Jennifer Coolidge
Known for: Acting
Born: August 28, 1961
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Jennifer Coolidge (born August 28, 1961) is an American actress. She gained recognition for her comedic roles, including the American Pie (1999–2012) and Legally Blonde (2001–2003) film series. Coolidge's other film credits include Pootie Tang (2001), A Cinderella Story (2004), Click (2006), Date Movie (2006), Epic Movie (2007), Promising Young Woman (2020), Single All the Way (2021), Shotgun Wedding (2022), and A Minecraft Movie (2025). She collaborated with Christopher Guest on four of his mockumentary films: Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). On television, Coolidge has appeared in the sitcoms Joey (2004–2006), The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2012), 2 Broke Girls (2011–2017), and the drama series The Watcher (2022). She garnered critical acclaim for her role as Tanya McQuoid in the first two seasons of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2021–2022), winning two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. In 2023, she was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
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Filmography
80 movies · 56 TV shows, newest first
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A Minecraft Movie Squared
2027
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Summer Stash
2027
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Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2027NR
Girl Group
2026
6.2
A Minecraft Movie
2025
5.8
Riff Raff
2025
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The Little Pageant That Could
2024
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TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
2023
6.4
We Have a Ghost
2023
6.2
Shotgun Wedding
2022
7.1
The Watcher
2022
6.4
Single All the Way
2021
6.9
Ten Year Old Tom
2021
5.1
I Heart Arlo
2021
6.8
Swan Song
2021
7.6
The White Lotus
2021
7.2
Monsters at Work
2021
6.8
Arlo the Alligator Boy
2021
7.4
Promising Young Woman
2020
4.4
Bobbleheads: The Movie
2020
6.3
The Fungies!
2020
7.0
Royalties
2020
6.2
Like a Boss
2020
5.4
The Cool Kids
2018
5.4
The Emoji Movie
2017
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Wally's Opening Day
2017
7.0
The New Adventures of Max
2017
5.4
Mascots
2016
7.9
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
2016
6.0
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
5.3
Hell and Back
2015
4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
6.2
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
8.7
Rick and Morty
2013
6.3
Austenland
2013
7.3
LEGO Hero Factory: Brain Attack
2013
8.6
Gravity Falls
2012
6.3
American Reunion
2012
5.7
Napoleon Dynamite
2012
7.2
2 Broke Girls
2011
1.0
Mangus!
2011
4.7
LEGO Hero Factory: Ordeal of Fire
2011
6.1
LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies
2010
6.9
LEGO Hero Factory
2010
6.5
Fish Hooks
2010
5.9
Beauty & the Briefcase
2010
1.0
The Jack of Spades
2010
5.7
Gentlemen Broncos
2009
6.2
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
6.3
Bollywood Hero
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
6.8
Glee
2009
1.0
A Good Funeral
2009
7.4
Party Down
2009
5.5
ExTerminators
2009
6.2
Soul Men
2008
6.5
Living Proof
2008
10.0
Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'
2008
4.9
Kath & Kim
2008
7.3
The Life & Times of Tim
2008
6.1
Igor
2008
4.2
Foreign Exchange
2008
6.8
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
5.3
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2008
5.8
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
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Thank God You're Here
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
3.9
Epic Movie
2007
5.8
For Your Consideration
2006
7.6
The Game
2006
6.3
Click
2006
5.1
American Dreamz
2006
4.3
Date Movie
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The Reichen Show
2005
5.3
Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty
2005
6.8
Hopeless Pictures
2005
7.8
The Closer
2005
6.5
Robots
2005
7.0
American Dad!
2005
6.8
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
10.0
The Wedding Frame
2004
6.3
Joey
2004
5.0
Father of the Pride
2004
6.6
A Cinderella Story
2004
5.5
Game Over
2004
6.0
American Pie: Revealed
2004
5.3
Testosterone
2003
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
6.2
American Wedding
2003
7.2
Nip/Tuck
2003
5.8
Carolina
2003
5.7
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
6.8
A Mighty Wind
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As Virgins Fall
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.8
Do Over
2002
5.3
Women vs. Men
2002
9.0
The Women
2002
6.5
According to Jim
2001
6.2
Zoolander
2001
8.0
Dead Last
2001
6.3
American Pie 2
2001
6.8
Legally Blonde
2001
5.1
Pootie Tang
2001
7.6
The Andy Dick Show
2001
5.6
Down to Earth
2001
6.9
Best in Show
2000
6.3
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000
7.3
Ladies Man
1999
5.0
Restaurant
1999
6.6
American Pie
1999
6.3
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
4.5
Brown's Requiem
1998
6.5
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
3.8
Men in White
1998
6.6
Rude Awakening
1998
7.4
Sex and the City
1998
5.4
Slappy and the Stinkers
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Alright Already
1997
5.4
Trial and Error
1997
3.7
Plump Fiction
1997
7.4
King of the Hill
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Saturday Night Special
1996
5.0
A Bucket of Blood
1995
9.0
The Monroes
1995
4.3
Not of This Earth
19955.5
Love and Happiness
1995
8.4
Friends
1994
7.3
She TV
1994
7.7
Frasier
1993
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
8.3
Seinfeld
1989
7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944