2 Broke Girls Adds Jennifer Coolidge
October 26th, 2011
The American Reunion actress has landed a recurring role on the hit CBS sitcom as a new neighbor to the title characters.
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A character actress who has used her blond, voluptuous features to shrewd comic effect, Jennifer Coolidge appeared in some of the most celebrated film and TV comedies of the 1990s. Perhaps best known by mainstream audiences for her role as Stifler's mom in American Pie (1999), she has also done equally memorable work in films like Christopher Guest's Best in Show (2000), which cast her as the lesbian trophy-wife of a frail and oblivious old multimillionaire.
Originally hailing from Boston, Coolidge began her professional acting career when she moved to New York, where she became a member of the Gotham City Improv group. Work with the group led her to Los Angeles, where she continued to nurture a career in improvisational acting as a member of the Groundlings, the city's legendary improv troupe. In the early '90s, Coolidge broke into television-acting through spots on various shows, including Seinfeld and the animated King of the Hill, and segued into films with her debut in the forgettable 1997 comedy Trial and Error.
The actress earned her first dose of recognition for her scene-stealing cameo as a high school student's seductive mother in the blockbuster comedy American Pie, then further endeared herself to audiences a year later in both Best in Show and The Broken Hearts Club. The latter cast her as a laconic but wildly popular hairdresser, capitalizing on the kind of deadpan glamour that was well on its way to becoming Coolidge's trademark. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx
Originally hailing from Boston, Coolidge began her professional acting career when she moved to New York, where she became a member of the Gotham City Improv group. Work with the group led her to Los Angeles, where she continued to nurture a career in improvisational acting as a member of the Groundlings, the city's legendary improv troupe. In the early '90s, Coolidge broke into television-acting through spots on various shows, including Seinfeld and the animated King of the Hill, and segued into films with her debut in the forgettable 1997 comedy Trial and Error.
The actress earned her first dose of recognition for her scene-stealing cameo as a high school student's seductive mother in the blockbuster comedy American Pie, then further endeared herself to audiences a year later in both Best in Show and The Broken Hearts Club. The latter cast her as a laconic but wildly popular hairdresser, capitalizing on the kind of deadpan glamour that was well on its way to becoming Coolidge's trademark. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx
ACTING CREDITS
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The Secret Life of the American Teenager TV (29 episodes)-
Allies
...Betty
May 14, 2012 -
Strange Familiar
...Betty
May 7, 2012 -
The Splits
...Betty
Apr 30, 2012 -
The Beach Is Back
...Betty
Apr 23, 2012 -
Suddenly Last Summer
...Betty
Apr 16, 2012 -
Flip Flop
...Betty
Aug 8, 2011
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Allies
...Betty
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2 Broke Girls TV (8 episodes)-
And Martha Stewart Have a Ball (Part Two)
...Sophie Kachinsky
May 7, 2012 -
And the Messy Purse Smackdown
...Sophie Kachinsky
Apr 16, 2012 -
And the Spring Break
...Sophie Kachinsky
Mar 19, 2012 -
And the One-Night Stands
...Sophie Kachinsky
Feb 27, 2012 -
And the Kosher Cupcakes
...Sophie Kachinsky
Feb 20, 2012 -
And the Broken Hearts
...Sophie Kachinsky
Feb 13, 2012
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And Martha Stewart Have a Ball (Part Two)
...Sophie Kachinsky
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American Reunion (2012) ...Stifler's Mom
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Napoleon Dynamite TV (2 episodes)-
Bed Races
...Mrs. Moser (voice)
Feb 19, 2012 -
Scantronica Love
...Mrs. Moser (voice)
Jan 15, 2012
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Bed Races
...Mrs. Moser (voice)
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The Life and Times of Tim TV (3 episodes)-
Strip Club Hostage Situation/Game Night
...Amber (voice)
Jan 27, 2012 -
Debbie's Mom; the Escape Artist
...Debbie's Mom (voice)
Apr 16, 2010 -
Tim's Beard/Unjustly Neglected Drama
...Actress (voice)
Feb 19, 2010
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Strip Club Hostage Situation/Game Night
...Amber (voice)
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) ...Genevieve
WRITING CREDITS
HEADLINES
American Reunion Photo Gallery
October 12th, 2011Get your first look at Mena Suvari, Eugene Levy, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott and other cast members in Universal Pictures' comedy sequel.
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