Marisa Coughlan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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Credits
- 2020 · Infamous as Janet
- 2018 · Legacies as The Keeper
- 2018 · Super Troopers 2 as Ursula Hanson
- 2014 · Space Station 76 as Misty
- 2008 · The Dissection of Thanksgiving as Deborah
- 2007 · Already Dead as Sarah Archer
- 2007 · Meet Bill as Laura
- 2007 · Side Order of Life as Jenny McIntyre
- 2006 · The Damned Thing as Dina
- 2006 · Wasted as Kelly
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as
- 2005 · Bones as Special Agent Payton Perotta
- 2005 · Medium as Gabrielle
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Melissa Hughes
- 2003 · I Love Your Work as Jane
- 2003 · New Suit as Marianne Roxbury
- 2003 · Dry Cycle as Ruby
- 2003 · Dr. Benny as Candy
- 2003 · Criminology 101 as Molly
- 2002 · The Twilight Zone as April Beech
- 2002 · Pumpkin as Julie Thurber
- 2001 · Freddy Got Fingered as Betty
- 2001 · Super Troopers as Ursula Hanson
- 2000 · Gossip as Sheila
- 1999 · Wasteland as Dawnie Parker
- 1999 · Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Jo Lynn Jordan
- 1997 · Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Summer (segment "The Prophecy")
- 1997 · The Sleepwalker Killing as Tanya Lane
- 1996 · Our Son, the Matchmaker as Young Julie
- 1995 · High Society as Dana
- 1995 · Fist of the North Star as Jenny
- 1994 · Weird Science as
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Allison Porter
- Future · Days When the Rains Came as Jane
- Future · Way of the Warriors as Belinda Stephenson