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Janeane GarofaloAdd to My CelebsAge 47 Birthday Sep. 28th, 1964 Born in Newton, New Jersey, USA Height 5' 1" |
Janeane Garofalo's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2010 - I Am Comic2009 - Labor Pains 2008 - The Guitar 2007 - Manufacturing Dissent 2007 - Ratatouille 2007 - The Ten 2007 - Then She Found Me 2006 - Southland Tales 2006 - The Wild 2005 - Duane Hopwood 2005 - Fuck 2003 - Wonderland 2002 - Martin & Orloff 2002 - The Laramie Project 2002 - Big Trouble 2001 - Wet Hot American Summer 2000 - The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle 2000 - Steal This Movie 2000 - Titan A.E. 2000 - What Planet are you from? 1999 - Dogma 1999 - Mystery Men 1999 - The Minus Man 1999 - 200 Cigarettes 1998 - Clay Pigeons 1998 - Permanent Midnight 1998 - Half Baked 1997 - Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 1997 - The MatchMaker 1997 - Cop Land 1996 - The Truth About Cats & Dogs 1996 - The Cable Guy 1996 - Larger Than Life 1995 - Bye Bye Love 1995 - Coldblooded 1995 - Now and Then 1994 - Reality Bites |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
Janeane, the petite woman with the acerbic wit, was born in Newton, New Jersey, in 1964, and had many jobs before breaking into show biz. She worked as a bike messenger, a shoe salesperson (no doubt with Al Bundy's disposition), waitress and temp secretary. Watching David Letterman on TV inspired her to write comedy, and by 1985 she was doing stand up comedy. As such, Janeane has become a cult figure, giving a voice to a generation, venting her frustration at TV, dating, relationships, life in general and anything that ticks her off in particular. Janeane did sketches on "The Ben Stiller Show" (1992) (an Emmy winning, but canceled show). She would continue to collaborate with Ben Stiller in future projects. Janeane received 2 Emmy nominations for her work on "The Larry Sanders Show" (1992), developing her signature character: a smart, cynical woman with a razor wit. She was not happy with her "Saturday Night Live" (1975) stint in 1994, and was vocal about it (of course). Transferring her persona from TV to the big screen, she moved on to movies, basically playing the character she had defined for herself. In Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) she portrayed a smart, cynical, successful businesswomen with a razor wit, and this time with swear words (in the movie she had developed a brand of cigarettes with fast-burning paper, for the gal on the go; in real life it is alleged she smokes Marlboros). Janeane continues to work in TV and movies, often collaborating with Ben Stiller in a number of movies like Mystery Men (1999), his easygoing style being a counterpoint to her caustic nature.
TRIVIA:
- Admitted in 2003 interviews that she had overcome a sobriety problem with alcohol.
- Auditioned for the role of Marla Singer in _Fight Club (1999)_ (qv).
- In his DVD commentary for _Dogma (1999)_ (qv), director 'Kevin Smith (I)' (qv) said that in retrospect he wished he offered the role of Bethany to Garofalo instead of 'Linda Fiorentino' (qv), whom he found very difficult to work with and on some days, she in fact wasn't even speaking to him. Garofalo appeared in _Dogma (1999)_ (qv) as Liz at the abortion clinic.
- Is of Italian and Irish descent.
- Was offered the Dorothy Boyd role in _Jerry Maguire (1996)_ (qv) by 'Cameron Crowe (I)' (qv), if she could lose weight, but after trimming down, she learned that 'Renée Zellweger' (qv) had won the part instead in what was to become a career-launching smash hit.
- She has 15 tattoos.
- Daughter of 'Carmine Garofalo' (qv).
- Was offered the role of Gale Weathers in the movie _Scream (1996/I)_ (qv), but turned it down to do the movie _Sweethearts (1996)_ (qv). 'Courteney Cox' (qv) then got the role and _Scream (1996/I)_ (qv) which went on to gross more than $100 million, whereas _Sweethearts (1996)_ (qv) went straight to video.
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