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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

36

Gender

Female

Birthday

1974-03-17 (51 years old)

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.

Known For

Acting

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

1999

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

as

Jo Lynn Jordan

Pumpkin

2002

Pumpkin

as

Julie Thurber

Meet Bill

2007

Meet Bill

as

Laura

Already Dead

2007

Already Dead

as

Sarah Archer

Wasted

2006

Wasted

as

Kelly

Super Troopers

2001

Super Troopers

as

Ursula Hanson

Gossip

2000

Gossip

as

Sheila

New Suit

2003

New Suit

as

Marianne Roxbury

The Sleepwalker Killing

1997

The Sleepwalker Killing

as

Tanya Lane

Our Son, the Matchmaker

1996

Our Son, the Matchmaker

as

Young Julie

Space Station 76

2014

Space Station 76

as

Misty

Way of the Warriors

Way of the Warriors

as

Belinda Stephenson

Criminology 101

2003

Criminology 101

as

Molly

Dry Cycle

2003

Dry Cycle

as

Ruby

Super Troopers 2

2018

Super Troopers 2

as

Ursula Hanson

Infamous

2020

Infamous

as

Janet

Dr. Benny

2003

Dr. Benny

as

Candy

Medium

Medium

as

Gabrielle

Side Order of Life

Side Order of Life

as

Jenny McIntyre

Boston Legal

Boston Legal

as

Melissa Hughes

Wasteland

Wasteland

as

Dawnie Parker

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

as

Allison Porter

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

as

Summer (segment "The Prophecy")

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as

April Beech

Legacies

Legacies

as

The Keeper

Bones

Bones

as

Special Agent Payton Perotta

Production

Crew

Directing