Jennifer Coolidge
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.
135 acting credits
Acting · 135
Rick and Morty
2013
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
American Dad!
2005
Friends
1994
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Seinfeld
1989
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Frasier
1993
King of the Hill
1997
The Closer
2005
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Glee
2009
Sex and the City
1998
Gravity Falls
2012
The White Lotus
2021
2 Broke Girls
2011
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Nip/Tuck
2003
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
A Minecraft Movie
2025
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
According to Jim
2001
Fish Hooks
2010
The Reichen Show
2005
Joey
2004
Monsters at Work
2021
American Pie
1999
The Game
2006
Ladies Man
1999
Party Down
2009
Legally Blonde
2001
Robots
2005
A Cinderella Story
2004
The Emoji Movie
2017
The Watcher
2022
American Pie 2
2001
Father of the Pride
2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
American Reunion
2012
Click
2006
The Life & Times of Tim
2008
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
The Cool Kids
2018
American Wedding
2003
Zoolander
2001
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
Kath & Kim
2008
Promising Young Woman
2020
The Emmy Awards
1949
I Heart Arlo
2021
Shotgun Wedding
2022
The Fungies!
2020
Epic Movie
2007
Do Over
2002
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
Date Movie
2006
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
Like a Boss
2020
Game Over
2004
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014
Best in Show
2000
We Have a Ghost
2023
Napoleon Dynamite
2012
Thank God You're Here
2007
Rude Awakening
1998
Royalties
2020
LEGO Hero Factory
2010
A Minecraft Sequel
2027
Hopeless Pictures
2005
The Andy Dick Show
2001
For Your Consideration
2006
Igor
2008
Alright Already
1997
Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty
2005
Arlo the Alligator Boy
2021
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000
Living Proof
2008
Down to Earth
2001
Dead Last
2001
The Monroes
1995
A Mighty Wind
2003
Beauty & the Briefcase
2010
Bollywood Hero
2009
Austenland
2013
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2008
Riff Raff
2025
Single All the Way
2021
Saturday Night Special
1996
Pootie Tang
2001
Carolina
2003
American Dreamz
2006
Soul Men
2008
Hell and Back
2015
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
2026
Trial and Error
1997
ExTerminators
2009
Foreign Exchange
2008
Mascots
2016
Slappy and the Stinkers
1998
Gentlemen Broncos
2009
Swan Song
2021
Testosterone
2003
Plump Fiction
1997
Restaurant
1999
Bobbleheads: The Movie
2020
LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies
2010
She TV
1994
A Bucket of Blood
1995
LEGO Hero Factory: Brain Attack
2013
The Wedding Frame
2004
The Women
2002
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
2023
Brown's Requiem
1998
Men in White
1998
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
LEGO Hero Factory: Ordeal of Fire
2011
A Good Funeral
2009
Women vs. Men
2002
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
2016
Mangus!
2011
Wally's Opening Day
2017
Not of This Earth
1995
As Virgins Fall
2003
Legally Blonde 3
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Girl Group
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The New Adventures of Max
2017
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
2006
What the World Needs Now
2015
Love and Happiness
1995
The Jack of Spades
2010