Judy Greer (born Judith Therese Evans; July 20, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress with an extensive career in film and television.
Her eclectic body of work can best be summed up by the title of her autobiography I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star.
Filmography
Film
- Jawbreaker (1999) as Fern Mayo / Vylette
- Three Kings (1999) as Cathy Diatch
- The Specials (2000) as Deadly Girl
- What Women Want (2000) as Erin the File Girl
- The Wedding Planner (2001) as Penny Nicholson
- Adaptation. (2002) as Alice the Waitress
- 13 Going on 30 (2004) as Lucy Wyman
- The Village (2004) as Kitty Walker
- Elizabethtown (2005) as Heather Baylor
- American Dreamz (2006) as Deborah Accordo
- The TV Set (2006) as Alice
- 27 Dresses (2008) as Casey
- Love Happens (2009) as Marty
- Henry's Crime (2010) as Debbie Torne
- Marmaduke (2010) as Debbie Winslow
- Love & Other Drugs (2010) as Cindy
- The Descendants (2011) as Julie Speer
- Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011) as Linda Thompkins
- Carrie (2013) as Miss Desjardin
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) as Cornelia (motion capture)
- Men, Women & Children (2014) as Joan Clint
- Tomorrowland (2015) as Jenny Newton
- Entourage (2015) as Casting Director
- Jurassic World (2015) as Karen Mitchell
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Ant-Man (2015) as Maggie Lang
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) as Maggie Lang
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) as War Pig
- The 15:17 to Paris (2018) as Joyce Eskel
- Halloween (2018) as Karen Nelson
- Halloween Kills (2021)
- Playing With Fire (2019) as Dr. Amy Hicks
- Buffaloed (2020) as Kathy Dahl
- Uncle Frank (2020) as Kitty Bledsoe
Television
- Just Shoot Me! (2003) as Bridget (episode: "Rivals in Romance")
- Arrested Development (2003-05, 2013, 2018) as Kitty Sanchez (13 episodes)
- My Name Is Earl (2006) as Maggie Lester (episode: "Sticks & Stones")
- Two and a Half Men (2007, 2011-15) as Myra Melnick / Bridget Schmidt / Danielle (13 episodes)
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2007, 2011) as Ingrid "Fatty Magoo" Nelson (2 episodes)
- Californication (2007-2012) as Trixie (4 episodes)
- ER (2009) as Tildie Mulligan (episode: "T-Minus-6")
- House (2009) as Morgan West (episode: "Here Kitty")
- Archer (2009-present) as Cheryl Tunt
- Modern Family (2010) as Denise (episode: "Truth Be Told")
- The Big Bang Theory (2010) as Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton (episode: "The Plimpton Stimulation")
- How I Met Your Mother (2010) as Royce (episode: "The Wedding Bride")
- Bojack Horseman (2014) as Pam (episode: "BoJack Hates the Troops")
- Masters of Sex (2015-16) as Alice Logan (2 episodes)
- Mom (2015) as Michelle (episode: "Mozzarella Sticks and a Gay Piano Bar")
- Kidding (2018-20) as Jill Piccirillo (20 episodes)
- Let's Go Luna! (2018-22) as Luna
- Reboot (2022-present) as Bree Marie Jensen
This actress contains examples of:
- Creator Backlash: Subverted. She felt Cursed could have been a good movie, and had fun making it."I don't know why that movie got so fucked up. I don't understand it. I thought the script was fine. Honest to god, I didn't get the big deal. I don't know who kept making them fuck with it..."
- The Danza:
- She plays Judy in the Made-for-TV Movie American Judy.
- Almost in The Descendants, where she plays Julie Speer.
- Dawson Casting:
- She plays a teenage girl at the age of twenty-three in Jawbreaker.
- Inverted for Carrie (2013). Miss Desjardin is said in the book to be a young teacher on her first job. Judy was in her thirties.
- Deleted Role: She had a larger part in Tomorrowland, where Casey's family would appear in several flashbacks. Her scenes had to be cut for time, and Brad Bird issued a public apology as a result.
- Doing It for the Art: Took a massive cut from her usual salary to star in the sitcom Married because she loved the script so much.
- Dyeing for Your Art: She was advised to dye her hair red for Love Happens, fearing she looked too similar to Jennifer Aniston.
- Irony as She Is Cast: She was surprised that she was cast as the former Alpha Bitch in 13 Going on 30, describing her teenage self as a Geek.
- Magnum Opus Dissonance: Has said that her favorite role is actually Becky Freeley in a TV show called Miss Guided that didn't last long (seven episodes).
- Ms. Fanservice: Not too often, but occasionally. A low-key but still noticeable example would be a series of Hilton hotel commercials she appeared in, especially the one where she wears a low-cut red dress and engages in bubbly pseudo-flirtatious conversation with a bartender. Kitty Sanchez on Arrested Development is a subversion, however.
- Statuesque Stunner: She's 5'8" and very pretty.
- The Other Darrin: In Rise of the Planet of the Apes Cornelia was played by stunt-woman and dancer Devyn Dalton. Judy played her in the second and third films.
- Those Two Actors: She and Bryce Dallas Howard have played sisters in both The Village (2004) and Jurassic World.
- Typecasting: Tends to play the female lead's best friend, that or girls who really get around. With Greer playing small roles as a concerned mom with little screentime in three big-budget 2015 movies, Jurassic World, Ant-Man and Tomorrowland, plus Entourage, most critics took a moment in reviews of one or both begging for Hollywood to give her a role that actually gives her something to do.
- What Could Have Been:
- For The Specials she was considered for both Power Chick and Deadly Girl. They cast her as the latter.
- Ashley Ashton Morris was cast as Connie in the sitcom Mad Love but was replaced by Lizzy Caplan. When she dropped out, Judy came on board.