Jennifer Coolidge

August 28, 1961, marked the birth of the impeccable actress Jennifer Audrey Coolidge. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Her Parents were Gretchen (Knauff) and Paul Constant Coolidge, who was plastics manufacturer. The family business of Plastics manufacturer didn’t seem to be interesting for Jennifer, and she got inclined towards singing. As she grew older, she started falling in love with comedy. Jennifer was brought up in Norwell, Massachusetts with brother, Andrew, and two sisters, Susannah and Elizabeth.


Her schooling completed from The Norwell High school. She then went to the Cambridge school of Weston. Jennifer finished her graduation with a bachelor degree in theatre in 1985 from Boston's Emerson College. She shifted to New York City for further studies with the Gotham City Improv group. She became a member of "The Groundlings" comedy troupe in Los Angeles.

She began her career in 1993. She first appeared on TV in the Seinfeld episode "The Masseuse". She also appeared as Sophie Kachinsky in the TV saga 2 Broke Girls. She also featured in King of the Hill, Ladies Man, Sex and the city, Frasier, Friends and Joey.Jennifer has not emerged as a winner of any chief awards, but she managed to get a Teen Choice Award for Choice film Sleazebag in A Cinderella Story that was released in the year 2004. She was also a joint winner when A Mighty Wind won Best Ensemble Cast in Film Critics Circle Award. She also completed the comedy show Austenland (2013) and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in 2014. She had a cameo in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip.Her potrayal of sexual innuendo along with comedy is awesome. The actress can mix and match and can get under smooth tranisistion from one role to other role. Her accent in A mighty wind of an Eastern European publicist is cool and her same accent in the movie 2 Broke girls made people crazy.

The 5 feet 10 inch bombshell never settled in her love life. She was in 2001 romanticaly involved with ten years younger Chris Kattan but the two broke up later on. Jennifer is unmarried till now and has no husband till date and has not been divorced. She has got no children. There is a buzz regarding Jenifer’s husband in real life as she has been spotted frequently with a guy but she has not revealed any details yet about her personal life. She was also associated with Banks McClinktock in 2008.

She is so popular in social media as @JENCOOLIDGE and has desctibed herself as an Actress, animal lover and Cocktail Waitress in her description in Twitter account. The actress got trapped in death hoax and rumors on June 16,2016 when a facebook fake page titled R.I.P. Jennifer Coolidge started trending, after it posted the news of her death.The American actresses’ biography gives an estimation of net worth of $8 million dollars and her yearly salary is $941,176 . Her weight is believed to be around 165 pounds. Jennifer is also occupied with the role of an animal rights activist in real life. She lives in Los Angeles. She owns two houses one in Hollywood, California, and the other is in New Orleans, which is a historic mansion and is under restoration.She was again in the limelight when a hoax titled "Jennifer Coolidge dead" surface over teh internet on 15th June 2016.

Last Modified: Apr 7, 2020


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