She also has appeared on According to Jim, playing Jim's sister and in an episode of Sex and the City, and on Frasier as Frederica, Martin Crane's new physical therapist. Prior to her Friends appearance she was a regular on She TV, a very short-lived sketch comedy that also featured Nick Bakay, Elon Gold, Simbi Khali, and Linda Kash. She originally starred in an episode of Friends in its final season as Amanda, a tactless and uninhibited wannabe whom Phoebe and Monica try to shake off.
NBC officially canceled the series in May 2006 citing low ratings. During its second season, she went from a series regular to a more prominent role, appearing in 37 out of 46 episodes in the series. įrom 2004 to 2006, Coolidge had a role in the NBC comedy series Joey as Joey's oversexed agent Roberta "Bobbie" Morganstern. Ĭoolidge nearly received the role of Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives, but it eventually went to Felicity Huffman. The film went on to become a moderate box office hit despite negative critical reviews. In 2004, she had a supporting role in the romantic comedy A Cinderella Story playing Hilary Duff's vain, self-absorbed stepmother. In 2003, she again played Jeanine Stifler in American Wedding.
The film's box-office success led to her reprising the role in its 2003 sequel, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, but the movie was not as financially successful as the first film and generated mostly negative reviews. Legally Blonde was a box-office hit, grossing US$96 million domestically. Later in that same year, she had a supporting role in Legally Blonde as Paulette Bonafonté the manicurist. In 2001, she reprised her role in American Pie 2. The film was a box-office hit and took in a gross worldwide revenue of $235,483,004. In 1999, Coolidge got her big break playing Jeanine Stifler, or "Stifler's mom" in American Pie. She also voiced Luanne's beauty school teacher Miss Kremzer in a recurring role on King of the Hill. Before gaining recognition, she received small roles, appearing in such films as A Bucket of Blood, Plump Fiction, and A Night at the Roxbury.
She made her first appearance on TV in the Seinfeld episode "The Masseus". Her charitable work has included a history of supporting AIDS assistance and animal rights.Ĭoolidge is known for her supporting roles in several comedy movies and guest spots on television. Coolidge attended Norwell High School, the Cambridge School of Weston, Emerson College in Boston and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. She was raised in Norwell, Massachusetts, and has a brother, Andrew, and two sisters, Elizabeth and Susannah. Coolidge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Gretchen (née Knauff) and Paul Constant Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer.