Jennifer Coolidge is lately making buzz for her impeccable role as Tanya McQuoid in the anthology series White Lotus. Coolidge played the role of an insecure rich woman in the HBO series and has been receiving positive reviews for her performance ever since the series hit HBO. The actor was lauded and received plenty of praise from critics. Not just that, the actress also ended up winning a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role.
Coolidge was born in Norwell, Massachusetts, U.S. on August 28, 1961. Her father Paul Constant Coolidge was a plastic manufacturer. Her mother's name is Gretchen. Coolidge attended Norwell High School, the Cambridge School of Weston, and pursued university studies at Emerson College in Boston and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. During her college days, Coolidge began gaining interest in acting and she aspired to become a dramatic actress like Meryl Streep. However, she instead became a comedic character actress and has come a long way in her career.
Jennifer Coolidge Movies
Jennifer Coolidge's debut movie was the 1995 film Not of this Earth. She played a minor role of a nurse. Since then she has worked in several movies throughout her career. Here is a list of some of the films she has been in:
Not of this Earth
A Bucket of Blood
Love and Happiness
Plump Fiction
Trial and Error
Slappy and the Stinkers
A Night at the Roxbury
Brown's Requiem
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
American Pie
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
Best in Show
Down to Earth
Legally Blonde
Pootie Tang
American Pie 2
Zoolander
A Mighty Wind
As Virgins Fall
Carolina & Blonde
American Wedding
Testosterone
A Cinderella Story
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Robots
Date Movie
American Dreamz
Click
For Your Consideration
Epic Movie
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
Foreign Exchange
Igor
Soul Men
ExTerminators
A Good Funeral
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Gentlemen Broncos
The Jack of Spades
Beauty & the Briefcase
Mangus!
American Reunion
Austenland
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Hell and Back
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Mascots
The Emoji Movie
Like a Boss
Promising Young Woman
Bobbleheads: The Movie
Swan Song
Arlo the Alligator Boy
Single All the Way
Shotgun Wedding
We Have a Ghost
Jennifer Coolidge TV Shows
Coolidge began her career by starring in the TV Show Seinfeld. She played the role of Jodi in the episode The Masseuse. Coolidge is primarily known for her happening TV career. She has been a part of series such as:
Seinfeld
She TV
The Monroes
Saturday Night Special
King of the Hill Miss
Alright Already
Rude Awakening
Men in White
Ladies Man
The Andy Dick Show
Frasier Frederica
Sketch Pad
Do Over
Women vs. Men
According to Jim
Sex and the City
Friends
Game Over
MADtv
Joey
Father of the Pride
As Told by Ginger
Hopeless Pictures
Comic Relief
Nip/Tuck
Yin Yang Yo!
The Closer
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Living Proof
Kath & Kim
Party Down
The Life & Times of Tim
Hero Factory
Fish Hooks
The Game
Napoleon Dynamite
2 Broke Girls
Gravity Falls
Glee
Inside Amy Schumer
TripTank
American Dad!
The Loud House
The Cool Kids
Royalties
The Fungies!
Rick and Morty
I Heart Arlo
Ten Year Old Tom
The White Lotus)
The Watcher