Janeane Garofalo is an American comedian, actress, and former co-host on Air America Radio's The Majority Report. The accolades she has received include nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Garofalo began her career as a stand-up comedian and became a cast member on The Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and Saturday Night Live, then appeared in more than 50 movies, with leading or major roles in The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Wet Hot American Summer, The Matchmaker, Reality Bites, The Wild, Steal This Movie!, Clay Pigeons, Sweethearts, Mystery Men, The Minus Man, The Independent, Ratatouille, and Flora & Ulysses. She has been a series regular on television programs such as The West Wing, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, 24, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, and Ideal.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Late for Dinner | Cashier | |
| 1992 | That's What Women Want | Jennifer | Short film |
| 1994 | Reality Bites | Vickie Miner | |
| Suspicious | Woman | Short film | |
| 1995 | Bye Bye Love | Lucille | |
| I Shot a Man in Vegas | Gale | ||
| Coldblooded | Honey | ||
| Now and Then | Wiladene | ||
| 1996 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | Abby Barnes | |
| The Cable Guy | Melinda | ||
| Larger than Life | Mo | ||
| 1997 | Sweethearts | Jasmine | |
| Touch | Kathy Worthington | ||
| Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Heather Mooney | ||
| The Matchmaker | Marcy Tizard | ||
| Cop Land | Deputy Sheriff Cindy Betts | ||
| 1998 | Clay Pigeons | Agent Dale Shelby | |
| Kiki's Delivery Service | Ursula | Voice – Disney English dub | |
| Thick as Thieves | Anne | ||
| Permanent Midnight | Jana Farmer | ||
| Half Baked | "I'm Only Creative When I Smoke" Smoker | ||
| The Thin Pink Line | Joyce Wintergarden-Dingle | ||
| 1999 | The Bumblebee Flies Anyway | Dr. Harriman/Handyman | |
| Torrance Rises | Herself | Short film | |
| Can't Stop Dancing | Belinda Peck | ||
| Mystery Men | The Bowler/Carol | ||
| Dogma | Liz | ||
| The Independent | Paloma Fineman | ||
| 200 Cigarettes | Ellie | ||
| The Minus Man | Ferrin | ||
| 2000 | Dog Park | Jeri | |
| Steal This Movie! | Anita Hoffman | ||
| Titan A.E. | Stith | Voice | |
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Minnie Mogul | ||
| The Cherry Picker | Short film | ||
| What Planet Are You From? | Nervous Woman | ||
| 2001 | Wet Hot American Summer | Beth | |
| 2002 | Martin & Orloff | Hairdresser | |
| Big Trouble | Officer Monica Romero | ||
| 2003 | Manhood | Jill | |
| The Laramie Project | Catherine Connolly | ||
| The Search for John Gissing | Linda Barnes | ||
| Housekeeping | Hotel Employee | Short film; voice role | |
| Wonderland | Joy Miller | ||
| Ash Tuesday | Liz | ||
| Nobody Knows Anything! | Patty | ||
| 2004 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Dee Dee | |
| 2005 | Duane Hopwood | Linda | |
| The Peace Patriots | Narrator | Documentary film | |
| Stay | Beth Levy | ||
| 2006 | The Wild | Bridget the Giraffe | Voice role |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Colette Tatou | Voice role |
| Southland Tales | General Teena MacArthur | ||
| The Ten | Beth Soden | ||
| Then She Found Me | Herself | ||
| 2008 | The Guitar | Dr. Murray | |
| 2009 | Labor Pains | Claire | |
| Love Hurts | Hannah Rosenbloom | ||
| 2012 | General Education | Gale Collins | |
| Bad Parents | Kathy | ||
| Mighty Fine | Older Natalie | Voice role | |
| 2013 | Satan, Hold My Hand | Sheryl | Short film |
| 2014 | A Little Game | Sarah Kuftinec | |
| Free the Nipple | Anouk | ||
| 2015 | 3rd Street Blackout | June Sherman | |
| 2016 | Little Boxes | Helena | |
| The American Side | Agent Barry | ||
| The Happys | Luann | ||
| 2017 | Sandy Wexler | Herself | |
| Speech & Debate | Marie | ||
| Submission | Magda Moynahan | ||
| 2018 | A Bread Factory | Jordan | |
| Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate | Magda | ||
| 2019 | Come as You Are | Liz | |
| Mercy Black | Dr. Ward | ||
| 2020 | Asking For It | Cheryl | |
| 2021 | The God Committee | Valerie Gilroy | |
| Flora & Ulysses | Marissa | ||
| 2022 | The Apology | Gretchen Sullivan |