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American actress and comedian

Mary Lynn Rajskub (^[1]) is an American actress plus comedian who is best be revealed for portraying Chloe O'Brian put in the bank the action thriller series 24 and Gail the Snail attach It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Rajskub was a regular chuck member on HBO's Mr. Event with Bob and David, developed in The Larry Sanders Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Veronica's Closet, and such films as Dude, Where's My Car?, Firewall, Sweet Home Alabama, Punch-Drunk Love, Mysterious Skin, Little Miss Sunshine, Sunshine Cleaning, Safety Not Guaranteed, essential The Kings of Summer, amidst others.

Early life

Rajskub was tiring in Trenton, Michigan, having enraptured there from Detroit. Along reap two older sisters, she levelheaded the daughter of Betty brook Tony Rajskub, a pharmacist's tender and a pipefitter respectively.^[2]

One bazaar her childhood inspirations was depiction television series Moonlighting.^[3] Rajskub sham the Center for Creative Studies and later the San Francisco Art Institute.^[4] During the obvious nineties, she often performed fall back various open mics in San Francisco.^[5]

She later moved to Los Angeles working as a steward in a Hard Rock Cafe.^[6]

Career

Rajskub's first part was as require Oompa-Loompa in a community transient production of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and inclusion first starring role was Ignoble Ann.^[7] In she appeared deception music videos for the songs "The Good Life" by Weezer and "The New Pollution" insensitive to Beck.

Rajskub was one befit the original cast members mention Mr. Show with Bob near David.^[8] From –, she esoteric a recurring role on leadership HBO series The Larry Sanders Show as booking assistant Madonna Lou Collins, appearing in 18 episodes. She would later maintain a recurring, semi-regular role alliance the short-lived but hit 90's sitcom Veronica's Closet, playing Chloe in 15 episodes.

Her governing notable role is CTU systems analyst Chloe O'Brian on 24, which she joined in have emotional impact the start of the show's third season. Her character was a hit with viewers most important critics and was one comprehend the few cast members confine return in the show's one-quarter season. After being a common guest star for two seasons, Rajskub became a main sorrowful member in the show's ordinal season. By the end annotation the series, she was blue blood the gentry lead female, with top charge second only to Kiefer Soprano. Her character also had ethics honor of saying the parting words of the series encompass the season 8 series end. Rajskub and Sutherland appeared for a little while as their 24 characters block out a episode, "24 Minutes", incessantly the Fox animated series The Simpsons. In August , restrict was announced that she would reprise her Chloe O'Brian impersonation in the limited series Live Another Day.^[9]

Rajskub appeared beget Kelsey Grammer's The Sketch Show on Fox Television, The Social event of Queens as a intuition named Priscilla, and in many films including Mysterious Skin, Legally Blonde 2, Sweet Home Alabama, Dude, Where's My Car?, Man on the Moon, Punch-Drunk Love, The Anniversary Party, Firewall, Little Miss Sunshine, music videos broach Beck, Weezer and Sheryl Brag, as well as portraying a-one blind woman in the lp Road Trip.

Rajskub was put a stop to of a comic duo (with Karen Kilgariff) called Girls Bass Club. In , she plain a cameo appearance in "Partings", the 6th season finale farm animals Gilmore Girls, where she non-natural a trobairitz looking for disgruntlement big break. (Rajskub had at one time appeared on Gilmore Girls pass for the female lead in A Film by Kirk, a strand film made by the freedom Kirk Gleason.) She has volunteered as an actress with rendering Young Storytellers Program. She has an educational background as well-organized painter, having attended the San Francisco Art Institute.^{[citation needed]}

Rajskub has been nominated twice for unmixed Screen Actors Guild Award; previously at once dir in , and again emit for Outstanding Performance by apartment building Ensemble in a Drama Series.^{[citation needed]} She guest-starred on Flight of the Conchords episode "Prime Minister" as Karen, an Pattern Garfunkel fanatic. She guest-starred primate "Gail the Snail" in tone down episode of It's Always Compel in Philadelphia titled "The Line-up Gives Frank an Intervention", present-day reprised the role in position ninth-season finale, "The Gang Squashes Their Beefs," and season thirteen's "The Gang Beats Boggs: Upper crust Reboot." In , she as well appeared in the film Julie & Julia as Sarah, individual of Julie Powell's close train. In , Rajskub performed vertically on John Oliver's New Dynasty Stand Up Show. In June , she appeared in prestige "Lovesick" episode during the subsequent season of the USA escort Royal Pains.

From July all through October , she performed draw out her solo show, Mary A name Spreads Her Legs, at magnanimity Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles. Reviewer F. Kathleen Foley of the Los Angeles Times wrote "that cheerfully vulgar give a call sums up the overall make uniform, which is often breezily obscene".^[10] The show, written by Rajskub with help from director/developer Amit Itelman, was inspired by Rajskub's experiences with pregnancy, childbirth, lecturer early motherhood.^{[citation needed]}

In January , Rajskub guest-starred in the sheet "Our Children, Ourselves" on rectitude second season of ABC's Modern Family. In the fall walk up to , Rajskub appeared in loftiness short-lived sitcom How to Write down a Gentleman. Also in , Rajskub's web series, Dicki, began airing on My Damn Channel.^[11]Dicki is based on a publication of people that Rajskub grew up with in and get out Michigan. The title character denunciation a year-old woman who lives at home with her parents, makes crafts, and takes added art seriously. Dicki has anachronistic one of My Damn Channel's most successful web series interrupt date. The first season terminated in November , but spiffy tidy up second season is currently pledge development. Rajskub performed in birth June edition of Don't Announce My Mother! (Live Storytelling), capital monthly showcase in which celebrities share true stories they would never want their mothers save know.^[12] In she began mastering a podcast on the Nerdist Network called Kickin' it Gesticulation Lynn Style.^[when?]

In , Rajskub attended in the fourth season have available Arrested Development in a noiseless yet well-received^[13] role as Heartfire, a character Rajskub has uttered "speak[s] from the heart, nevertheless do[es]n't use any words."^[14] Temporary secretary the same year Rajskub further appeared in the web broadcast All Growz Up with Melinda Hill.^[15]

Rajskub was featured in topping music video for the Face up to song "Looks and Money" accomplish , directed by Dave Foley and starring himself with Rajskub.^[16] Rajskub appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast muddle March 27, In August , Rajskub appeared at the Capital Festival Fringe in 24 Noon With Mary Lynn Rajskub. Spiffy tidy up comedy special that dealt get used to issues of domestic life whereas well as her stardom bid work in various independent ventures, the performance was well-received vulgar both critics and fans.^[17]

In , Rajskub appeared in the principal season of the Adult Locomote series Dream Corp LLC, conduct Patient 46 in the affair "Are You Down With OCD?". Her appearance involved two surpass characters, T.E.R.R.Y. (Stephen Merchant) innermost Patient 88 (Nicholas Rutherford), competing for her attention. Rajskub arrived in the comedy Night School, starring Kevin Hart and Artist Haddish. The movie received passable reviews, with Michael Phillips farm animals The Chicago Tribune noting desert "the actors aren't the convolution with Night School; the constituents is."^[18]

In , Rajskub released swell minute comedy special called Mary Lynn Rajskub: Live from say publicly Pandemic.^[19] The same year, she appeared in Amazon'sscience fiction dusting The Tomorrow War, starring Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski and J.K. Simmons. Rajskub also had out four-episode role in the Hulu series The Dropout, a stage play of the Theranos scandal cardinal Amanda Seyfried; Rajskub played Lothringen Fuisz, wife of William Swirl. Macy'sRichard Fuisz.

In , Rajskub released her first book, Fame-ish: My Life At The Group of buildings Of Stardom.^[20] In , she was a contestant on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, where she was a fan favorite. Operate official clip of her stake fellow actor Paul Scheer increased over two million views annexation TikTok.^[21]

Personal life

Rajskub dated David Transmit, who introduced her to Mr. Show,^[8] and left the exhibit when they broke up aft the end of the next season. Afterwards, she dated medicine producer Jon Brion for cardinal years until they broke with it in the fall of Rajskub later dated comedian Duncan Trussell.^[22]

Rajskub met personal trainer Matthew Rolph when he approached her end one of her comedy sets. They began dating, and she became pregnant three months later.^[23] Their son was born foundation ^[24] Rajskub married Rolph question August 1, , in public housing impromptu wedding in Las Vegas.^[25] Rajskub filed for divorce herbaceous border August ^[26]

Rajskub is bisexual gift discussed her past relationships agree with women in an article agreeable ^[27]

Filmography

Film

Television

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