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Personal Info

Birth date

1974-03-17 (51 Years)

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Also known as

Marisa Christine Coughlan

Marisa Coughlan

Biography

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.

Filmography

Acting

TBAWay of the Warriors as Belinda Stephenson

TBADays When the Rains Came as Jane

2020Infamous as Janet

2018Legacies (1 Episode) as The Keeper

2018Super Troopers 2 as Ursula Hanson

2014Space Station 76 as Misty

2008The Dissection of Thanksgiving as Deborah

2007Already Dead as Sarah Archer

2007Meet Bill as Laura

2007Side Order of Life (13 Episodes) as Jenny McIntyre

2006The Damned Thing as Dina

2006Wasted as Kelly

2005Masters of Horror (1 Episode) as Unknown

2005Bones (3 Episodes) as Special Agent Payton Perotta

2005Medium (1 Episode) as Gabrielle

2004Boston Legal (13 Episodes) as Melissa Hughes

2003I Love Your Work as Jane

2003New Suit as Marianne Roxbury

2003Dry Cycle as Ruby

2003Dr. Benny as Candy

2003Criminology 101 as Molly

2002The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as April Beech

2002Pumpkin as Julie Thurber

2001Freddy Got Fingered as Betty

2001Super Troopers as Ursula Hanson

2000Gossip as Sheila

1999Wasteland (13 Episodes) as Dawnie Parker

1999Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Jo Lynn Jordan

1998The Magnificent Seven (1 Episode) as Nora

1997Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1 Episode) as Summer (segment "The Prophecy")

1997The Sleepwalker Killing as Tanya Lane

1996Our Son, the Matchmaker as Young Julie

1995High Society (1 Episode) as Dana

1995Fist of the North Star as Jenny

1994Weird Science (1 Episode) as Unknown

1993Diagnosis: Murder (1 Episode) as Allison Porter

Writing

TBADays When the Rains Came ... Writer