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Marisa Coughlan
Actor
Born March 17, 1974 (48 years)
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Marisa Christine Coughlan (born March 17, 1974) is an American actress, writer and producer.
Early life
Coughlan was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She 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.
Coughlan's first film appearance to gain mainstream attention was Teaching Mrs. Tingle (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 & Found for ABC in 2011.
Filmography
| 2020 | Infamous · as Janet |
| 2018 | Super Troopers 2 · as Ursula |
| 2018 | Legacies (TV Series) · as The Keeper |
| 2014 | Space Station 76 · as Misty |
| 2011 | How To Be a Gentleman (TV Series) · as Candice |
| 2011 | Man Up! (TV Series) · as Dr. Donna Perkins |
| 2007 | Side Order of Life (TV Series) · as Jenny McIntyre |
| 2007 | Meet Bill · as Laura |
| 2007 | Already Dead · as Sarah Archer |
| 2006 | The Damned Thing · as Dina |
| 2005 | Medium (TV Series) · as Gabrielle |
| 2005 | Jake in Progress (TV Series) · as Hope |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Special Agent Payton Perotta |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2004 | Boston Legal (TV Series) · as Melissa Hughes |
| 2003 | I Love Your Work · as Jane |
| 2003 | Spin, Shoot & Run · as Ruby |
| 2002 | New Suit · as Marianne Roxbury |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone (2002) (TV Series) · as April Beech |
| 2002 | Pumpkin · as Julie Thurber |
| 2001 | Freddy Got Fingered · as Betty |
| 2001 | Super Troopers · as Ursula |
| 2000 | Gossip · as Sheila |
| 1999 | Teaching Mrs. Tingle · as Jo Lynn Jordan |
| 1998 | The Magnificent Seven (TV Series) · as Nora |
| 1997 | The Sleepwalker Killing · as Tanya Lane |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Our Son, the Matchmaker · as Young Julie |
| 1995 | Fist of the North Star · as Jenny |
| 1994 | Weird Science (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Allison Porter |
| 1991 | Step by Step (TV Series) · as New Girl #2 |