Marisa Coughlan Biography

Marisa Coughlan is an American actress, born on March 17, 1974. She is best known for her appearance as Tom Green's love interest in the infamous 2001 film Freddy Got Fingered as well as a role in Super Troopers.

Biography

Blonde Marisa Coughlan started her acting career with guest appearances on television programs lending her sad-eyed innocent looks to episodes of "The Magnificent Seven", "High Society", "Diagnosis: Murder" (all CBS), "Weird Science" (syndicated) and "Step by Step" (ABC). She also had featured turns in "Fist of the North Star" (1996) and the telefilms "Our Son, the Matchmaker" (CBS, 1996) and "Sleepwalker Killing: From the Files of 'Unsolved Mysteries'" (NBC, 1997). Coughlan made her television series regular debut playing a graduate student in the short-lived Kevin Williamson's drama "Wasteland" (ABC, 1999), a "Dawson's Creek" for the older set, chronicling the exploits of a group of twentysomethings in New York. Starring opposite already recognizable names Brad Rowe, Rebecca Gayheart and Eddie Mills, Coughlan would reach her largest audience to date on this Miramax/Williamson production.

1999 would prove to be Coughlan's breakthrough year, starring alongside Katie Holmes in Williamson's directorial feature "Teaching Mrs. Tingle", a much-awaited black comedy. She cemented her "one to watch" status with a featured role in the ensemble of the college campus set psychothriller "Gossip" (2000). After appearing in a pair of poorly performing comedies in 2001 ("Freddie Got Fingered" and "Super Troopers"), Coughlan again returned to more independent-minded features when she appeared in 2002's "Pumpkin" with Christina Ricci, Hank Harris and Dominique Swain.

Most recently, Marisa Coughlan has had a recurring role in Boston Legal.

Milestones

1993 While still in high school, landed role in "Untamed Heart"; part cut from finished film
1995 Guest starred on an episode of "Step by Step" (ABC)
1996 Appeared in the sci-fi adventure "Fist of the North Star"
1996 Featured in an episode of the short-lived CBS sitcom "High Society"
1996 Played the younger version of Ann Jillian's character in the CBS telepic "Our Son, the Matchmaker"
1997 Had a featured role in the NBC mystery "Sleepwalker Killing: From the Files of 'Unsolved Mysteries'"
1999 Made film debut in Kevin Williamson's "Teaching Mrs. Tingle"
1999 Starred in Kevin Williamson's drama series "Wasteland", chronicling twentysomethings in New York; ABC made a 13-episode commitment
2000 Featured in the ensemble cast of the psychodrama "Gossip"
2001 Appeared in gross-out comedies "Super Troopers" and "Freddy Got Fingered"
2002 Played the sorority sister of Christina Ricci's character in the Francis Ford Coppola produced comedy "Pumpkin"
2004 Appeared in the film ""Broken Lizard's Club Dread"