Line #33 Creator/JenniferCoolidge


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3	Jennifer Audrey Coolidge (born August 28, 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor and comedian. Active since 1993, she initially took on small roles, before finding fame as Jeanine Stifler in ''Film/AmericanPie'', a role she would reprise for the sequels, and Paulette Bonafonte in ''Film/LegallyBlonde''. She mostly stuck with small roles in film and television before a MediaNotes/EmmyAward-winning turn as Tanya [=McQuoid=] in ''Series/TheWhiteLotus''.
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5	!!Notable roles
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8	* ''American Pie'' series as Jeanine Stifler
9	** ''Film/AmericanPie'' (1999)
10	** ''American Pie 2'' (2001)
11	** ''American Wedding'' (2003)
12	** ''American Reunion'' (2012)
13	* ''Film/BestInShow'' (2000) as Sheri Ann Cabot
14	* ''Legally Blonde'' series as Paulette Bonafonté
15	** ''Film/LegallyBlonde'' (2001)
16	** ''Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'' (2003)
17	* ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'' (2001) as American designer
18	* ''Film/AMightyWind'' (2003) as Amber Cole
19	* ''Film/ACinderellaStory'' (2004) as Fiona Montgomery
20	* ''Film/{{A Series of Unfortunate Events\|2004}}'' (2004) as one of the White-Faced Women
21	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'' (2005) as Aunt Fanny (voice)
22	** ''WesternAnimation/AuntFannysTourOfBooty'' (2005)
23	* ''Film/{{Click}}'' (2006) as Janine
24	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}'' (2008) as Jaclyn (voice)
25	* ''Film/LivingProof'' (2008) as Tish
26	* ''Film/TheBadLieutenantPortOfCallNewOrleans'' (2009) as Genevieve
27	* ''Film/{{Austenland}}'' (2013) as Elizabeth Charming
28	* ''Film/AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay'' (2014) as Ms. Suggs
29	* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' (2017) as Mary Meh (voice)
30	* ''Film/PromisingYoungWoman'' (2020) as Susan Thomas
31	* ''Film/{{Shotgun Wedding\|2023}}'' (2023)
32	* ''Film/WeHaveAGhost'' (2023)
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35	* ''Series/{{Joey}}'' (2004-2006) as Bobbie
36	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' (2012-2016) as "Lazy" Susan Wentworth (voice)
37	* ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'' (2012-2017) as Sophie Kachinsky
38	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' (2018) as Myrtle (voice)
39	* ''Series/TheWhiteLotus'' (2021-2022) as Tanya [=McQuoid=]
40	* ''Series/TheWatcher'' (2022) as Karen
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42	!!Tropes found in her work include:
43	* BigBeautifulWoman: She's tall for a woman (5'10"), curvy, with a big presence, and everyone who knows her in real life says that she's as much fun to hang around with as you'd think.
44	* CoolBigSis: Paulette in ''Legally Blonde'' to Elle and Sophie in ''2 Broke Girls'' who acts as a surrogate big sister to Millennials Max and Caroline.
45	* LargeHam: Her characters in comedies usually tend to be larger-than-life in their expressions and mannerisms.
46	%%* MsFanservice: Quite a bit of her roles fall into this category.
47	* LoveableSexManiac: She claimed that playing Mrs. Stifler in American Pie got her laid over 200 times. (She may have been joking.)
48	* PlayingAgainstType: She's known for playing the LargeHam BrainlessBeauty, but in ''American Pie'' she plays a subdued, straight woman to her son and his friend's wild shenanigans, especially as she has a casual affair with Finch.
49	* StacysMom: The term "MILF" saw a rise in popularity and entered the mainstream popular culture lexicon due to the success of the ''American Pie'' movies wherein she played Stifler's Mom.

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