Marisa Coughlan
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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, RoviFilmography:
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| Born | Marisa Christine Coughlan March 17, 1974 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
| Occupation | Actress |
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Marisa Christine Coughlan (born March 17, 1974) is an American actress.
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Early life
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.
Career
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 2008-09, she appeared on three episodes of the hit TV show Bones.
Coughlan began writing while she was pregnant and taking time off from acting. She wrote and produced her first pilot, LOST AND FOUND for ABC in 2011 and is currently in development with ABC on a show that she will write and perform in.[citation needed]
Filmography
- 1994 - Weird Science, as Barbara
- 1996 - Our Son, the Matchmaker, as Young Julie Longwell
- 1999 - Teaching Mrs. Tingle, as Jo Lynn
- 2000 - Gossip, as Sheila
- 2001 - Pumpkin, as Julie
- 2001 - Freddy Got Fingered, as Betty
- 2001 - Super Troopers, as Ursula
- 2005–2006, Boston Legal, 12 episodes as Melissa Hughes
- 2007 - Side Order of Life, 1 Season as Jenny McIntyre
- 2007 - Meet Bill, as Laura
- 2008 - Poundcake as Deborah
- 2009 - Medium, episode: "Soul Survivor" as Gabrielle
- 2009 - Bones, episodes:"Fire in the Ice", "The Princess and the Pear" and "The Hero in the Hold" as FBI Special Agent Payton Perrotta.
- 2011 - Man Up!
- 2011 - How To Be A Gentleman
References
- ^ "Marisa Coughlan pictures and bio". Stuff magazine. http://www.stuffmagazine.com/cover_girls/girl.aspx?id=135. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
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Mentioned in
The Damned Thing: Masters of Horror (TV Episode)
(2006 Horror TV Episode)
Freddy Got Fingered
(2001 Comedy Film)
I Love Your Work
(2004 Drama Film)
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
(1999 Comedy Film)
New Suit
(2002 Comedy Film)
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