SL 0425 Jennifer Coolidge - FINAL - R1_Dept 5 / 6 / 25 1 : 45 PM Page 2 true t o h e r s e l f THROUGH THE UPS AND DOWNS OF A CAREER IN SHOW BUSINESS , JENNIFER COOLIDGEHAS ALWAYS MANAGED TO REMAIN SINCERE AND GROUNDED , WHICH MAKES HER RECENT STARDOM ALL THE MORE REWARDING . B Y E V A N J A M E S O N WHEN IT COMES TO HOLLYWOOD STARS , many are murderends up drowning instead ” overboard exit at adept at presenting as the self - deprecating , earnest theend of season two arguably the most perfectly and reticent artiste whose own success has come flawedway to end a period of absolute success . It’s somewhat as a surprise , even to them . fitting that having got to the point where the tides had It’s a well - trodden interview technique that conve - turned , after years of feeling she had not enjoyed the niently promotes their “ everyman / everywoman ” per - careershe perhaps deserves , it was to be the tide that sona , and mostly people see through it for what it is . againpulled her out to sea . Then there’s Jennifer Coolidge . Regardless of all that , Coolidge can still say she For starters , Coolidge really doesn’t give a damn hashad decades as a mainstay in popular culture . about her public persona . At 63 , the vivacious star has Her first big role was as one of Jerry Seinfeld’s girl - her cards firmly on the table and is too long in the friends in his eponymous sitcom , and following the game to pander to such frivolities . huge success of the American Pie franchise she was Secondly , there isn’t an insincere bone in the alwaysunmistakeable when featuring in one - off parts actress’s curvaceous 5 - foot - 10 body ; so when she of iconic shows of that era , including Friends and Sex candidly admits to being blown away by the acco - and the City . lades and attention bestowed upon her surrounding Therewas also her turn as loveable manicurist Lotus — the award - win - PauletteBonafonté — opposite Reese Witherspoon’s thesuccess of HBO’s The White ning black comedy about the privileged impulses of wannabelawyer Elle Woods — in Legally Blonde , a a number of guests and employees of a fictional film adored by ambitious young women everywhere hotel chain , in which she plays Tanya McQuoid , a including , it seems , Ariana Grande , who asked wealthy but somewhat tragic holidaymaker — you Coolidge to reprise the role in her 2018 music video know she really means it , in much the same way she for her hit song “ thank u , next . ” was openly distraught when not being called back prestige of lead roles Yetlong periods without the for season three . havemade Coolidge one of Hollywood’s more That rejection stunned fans of the star , albeit in the applaudable , and belated , success stories , and as process made her “ woman about to save herself from onedoor closes , another invariably opens , after all . S U B U R B A N L I F E M A G A Z I N E | V O L U M E 1 6 I S S U E 6 | S U B U R B A N L I F E M A G A Z I N E . C O M | 1 9