Marisa Coughlan

Actor: Marisa Coughlan

Born: Mar 17, 1974 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Occupation: Actor
Active: 2000s
Major Genres: Comedy, Thriller
Career Highlights: I Love Your Work, New Suit, Gossip
First Major Screen Credit: Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)

Biography

The occasionally feisty, petite blonde actress Marisa Coughlan spent years tackling supporting roles in feature films of somewhat variable quality before scoring a lead in a popular television series. Coughlan debuted onscreen in 1999 (at age 24) in Kevin Williamson's critically panned teen thriller Teaching Mrs. Tingle; she played Jo Lynn Jordan, a young woman who kidnaps the titular sadistic teacher (Helen Mirren) along with her friends Leigh Ann (Katie Holmes) and Luke (Barry Watson) and ties the tyrant to a bed. Thereafter, Coughlan signed for supporting roles in two frat-boy style comedies -- Super Troopers and the awful gross-out fest Freddy Got Fingered (both 2001), and landed a key supporting role (as Julie) in Tony R. Abrams and Adam Larson Broder's controversial, jet-black satire Pumpkin (2002). Coughlan also had a recurring role on the popular legal comedy drama Boston Legal during its second and third seasons, playing Alan Shore's (James Spader) secretary, Melissa Hughes. Coughlan revealed even greater dimension, however, as the lead in the gentle, thoughtful Lifetime series drama Side Order of Life (2007). In that program, the actress played Jenny McIntyre, a young woman who begins questioning numerous aspects of her life (including her pending marital engagement) when a terminally ill friend comes face to face with her own mortality. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

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Marisa Coughlan

Born	Marisa Christine Coughlan March 17, 1974 (1974-03-17) (age 35) Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Occupation	Actress
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Marisa Christine Coughlan (born March 17, 1974) is an American actress.

1 Life and career
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links

Life and career

Coughlan was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She went to and graduated from Breck School, a small private school in Minneapolis. When she moved to Los Angeles, she enrolled in a BFA program at the University of Southern California.

She has appeared in top 100 "hot" lists put out by numerous men's magazines in recent years and graced the cover of Stuff magazine in May 2001.^[1]

Coughlan's first film appearance to gain mainstream attention was Teaching Mrs. Tingle in 1999, in which she co-starred alongside Katie Holmes. Other films she appeared in included Pumpkin (co-starring with Christina Ricci), a drama about sorority girls, New Suit, a satirical comedy about the inner workings of Hollywood, Super Troopers, playing Officer Ursula Hanson, and Freddy Got Fingered as Betty.

She had a recurring role on the television series Boston Legal as secretary Melissa Hughes in seasons two and three. In 2007, she starred as Jenny McIntyre in Lifetime Television's original series Side Order of Life. Lifetime did not pick the series up for a second season despite a strong following. In 2008, she appeared on three episodes of the hit TV show Bones.^[2]

She is married to Stephen Wallack, who is also from Minneapolis^[3], and together they had a son, Finn, in May 2009.

Filmography

2008 - Bones, episodes:"Fire in the Ice" and "The Princess and the Pear" as FBI Agent Payton Perrotta.
2007 Side Order of Life, 1 Season
2005-2006, Boston Legal, 12 episodes as Melissa Hughes
2001 - Pumpkin, as Julie
2001 - Freddy Got Fingered, as Betty
2001 - Super Troopers, as Ursula
2000 - Gossip, as Sheila
1999 - Teaching Mrs. Tingle, as Jo Lynn
1994 - Weird Science, as Barbara

References

^ "Marisa Coughlan pictures and bio". Stuff magazine. http://www.stuffmagazine.com/cover_girls/girl.aspx?id=135. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
^ www.amazon.com/Love-Your-Work-Marisa-Coughlan/dp/B000E1NXKO
^ marisa-coughlin-stephen-wallack.ff82wedding.us

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