Jennifer Coolidge is an American actress that has been active since 1995. She is most known for her role in the American Pie franchise. However, Coolidge did other roles in comedic movies, most famously Legally Blonde. Now, she is more of a TV actress and she performed recently in The White Lotus, as part of the main cast, and in The Watcher, for seven episodes. Her incredibly long career does not seem to fade one bit, and Coolidge is still getting roles left, right, and center. So, with all of these roles, she must be getting paid accordingly. In that vein, let's look at Jennifer Coolidge's net worth in 2023.
Jennifer Coolidge's Net Worth in 2023 (estimate): $6 million
The American Pie actress Jennifer Coolidge, according to sources such as Parade, has an estimated net worth of around $6 million. Given the fact she never really carried a TV show or a movie that went huge on the market, this is not too bad for the veteran actress. Overall, for a career spanning almost 30 years, mostly in supporting roles, her net worth is providing her with a good retirement fund, when she gets to that point in her career. However, before we get to the end of her career, let's look at Jennifer Coolidge's early life and career, to better understand how she got to this net worth in the first place.
Jennifer Coolidge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 28th, 1961. She was born in Boston but spent most of her childhood living in Norwell, which is a small city in the same state. Her father was a plastics manufacturer, so the Coolidge family was not one of many privileges. Her biggest passion ever since she was very young was acting. She spent her high school education at Norwell High School and Cambridge School of Weston in Boston, then moved on to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Despite her dreams about becoming the new Meryl Streep, Coolidge understood that her role was to be in comedic movies. Also, an interesting thing about her early life is that she hung out and worked with Sandra Bullock, according to her own account.
Upon finishing school in New York, Jennifer Coolidge started getting some small roles, including one episode of Seinfeld. Then came the late 1990s and early 2000s, when Coolidge exploded in her niche – supporting actress that becomes a fan favorite. First, it was American Pie and her playing Stifler's Mom, an iconic character, despite making only a few scenes in the movie. She reprised that role in a few more movies. That success translated into another role in a similar vein, as Coolidge was cast in Legally Blonde and the sequel, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde. These couple of movies in and around that period of time really opened up opportunities for her, but most of Coolidge's success, later on, came in TV.
Her most notable role was in the Friends spinoff, Joey. There, Jennifer Coolidge played the agent of the titular character and despite the show only lasting for two seasons, she appeared in pretty much every episode. Her other huge success in TV came when the show 2 Broke Girls came out, where she played the owner of the restaurant where the titular characters worked. She appeared in 122 episodes and despite a sporadic role in the first season, Coolidge played a huge role in the show from the second season until the end. Since then, most of what Coolidge did was voice acting, until 2021.
While her forte was always comedy, Jennifer Coolidge set out to show she can also perform in other genres of movies. Thus, when HBO called about a role in The White Lotus, she did not say no. The show did have comedic elements, but there was also a ton of drama. She sat down for an interview with Forbes and reflected on her time with the show:
I have to say, Mike told me that this next one would be quite an adventure. He said, ‘It’s going to be quite the roller coaster ride.’ It is the ride of a lifetime and I got to play this incredible part and play this very complicated, tortured person. You do see Tanya’s evolution. You see her as best as someone like that could be, who is so limited in so many ways. A small thing is a big deal for someone who’s that self-obsessed and damaged. Sometimes, that little thing is just a huge victory.
All in all, it is an illustrious career for Jennifer Coolidge, but not one that is ending. She got a job recently in The Watcher, in which she plays a supporting role. That show earned some rave reviews and it was a true switch from comedy to drama for the actress. It seems like after a career of making people laugh, it is time for the veteran actress to transition into more dramatic and serious roles, and we are all here for it.
Nevertheless, were you at all stunned by Jennifer Coolidge's net worth?
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