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