Jennifer Coolidge: the Hollywood star breaking the mould – and the internet

At age 32, Coolidge booked her first gig on the comedy show Seinfeld. However, this was the start of many cameos and supporting roles that would encompass the “always-the-bridesmaid quality to Coolidge’s career”, added the entertainment website. 

After Seinfeld she appeared in the American Pie and Legally Blonde franchises, as well as Friends, Sex in the City, A Cinderella Story and Promising Young Woman, all of which were surface-level, supporting roles.  

This had an effect on her. “If I’m not getting great roles, I come to the conclusion that people think I’m incapable of that,” she told Vogue, “and then I make the decision that I am incapable of that”.

Even though the role of McQuoid was written for Coolidge, she still doubted her abilities. She was “depressed at the height of Covid and feeling unready to work”, according to Variety, “I didn’t like the way I looked,” she told the magazine. 

Coolidge with close friend and director of White Lotus, Mike White, at premiere

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Luckily for her, and fans of White Lotus, she was persuaded to step out of her comfort zone. 

It is because of this show that doors have begun opening for Coolidge, “whatever Mike White did for me, I would wish that for every actor,” she told Variety. 

What’s next for Coolidge? 

The future looks bright for Coolidge. “People that I could never get in the door – all of a sudden they’re asking me to be part of their things,” she told Variety. 

Currently Coolidge is single, but “she’s a romantic,” said Vulture. Her “weakness in life has always been men,” she spent a lot of time “chasing unattainable men,” and it got her nowhere, she told Variety. 

Coolidge in Harvard’s Hasty Pudding parade this year after being awarded its Woman of the Year

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To those closest to her she’s a generous, eccentric friend, who wants everyone to be happy. “She’s very paranoid about hurting anyone’s feelings, about coming off as mean or entitled,” said her friend Mike White, to Vulture.

This along with her underdog persona is why so many, especially Gen Z, have fallen in love with this actress. Her role as McQuoid showed the world what she could do, and, according to the Evening Standard, it made her “one of the hottest names in Hollywood”.

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