgins Fall | Janice Denver | |
| 2003 | Carolina | Aunt Marilyn | |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Paulette Parcelle | |
| 2003 | American Wedding | Stifler's Mom | |
| 2003 | Testosterone | Louise | |
| 2003 | Citizen Tony | Lillypop | Voice |
| 2004 | A Cinderella Story | Fiona | |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | White Faced Woman | |
| 2005 | Robots | Aunt Fanny | Voice |
| 2005 | Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty | Aunt Fanny | Voice
Short |
| 2006 | Date Movie | Roz Funkyerdoder | |
| 2006 | American Dreamz | Martha Kendoo | |
| 2006 | Click | Janine | |
| 2006 | If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now | Sherry | |
| 2006 | For Your Consideration | Whitney Taylor Brown | |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | White Bitch | |
| 2007 | The Captain | Baby | Short |
| 2008 | Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief | Daisy | Voice |
| 2008 | Foreign Exchange | Principal Lonnatini | |
| 2008 | Igor | Jaclyn / Heidi | Voice |
| 2008 | Living Proof | Tish | |
| 2008 | Soul Men | Rosalee | |
| 2009 | ExTerminators | Stella | |
| 2009 | A Good Funeral | Helen | |
| 2009 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Genevieve | |
| 2009 | Gentlemen Broncos | Judith | |
| 2010 | Beauty & the Briefcase | Alicia | |
| 2010 | Lego Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies | Reporter | Voice |
| 2010 | Jack of Spades | Monica | |
| 2011 | Mangus! | Cookie Spedgewick | |
| 2012 | American Reunion | Stifler's Mom | |
| 2013 | Austenland | Miss Elizabeth Charming | |
| 2013 | 2 Broke Girls Spectaculat Superbowl Commercial | Sophie Kachinsky | Short |
| 2014 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Ms. Suggs | |
| 2015 | Hell and Back | Durmessa | Voice |
| 2015 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | Ms. Price | |
| 2016 | Mascots | Jolene Lumpkin | |
| 2017 | The Emoji Movie | Mary Meh | Voice |
| 2017 | The New Adventures of Max | Mrs. Toadstool / Canary | Voice |
| 2018 | Ariana Grande: Thank U, Next | Paulette | |
| 2019 | The Fancies | Fancy Nancy | Voice
Short |
| 2020 | Like a Boss | ||
| 2020 | Promising Young Woman | Susan | |
| 2020 | Swan Song | Dee Dee Dale | |
| Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk | Aunty Peggy | Voice |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Seinfeld | Jodi | One Episode |
| 1994 | She TV | Various | One Episode |
| 1995 | The Monroes | Marcia Kelly | One Episode |
| 1996 | Saturday Night Special | Various | |
| 1998 | Alright Already | Rhonda | One Episode |
| 1998 | Rude Awakening | Sue | |
| 1997-1999 | King of the Hill | Miss Kremzer | Voice |
| 1999 | Ladies Man | Helen | One Episode |
| 2001 | The Andy Dick Show | Nancy Bunting | One Episode |
| 2001 | Frasier | Frederica | One Episode |
| 2001 | Dead Last | Annalee | One Episode |
| 2001 | Sketch Pad | The Groundlings | |
| 2002 | Do Over | Gwen Brody | One Episode |
| 2003 | Sex and the City | Victoria | One Episode |
| 2003 | Friends | Amanda Buffamonteezi | One Episode |
| 2003-2004 | Accoring to Jim | Roxanne | |
| 2004 | Game Over | Ramona / Amazon | One Episode |
| 2004 | Father of the Pride | Tracy | Voice
One Episode |
| 2004 | As Told by Ginger | Nikki LaPorte | Voice
One Episode |
| 2005 | Hopeless Pictures | Traci | Voice
One Episode |
| 2004-2006 | Joey | Bobbie Morganstern | |
| 2007 | Family of the Yearr | Jackie Holloway | One Episode |
| 2008 | The Closer | Angie Serabian | One Episode |
| 2008 | Rick & Steve the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Fannie Mae | Voice
One Episode |
| 2007-2009 | Nip/Tuck | Candy Richards / Coco | |
| 2009 | Kath & Kim | Lenore | One Episode |
| 2009 | Party Down | Bobbie St. Brown | |
| 2009 | Bollywood Hero | Jennifer Coolidge | |
| 2012 | The Game | Marissa | One Episode |
| 2010-2012 | The Life & Times of Tim | Amber / Debbie's Mom | Voice |
| 2012 | Napoleon Dynamite | Mrs. Moser | Voice |
| 2008-2012 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Betty | |
| 2011-2012 | Fish Hooks | Ms. Lips / Doris | Voice |
| 2010-2013 | Hero Factory | Reporter / Daniella Capricorn | |
| 2013 | Gravity Falls Shorts | Lazy Susan | Voice
One Episode |
| 2015 | Glee | Whitney S. Pierce | |
| 2015 | Inside Amy Schumer | Cleopatricia Sherman | One Episode |
| 2015 | TripTank | Mom | Voice
One Episode |
| 2012-2016 | Gravity Falls | Lazy Susan / Additional Voices | Voice |
| 2017 | American Dad! | Caroline | Voice
One Episode |
| 2012-2017 | 2 Broke Girls | Sophie Kachinsky | |
| 2019 | The Cool Kids | Bonnie | One Episode |
| 2018-2019 | The Loud House | Myrtle | Voice |
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