Biography

She hosted two of her own television talk shows: Women Aloud! (which was shown on the Comedy Central network) and The Mo Show. She and friend Kathy Najimy wrote and starred in two off-Broadway shows, The Kathy and Mo Show: Parallel Lives and The Kathy and Mo Show: The Dark Side, both of which won Obie Awards. She also appeared in Seasons 4 and 5 of That '70s Show as Joanne Stupak, Bob Pinciotti's girlfriend, had a recurring role in Mad About You and guest starred in Friends. In addition, she appeared in the black comedy about beauty pageants, Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Gaffney appeared on the British television talk show "The Full Wax" starring Ruby Wax, in which she portrayed American correspondent "Taffy Turner", in the recurring segment "Taffy Turner: Inside America".

Gaffney went on to team up with Jennifer Saunders with a recurring role as Bo in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous; in 2004, talks of a spin-off show began but nothing surfaced. She is co-host of the "Women Aloud" radio program on Greenstone Media.

Gaffney is from San Diego, California.

Activism

Gaffney is an activist for same-sex marriage and has officiated at same-sex marriages as a certified marriage celebrant.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
1990	State of Grace	Maureen
1991	Other People's Money	Harriet
1994	Days Like This	Margo
1996	Bogus	Travellers Aide - New Jersey
1998	Inconceivable	Rachel
1999	Happy, Texas	Mrs. Bromley
	My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception	Sybil Radzinsky
	The Out-of-Towners	"Paranoid woman"
	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Terry Macy, State Pageant
	The Basement and the Kitchen
2000	Jailbait	Lydia Stone
2001	Ca$hino	Kimmy Delance
2004	Adventures to Homeschool	Gloria Hemple
2010	Head Over Spurs in Love	Innana
2016	Ab Fab: The Movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	The Kathy & Mo Show: Parallel Lives	herself
	The Full Wax	Taffy Turner
1992-1996, 2001-2004, 2012	Absolutely Fabulous	Bo	11 episodes
1993	The Mo Show	herself
1994	The 5 Mrs. Buchanans	Christina Todd
1995	The Kathy & Mo Show: The Dark Side	herself
1996	The Show	Sheila Ricks
	The Louie Show	Louie's supervisor
	Roseanne	Astrid Wentworth	2 episodes
1996-1999	Mad About You	Dr. Sheila Kleinman	12 episodes
1997	The Naked Truth	Fern, the Cat Lady
	Veronica's Closet	Karen	2 episodes
1997-1999	Tracey Takes On...	Dusty Roads	7 episodes
1998	Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not!	Bo	Video of outtakes and deleted scenes
1999-2000	Ladies Man	Mayvis Little	2 episodes
2000	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place	Dr. Brice
	Normal, Ohio	Elizabeth	7 episodes
2001	Friends	The casting director
2001-2003	That '70s Show	Joanne Stupac	12 episodes
2002	Judging Amy	Maxine's Dentist
2002-2003	8 Simple Rules	Mrs. Connelly	2 episodes
2003-2004	Run of the House	Marilyn Norris	18 episodes
2004	Adventures in Homeschooling	Gloria Hemple
	Without a Trace	Joanna
2005	Ghost Whisperer	Laie Fairfax
2007	State of Mind	Kay
2012	Absolutely Fabulous: Olympics	Bo
2013	Mike & Molly	Helen
2014	Melissa and Joey	Vice Principal Lucinda Dowell
2015	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Dr. Sussman

Writer

• 1995: The Kathy & Mo Show: The Dark Side (TV) (writer)
• 1994: She TV (1 episode, 1994) - Episode #1.2 (1994) TV episode (head writer)
• 1991: The Kathy & Mo Show: Parallel Lives (TV) (writer)

Producer

• 1994: Days Like This (TV) (executive producer)
• 1992: Women Aloud! TV series (co-producer) (unknown episodes)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]