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Jennifer Coolidge
Jennifer Coolidge in 2005
Born	August 28, 1961 (1961-08-28) (age 48) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993–present

Jennifer Coolidge (born August 28, 1961) is an American actress best known for playing "Stifler's mom," the older woman 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 movies.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Films 3.2 Television 4 References 5 External links

Personal life

Coolidge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Gertrude (née Knauff) and Paul Constant Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer.¹ She was raised in Norwell, Massachusetts, and has a sister, Susannah. Coolidge attended Norwell High School, the Cambridge School of Weston and Emerson College in Boston. She has dated actor Chris Kattan.

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," 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 improv 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. Epic Movie, the first movie she had a starring role in, released in 2007 and 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 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.

Coolidge made one of her first appearances in the Seinfeld episode "The Masseuse". She also had a recurring role on King of the Hill as Luanne's beauty school teacher, Miss Kremzer. In 2006, she guest starred on an episode of Top Chef.

Most recently, 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 is 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 2005, Coolidge was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.²

Coolidge was interviewed at her alma mater, Emerson College, on February 4, 2010.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Plump Fiction	Sister Sister
	Trial and Error	Jacqueline 'Jackie' Turreau
1998	Brown's Requiem	Helen
	Slappy and the Stinkers	Harriet
	A Night at the Roxbury	Hottie Cop
1999	American Pie	Jeanine Stifler
	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Woman at Football Game
2000	Best in Show	Sherri Ann Ward Cabot
	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Betty
2001	American Pie 2	Jeanine Stifler
	Legally Blonde	Paulette Bonafonté
	Pootie Tang	Ireenie
	Down To Earth	Mrs. Wellington
	Zoolander	American Designer
2003	American Wedding	Jeanine Stifler
	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Paulette Bonafonté
	A Mighty Wind	Amber Cole
	Carolina	Aunt Marilyn
	Testosterone	Louise
	As Virgins Fall	Janice Denver
2004	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	White Faced Woman
	A Cinderella Story	Fiona
2005	Robots	Aunt Fanny	voice only
2006	Click	Janine
	American Dreamz	Martha Kendoo
	Date Movie	Roz Fockyerdoder
	For Your Consideration	Whitney Taylor Brown
2007	Epic Movie	White Bitch
2008	Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief	Daisy	voice only
	Igor	Jaclyn/Heidi	voice only
	Living Proof	Tish	TV film
	Soul Men	Rosalee
2009	ExTerminators	Stella
	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Genevieve
	The Jack of Spades	Monica
	Gentlemen Broncos	Judith

Television

Year	Series	Role	Episode
1993	Seinfeld	Jody	The Masseuse
1994	SheTV	Various
1997-1999	King of the Hill	Miss Kremzer (voice)	four episodes
2001	Frasier	Frederica	Forgotten But Not Gone
2003	Sex and the City	Victoria	The Perfect Present
	Friends	Amanda Buffamonteezi	The One with Ross's Tan
2003-2004	According to Jim	Roxanne	Vegas, Baby: Part 1; Vegas, Baby: Part 2; The Baby
2004	Father of the Pride	Tracy (voice)	And the Revolution Continues
2004-2006	Joey	Bobbie Morganstern	series regular	As Told By Ginger	Nikki Laporte	in the episodes Wedding Frame part 1,2,3
2007-2009	Nip/Tuck	Candy Richards/CoCo	Candy Richards; Carly Summers; Roxy St. James
2008	The Closer	Angie Serabian	Dial M for Provenza
	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Betty	Slice of Life, recurring character in season 1 also plays Ben's father's fiance in season 2-present 2009-present
2009	Kath & Kim	Lenore	Celebrity
	Party Down	Bobbie St. Brown	James Randolph High School Twentieth Reunion; Stennheiser-Pong Wedding Reception

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jennifer Coolidge

• Jennifer Coolidge at the Internet Movie Database
• An interview with Jennifer Coolidge by Maurie Sherman
• Interview: Jennifer Coolidge Supporting the Nantucket AIDS Network on Plum TV