| 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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