Jennifer Coolidge is having a second, however she's been working in Hollywood for many years — right here's a timeline of her profession

Though it took many years for Jennifer Coolidge to turn into a family identify, she’s been working in the direction of stardom since childhood.

Jennifer Coolidge began appearing lengthy earlier than she was generally known as the self-involved, air-headed Tanya McQuoid. Born in Norwell, Massachusetts, in 1961, she expressed curiosity in appearing from an early age.

In a 2020 interview with US Weekly, she mentioned, “Once I was 10, I made [a] remake of ‘Jaws.’ My dad swam with a fin on his again and my sister was the shark sufferer.”

In the identical interview, Coolidge revealed one other considered one of her artistic pursuits. “I went to an orchestra camp for 3 summers,” she mentioned, “I performed the clarinet. I believed I’d do it for a dwelling.”

She holds a BA in theater from Emerson School and attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1982.

When turning into an actress was nonetheless a pipe dream for Coolidge, she labored at a bar in New York with fellow actress Sandra Bullock. In 2021, she mirrored on her time there in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, saying, “Let’s simply say, Sandra actually had her act collectively … I used to be, , partying loads in these years, so it was like, type of 50/50 whether or not I made the shift or not.”

The Guardian reported that Coolidge was handled “brutally” in the course of the starting of her profession — a casting agent reportedly advised her she would not land roles as a result of she wasn’t “handsome sufficient.”