Jennifer Coolidge
Jennifer Audrey Coolidge (born August 28, 1961) is an American actress. Primarily noted for her roles in comedic film and television, she may be best known for her roles as Jeanine "Stifler's Mom" Stifler in the American Pie film series (1999–2012) and as Paulette Bonafonté Parcelle in the Legally Blonde film series (2001–2003). She is a regular actor in Christopher Guest's mockumentary films, such as Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). Coolidge is an alumna of The Groundlings, an improv and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles.
Coolidge also appeared in the films A Cinderella Story (2004), Robots (2005), Click (2006), Date Movie (2006), American Dreamz (2006), Epic Movie (2007), Igor (2008), Soul Men (2008), Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Austenland (2013), Like a Boss (2020), Promising Young Woman (2020), and Single All the Way (2021). On television, she is known for her roles as Roberta "Bobbie" Morganstern in the NBC sitcom Joey (2004–2006), Betty in the ABC Family teen drama series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2012), Zofia "Sophie" Kaczyński in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls (2011–2017), and Tanya McQuoid in the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2021), the latter of which earned her critical acclaim, winning a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award, and receiving nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Acted in
A Minecraft Movie
2025
Riff Raff
2024
as Ruth
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
2023
as Self / Host
We Have a Ghost
2023
as Judy Romano
Shotgun Wedding
2022
as Carol Fowler
The Watcher
2022
as Karen Calhoun
Single All the Way
2021
as Aunt Sandy
I Heart Arlo
2021
as Stucky (voice)
Swan Song
2021
as Dee Dee Dale
The White Lotus
2021
as Tanya McQuoid-Hunt
The White Lotus
2021
as Tanya McQuoid
Monsters at Work
2021
as Marilyn (voice)
Arlo the Alligator Boy
2021
as Stucky (voice)
Promising Young Woman
2020
as Susan
Bobbleheads: The Movie
2020
as Binky (voice)
The Fungies!
2020
as Dr. Nancy (voice)
Royalties
2020
as Miriam Hale
Like a Boss
2020
as Sydney
The Cool Kids
2018
as Bonnie
The Emoji Movie
2017
as Mary Meh (voice)
Wally's Opening Day
2017
as Stunk
The New Adventures of Max
2017
as Mrs. Toadstool / Canary (voice)
Mascots
2016
as Jolene Lumpkin
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
as Ms. Price
Hell & Back
2015
as Durmessa (voice)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014
as Ms. Suggs
Rick and Morty
2013
as Daphne (voice)
Austenland
2013
as Miss Elizabeth Charming
LEGO Hero Factory: Brain Attack
2013
as Daniella Capricorn (voice)
Gravity Falls
2012
as Lazy Susan (voice) / Additional Voices (voice)
Gravity Falls
2012
as Lazy Susan (voice)
American Reunion
2012
as Stifler's Mom
Napoleon Dynamite
2012
as Mrs. Moser (voice)
2 Broke Girls
2011
as Sophie Kachinsky
Mangus!
2011
as Cookie Richardson
LEGO Hero Factory: Ordeal of Fire
2011
as Daniella Capricorn (voice)
LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies
2010
as Daniella Capricorn (voice)
LEGO Hero Factory
2010
as Reporter
Fish Hooks
2010
as Ms. Lips (voice)
Fish Hooks
2010
as Doris (voice)
Beauty & the Briefcase
2010
as Alicia
Gentlemen Broncos
2009
as Judith
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
2009
as Genevieve
Bollywood Hero
2009
as Self
Glee
2009
as Whitney Pierce
A Good Funeral
2009
as Helen
Party Down
2009
as Bobbie St. Brown
ExTerminators
2009
as Stella
Soul Men
2008
as Rosalee
Living Proof
2008
as Tish
Kath & Kim
2008
as Lenore
The Life & Times of Tim
2008
as Actress (voice)
The Life & Times of Tim
2008
as Debbie's Mom (voice)
The Life & Times of Tim
2008
as Amber (voice)
Igor
2008
as Jaclyn / Heidi (voice)
Foreign Exchange
2008
as Principal Lonnatini
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
as Betty
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2008
as Daisy (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
as Fannie Mae (voice)
Thank God You're Here
2007
as Self
Epic Movie
2007
as White Bitch
For Your Consideration
2006
as Whitney Taylor Brown
The Game
2006
as Marissa
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
2006
as Sherry
Click
2006
as Janine
American Dreamz
2006
as Martha Kendoo
Date Movie
2006
as Roz Funkyerdoder
Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty
2005
as Aunt Fanny (voice)
Hopeless Pictures
2005
as Traci
The Closer
2005
as Angie Serabian
Robots
2005
as Aunt Fanny (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Caroline (voice)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
as White-Faced Women
Joey
2004
as Bobbie Morganstern
Father of the Pride
2004
as Tracy (voice)
A Cinderella Story
2004
as Fiona
Game Over
2004
as Ramona / Amazon (voice)
Testosterone
2003
as Louise
American Wedding
2003
as Stifler's Mom
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Candy Richards, Coco
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Candy Richards
Carolina
2003
as Aunt Marilyn
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
as Paulette
A Mighty Wind
2003
as Amber Cole
As Virgins Fall
2003
as Janice Denver
Do Over
2002
as Gwen Brody
Women vs. Men
2002
as Shelly
The Women
2002
as Edith Potter
According to Jim
2001
as Roxanne
Zoolander
2001
as American Designer
Dead Last
2001
as Annalee
American Pie 2
2001
as Stifler's Mom (uncredited)
Legally Blonde
2001
as Paulette
Pootie Tang
2001
as Ireenie
The Andy Dick Show
2001
as Nancy Bunting
Down to Earth
2001
as Mrs. Wellington
As Told by Ginger
2000
as Nikki LaPorte (voice)
Best in Show
2000
as Sherri Ann Cabot
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000
as Betty
Restaurant
2000
as Woman at McClure's
Ladies Man
1999
as Helen
American Pie
1999
as Stifler's Mom
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Woman at Football Game
Brown's Requiem
1998
as Helen
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
as Hottie Cop
Men in White
1998
Rude Awakening
1998
as Sue
Sex and the City
1998
as Victoria
Slappy and the Stinkers
1998
as Harriet
Alright Already
1997
as Rhonda
Trial and Error
1997
as Jacqueline
Plump Fiction
1997
as Sister Sister
King of the Hill
1997
as Miss Kremzer (voice)
Saturday Night Special
1996
as Various
A Bucket of Blood
1995
as Stupid Girl
The Monroes
1995
as Marcia Kelly
Not of This Earth
1995
as Nurse
Love and Happiness
1995
as Jeringir
Friends
1994
as Amanda
She TV
1994
as Various
Frasier
1993
as Frederica
Seinfeld
1989
as Jodi
Legally Blonde 3
as Paulette Parcelle
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
as Aunty Peggy (voice)