Jennifer Coolidge has been a Hollywood mainstay ever since playing Stifler's mom in the 1999 comedy classic American Pie.

Coolidge recently garnered critical acclaim for her portrayal of the wealthy, unstable, and oblivious fan favorite character ‘Tanya McQuoid’ in HBO’s The White Lotus. Her portrayal earned her a 2022 & 2023 Primetime Emmy Award, a 2022 & 2023 Critics Choice Award, a 2021 Gotham Award nomination, a 2023 Screen Actors Guild Award win and 2022 nomination, and a 2023 Golden Globe win and 2022 nomination for her role.

Coolidge will next be seen in Dito Montiel’s Riff Raff opposite Bill Murray, Ed Harris, and Lewis Pullman. The crime comedy film centers on a former criminal whose ordinary life is thrown upside down when his family shows up for a long-awaited reckoning.

Coolidge recently wrapped production for Minecraft based on the bestselling video game of all time with 300 million copies sold and nearly 140M monthly active players. The film will be directed by Jared Hess and Coolidge will star opposite Jack Black and Jason Momoa.

Coolidge recently starred in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series The Watcher opposite Naomi Watts which garnered her a 2023 Critics Choice Super Award nomination, Netflix’s hit holiday Film Single All The Way, Magnolia’s Film drama Swan Song opposite Udo Kier, Amazon Prime Video’s romantic comedy Shotgun Wedding opposite Jennifer Lopez, and Netflix’s family adventure We Have A Ghost opposite David Harbour, and Like A Boss co-starring Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne. In 2020 Coolidge starred opposite Carey Mulligan in the Academy Award-nominated film Promising Young Woman.

Beloved for her role as ‘Paulette’ in the iconic film Legally Blonde, opposite Reese Witherspoon, and well-known for her frequent collaborations with director Christopher Guest in films such as Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003) and For Your Consideration (2006). The actress and comedian has also made scene-stealing appearances in A Cinderella Story, Pootie Tang, Zoolander, Sex and the City, Friends, Nip/Tuck, Party Down, Napoleon Dynamite, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Glee, Inside Amy Schumer, 2 Broke Girls and more.

In addition to her memorable roles in television and film, she has also voiced animated characters, performed on Broadway, and toured her own standup act in front of live audiences.

Originally from Boston, Coolidge studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and was a nine-year veteran of The Groundlings comedy troupe in Los Angeles.

Coolidge splits her time between Los Angeles and New Orleans.