Janeane Garofalo Born: 28-Sep-1964 Birthplace: Newton, NJ
Gender: Female Religion: Atheist Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Comic Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States Executive summary: Actor, Comedian, Author, Activist Janeane Garofalo grew up the daughter of an oil company executive and an office secretary in Houston, Texas. At the age of nine, her family moved to Madison, New Jersey, which is where they remained until her senior year of high school. Then Exxon suddenly transferred her dad to Texas, so the family uprooted itself again and returned to Houston. Up to that point, Garofalo's life had been fairly typical. But the culture shock in her senior year of high school caused acute depression, and she got fat (5'1", 160 pounds). After graduation, Garofalo headed off to Providence College in Rhode Island, where she decided to try stand-up comedy, which soon inspired the plump 20-year-old to undergo breast reduction surgery. After graduating from Providence with a degree in history, Garofalo pursued her standup career in Boston. She briefly returned to Houston to nurse her mother through cancer; after her death, Garofalo moved to Los Angeles, where she landed simultaneous roles on both The Ben Stiller Show and The Larry Sanders Show.
After a slew of supporting roles im films including 1994's Reality Bites, Garofalo pinned her hopes on playing the wife in Flirting With Disaster. She lost out to Patricia Arquette, reportedly because the producers thought she was too fat. It prompted her to lose weight, after which she landed a couple of starring roles, in The Truth About Cats & Dogs and The MatchMaker. Both films were box office disappointments, and Garofalo subsequently landed back in the supporting actor classification.
In 2004, Garofalo began cohosting a daily talk show, The Majority Report, on the liberal Air America Radio network. She left the network in July 2006, a month after her repeated voicing of support for the Scientology-backed New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project led to her cohost and producer walking out of a broadcast. Father: Carmine Garofalo (Exxon executive) Mother: Joan (secretary at Conoco-Phillips, d. colon cancer) Brother: Michael Boyfriend: Barry (1985-87) Boyfriend: Ben Stiller (1990) Husband: Rob Cohen (TV writer-producer, m. 1991, separated) Boyfriend: Bob Odenkirk Boyfriend: Mitch Rouse Boyfriend: Craig Bierko (1999) Boyfriend: Pete Caldes Boyfriend: Greg Behrendt (ex-)
High School: Madison High School, Madison, NJ (transferred) High School: James E. Taylor High School, Houston, TX (1982) University: BA History, Providence College, Providence, RI (1986)
Air America Dean for America MoveOn.org Breast Reduction Surgery 1984 9/11 Truthers Irish Ancestry
Italian Ancestry
Risk Factors: Depression, Smoking, Vegetarian, Alcoholism, Marijuana, Fibromyalgia
TELEVISION Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Beth Griffith (2011-) 24 Janis Gold (2009) The West Wing Louise Thornton (2005-06) TV Nation Special Correspondent (1995) Saturday Night Live (1994-95) The Larry Sanders Show Paula (1992-97) The Ben Stiller Show (1992-93)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (11-May-2018) · Herself Sandy Wexler (14-Apr-2017) The Muslims Are Coming! (12-Sep-2013) · Herself Bad Parents (18-Oct-2012) Occupy Unmasked (21-Sep-2012) · Herself General Education (24-Aug-2012) Mighty Fine (25-May-2012) [VOICE] Barbershop Punk (Mar-2010) · Herself Labor Pains (19-Jun-2009) Love Hurts (2009) · Hannah The Guitar (18-Jan-2008) Then She Found Me (7-Sep-2007) · Herself Ratatouille (28-Jun-2007) [VOICE] Manufacturing Dissent (11-Feb-2007) · Herself The Ten (19-Jan-2007) · Nuclear Powerplant Shift Supervisor Beth Soden Southland Tales (21-May-2006) · Gen. Teena MacArthur The Wild (6-Apr-2006) [VOICE] Fuck (7-Nov-2005) · Herself Stay (24-Sep-2005) Duane Hopwood (20-Jan-2005) Tanner on Tanner (5-Oct-2004) · Herself Jiminy Glick in La La Wood (18-Sep-2004) · Dee Dee Wonderland (8-Sep-2003) · Joy Miller Manhood (23-Jan-2003) Nobody Knows Anything! (2003) · Patty Big Trouble (2-Apr-2002) Martin & Orloff (11-Mar-2002) Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (10-Mar-2002) · Herself The Laramie Project (10-Jan-2002) · Catherine Connolly The Search for John Gissing (11-Nov-2001) Wet Hot American Summer (23-Jan-2001) · Beth The Thin Pink Line (7-Oct-2000) The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (24-Jun-2000) · Minnie Mogul Titan A.E. (13-Jun-2000) · Stith [VOICE] The Independent (12-Mar-2000) Steal This Movie (4-Mar-2000) Dogma (12-Nov-1999) The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (Sep-1999) Mystery Men (22-Jul-1999) · Bowler 200 Cigarettes (26-Feb-1999) · Ellie The Minus Man (25-Jan-1999) Can't Stop Dancing (16-Jan-1999) Clay Pigeons (15-Sep-1998) · Agent Shelby Dog Park (14-Sep-1998) · Jeri Permanent Midnight (12-Sep-1998) · Jana Thick as Thieves (28-Jan-1998) · Anne Denis Leary: Lock 'N Load (15-Nov-1997) · Herself The MatchMaker (3-Oct-1997) · Marcy Cop Land (15-Aug-1997) · Deputy Cindy Betts Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (25-Apr-1997) · Heather Touch (14-Feb-1997) · Kathy Worthington Larger Than Life (26-Jul-1996) · Mo The Cable Guy (14-Jun-1996) · Medieval Waitress The Truth About Cats & Dogs (26-Apr-1996) · Abby Sweethearts (1996) · Jasmine Pogue Now and Then (20-Oct-1995) Coldblooded (15-Sep-1995) · Honey Bye Bye, Love (17-Mar-1995) · Lucille Reality Bites (18-Feb-1994) · Vickie Miner Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (8-May-1993) Late for Dinner (20-Sep-1991) · Counter Girl
Author of books:
Feel This Book: An Essential Guide To Self-Empowerment, Spiritual Supremacy and Sexual Satisfaction (1999, self-help)
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