Early life

Coolidge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Gretchen (née Knauff) and Paul Constant Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer. She was raised in Norwell, Massachusetts, and is one of four children with a brother, Andrew, and two sisters, Elizabeth and Susannah. Coolidge attended Norwell High School, the Cambridge School of Weston, Emerson College in Boston and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Her charitable work has included a history of supporting AIDS assistance and animal rights.

Career

Coolidge is known for her supporting roles in several comedy movies and guest spots on television. She made her first appearance on TV in the Seinfeld episode "The Masseuse". Before gaining recognition, she received small roles, appearing in such films as A Bucket of Blood, Plump Fiction, and A Night at the Roxbury. She also voiced Luanne's beauty school teacher Miss Kremzer in a recurring role on King of the Hill.

In 1999, Coolidge got her big break playing Jeanine Stifler, or "Stifler's mom" in American Pie. The film was a box-office hit and took in a gross worldwide revenue of $235,483,004. In 2001, she reprised her role in American Pie 2. Later in that same year, she had a supporting role in Legally Blonde as Paulette Bonafonté the manicurist. Legally Blonde was a box-office hit, grossing US$96 million domestically. 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. In 2003, she again played Jeanine Stifler in American Wedding.

In 2003 she played the protagonist's agent Luise in Testosterone filmed in Argentina starring David Sutcliffe as Dean Seagrave and Antonio Sabato Jr as Pablo.

In 2004, she had a supporting role in the romantic comedy A Cinderella Story playing Hilary Duff's character's vain, self-absorbed stepmother. The film went on to become a moderate box office hit despite negative critical reviews.

Coolidge nearly received the role of Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives, but it eventually went to Felicity Huffman. From 2004 to 2006, Coolidge had a role in the NBC comedy series Joey as Joey's oversexed agent Roberta "Bobbie" Morganstern. During its second season, she went from a series regular to a more prominent role, appearing in 37 out of 46 episodes in the series. NBC officially canceled the series in May 2006 citing low ratings. 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 the voice of Aunt Fanny in the animated feature Robots. 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.

In late 2005, Coolidge was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2006, she guest starred on an episode of Top Chef, and played as Adam Sandler's wife's friend, Janine, in the comedy film Click. From 2000 to 2006 she played comic parts in the improv mockumentaries Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration, all directed by Christopher Guest.

She appeared in the 2006 film Date Movie as a spoof of Barbra Streisand's Meet the Fockers character. The film received unfavorable critic reviews and Rotten Tomatoes ranked the film 77th in the 100 worst reviewed films of the 2000s, with a rating of 6%. However, Variety did praise Coolidge for providing a few bright moments with a spot-on spoof of Barbra Streisand, but was otherwise unimpressed describing the film as "padded and repetitious". Epic Movie, released in 2007 and made by the same people behind Date Movie, was the first movie in which she received a starring role. In the film 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. A. O. Scott of The New York Times called the film "irreverent and also appreciative, dragging its satiric prey down to the lowest pop-cultural denominator" and added, "The humor is coarse and occasionally funny. The archly bombastic score . . . is the only thing you might call witty. But happily, Jennifer Coolidge and Fred Willard show up . . . to add some easy, demented class."

During 2007, 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 was a frequently recurring character, now playing the fiance of Ben's dad and future stepmother of Ben. She also starred in the 2008 Lifetime Television film Living Proof.

In 2009, Coolidge took a dramatic role in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Genevieve McDonagh. The film premiered on September 9, 2009 at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, and It opened in general release in the United States on November 20, 2009. Also In 2009, she starred alongside Heather Graham and Amber Heard in ExTerminators, a black comedy about a set of women who form their own "silent revolution", wreaking havoc on the abusive men in their lives.

In 2010, Coolidge appeared in another film starring Hilary Duff titled Beauty & the Briefcase, an ABC Family television film produced by Image Entertainment that originally aired on April 18, 2010. It was based on the novel Diary of a Working Girl by Daniella Brodsky. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the US on February 8, 2011.

It was reported in October 2008 that Universal Pictures was planning to produce a third theatrically released sequel to American Pie. In April 2010, the film entered pre-production, and in May 2011, Coolidge signed on to reprise her role of Stifler's Mom. American Reunion opened in North America on April 6, 2012.

In June 2011, Coolidge curated a Blake Nelson Boyd art show in New Orleans. In the same month Coolidge began to do standup comedy. She hosted the “Women in Film” at the Beverly Hills Hotel. It went over so well, that she decided to take an act on the road. Coolidge ended up doing shows all over the country and the world for two years, Scotland included. Coolidge told Australian radio show The Kyle & Jackie O Show that she would be touring Australia as part of her Yours for the Night stand-up tour.

In October 2011, Coolidge began a recurring role in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls as Sophie Kachinsky, a Polish neighbor of the two lead characters. She has since been promoted to main cast.

During 2013, additional voice cast members were announced for B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations, including Coolidge as Carol Sue, a transitions-relations officer. Film distributor 20th Century Fox set November 6, 2015 for the film's release date (which was moved a few months later up to September 25), In 2014, Los Angeles Times reported that the film had been delayed again, with no replacement release date set. It was reported the film's concept has gone back to development. Also in 2013, Coolidge and actress Megan Mullally joined the cast of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; Coolidge playing Ms. Suggs, the driving instructor. The film was released in North America on October 10, 2014.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Not of This Earth	Nurse
1995	Bucket of Blood, AA Bucket of Blood	Stupid girl
1995	Love and Happiness	Jeringir
1997	Plump Fiction	Sister Sister
1997	Trial and Error	Jacqueline "Jackie" Turreau
1998	Slappy and the Stinkers	Harriet
1998	Men in White	N/A	Television film
1998	Night at the Roxbury, AA Night at the Roxbury	Hottie police officer
1998	Brown's Requiem	Helen
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Woman at football game
1999	American Pie	Jeanine Stifler (Stifler's mom)
2000	Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy, TheThe Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Betty
2000	Best in Show	Sherri Ann Cabot
2001	Down to Earth	Mrs. Wellington
2001	Legally Blonde	Paulette Bonafonté
2001	Pootie Tang	Ireenie
2001	American Pie 2	Jeanine Stifler (Stifler's mom)	Uncredited
2001	Zoolander	American designer
2002	Women vs. Men	Shelly	Television film
2003	Mighty Wind, AA Mighty Wind	Amber Cole
2003	As Virgins Fall	Janice Denver
2003	Carolina	Aunt Marilyn
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Paulette Bonafonté Parcelle
2003	American Wedding	Jeanine Stifler (Stifler's mom)
2003	Testosterone	Louise
2004	Cinderella Story, AA Cinderella Story	Fiona Montgomery	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Sleazebag
2004	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	White-faced woman
2005	Robots	Aunt Fanny (voice)
2006	Date Movie	Roz Fockyerdoder
2006	American Dreamz	Martha Kendoo
2006	Click	Janine
2006	For Your Consideration	Whitney Taylor Brown
2007	Epic Movie	The White Bitch of Gnarnia
2008	Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief	Daisy (voice)	Direct-to-video
2008	Foreign Exchange	Principal Lonnatini
2008	Igor	Jaclyn/Heidi (voice)
2008	Living Proof	Tish	Television film
2008	Soul Men	Rosalee
2009	ExTerminators	Stella
2009	Good Funeral, AA Good Funeral	Helen
2009	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, TheThe Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Genevieve McDonagh
2009	Gentlemen Broncos	Judith Purvis
2010	Jack of Spades, TheThe Jack of Spades	Monica
2010	Beauty & the Briefcase	Felisa McCollin	Television film
2011	Mangus!	Cookie Richardson
2012	American Reunion	Jeanine Stifler (Stifler's mom)
2013	Austenland	Miss Elizabeth Charming
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	Mrs. Price	Cameo
2016	Mascots	TBA	Filming
TBA	B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations	Carol Sue (voice)	In post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Seinfeld	Jodi	Episode: "The Masseuse"
1994	She TV	Various
1995	Monroes, TheThe Monroes	Marcia Kelly	Episode: "Educating Billy"
1996	Saturday Night Special	Various
1997-99	King of the Hill	Miss Kremzer (voice)	4 episodes
1998	Alright Already	Rhonda	Episode: "Again with the Hockey Player: Part 1"
1998	Rude Awakening	Sue	2 episodes
1999	Ladies Man	Helen	Episode: "Neutered Jimmy"
2001	Andy Dick Show, TheThe Andy Dick Show	Nancy Bunting	Episode: "Kid Krist"
2001	Frasier	Frederica	Episode: "Forgotten But Not Gone"
2001	Sketch Pad	The Groundlings
2002	Do Over	Gwen Brody	Episode: "Cold War"
2003-04	According to Jim	Roxanne	3 episodes
2003	Sex and the City	Victoria	Episode: "The Perfect Present"
2003	Friends	Amanda Buffamonteezi	Episode: "The One with Ross's Tan"
2004	Game Over	Ramona (voice)	Episode: "Into the Woods"
2004	MADtv	Herself/Ivanka	Season 9, episode 23
2004-06	Joey	Roberta "Bobbie" Morganstern	Main cast; 46 episodes
2004	Father of the Pride	Tracy (voice)	Episode: "And the Revolution Continues"
2004	As Told by Ginger	Nikki Laporte (voice)	Episode: "The Wedding Frame"
2005	Hopeless Pictures	Traci (voice)	3 episodes
2006	Comic Relief 2006	"Fur"	Stand-up comedy benefit concert in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
2007-09	Nip/Tuck	Candy Richards/CoCo	3 episodes
2008-09	Yin Yang Yo!	Coop's mother (voice)	4 episodes
2008	Closer, TheThe Closer	Angie Serabian	Episode: "Dial M for Provenza"
2008-12	Secret Life of the American Teenager, TheThe Secret Life of the American Teenager	Betty	35 episodes
2008	Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World	Fannie Mae (voice)	Episode: "Mom Fight"
2009	Kath & Kim	Lenore	Episode: "Celebrity"
2009	Party Down	Bobbie St. Brown	2 episodes
2010, 2012	Life & Times of Tim, TheThe Life & Times of Tim	Various voices	3 episodes
2010-13	Hero Factory	Daniella Capricorn	5 episodes
2011-14	Fish Hooks	Ms. Lips (voice)	Recurring
2012	Game, TheThe Game	Marissa	Episode: "Skeletons"
2012	Napoleon Dynamite	Mrs. Moser (voice)	2 episodes
2012-present	2 Broke Girls	Sophie Kachinsky	Recurring (season 1); main cast (season 2-present)
2012-16	Gravity Falls	Lazy Susan Wentworth (voice)	Recurring
2015	Glee	Whitney S. Pierce	Recurring (season 6)
2015	Inside Amy Schumer	Cleopatricia Sherman	Episode: "Babies and Bustiers"
2015	TripTank	Mom (voice)	Episode: "Steve's Family"

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