Janeane Garofalo

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Biography

Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist and writer. She is the former co-host on the now defunct Air America Radio's The Majority Report. Garofalo continues to circulate regularly within New York City's local comedy and performance art scene.

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Known For

Ratatouille

Colette (voice)

The Simpsons

Janeane Garofalo (voice)

Two and a Half Men

Sharon

The Sopranos

Self

BoJack Horseman

Isabelle (voice)

Dogma

Liz

The Cable Guy

Medieval Waitress

Seinfeld

Jeannie Steinman

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Roommates MOVIE	Self
2025	You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... MOVIE	Self
2025	Boys Go to Jupiter MOVIE	Dr. Dolphin (voice)
2025	Tonight's Special with Kareem & Johnny MOVIE	Herself
2025	This Is the Tom Green Documentary MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2022	The Apology MOVIE	Gretchen Sullivan
2022	The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks MOVIE	Self
2022	We Baby Bears TV	Madam Malin (voice)
2022	We Baby Bears TV	Uncle Panda / Malin (voice)
2021	Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 MOVIE	Self
2021	The God Committee MOVIE	Dr. Valerie Gilroy
2021	Flora & Ulysses MOVIE	Marissa
2020	Asking for It MOVIE	Cheryl
2020	Come As You Are MOVIE	Liz
2020	Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens TV	Carol
2019	Harley Quinn TV	Signora/Mama (voice)
2019	25 Sets MOVIE	Self
2019	Stumptown TV	Janet Withers
2019	Other Music MOVIE	Self
2019	Mercy Black MOVIE	Dr. Ward
2019	It Started As a Joke MOVIE	Self
2018	The Shivering Truth TV	(voice)
2018	Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché MOVIE	Self
2018	A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold MOVIE	Jordan
2018	Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate MOVIE	Magda
2018	The Happys MOVIE	Luann
2018	Submission MOVIE	Magda Moynahan
2018	Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like MOVIE	Natalie
2017	Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later TV	Beth
2017	Little Boxes MOVIE	Helena
2017	Sandy Wexler MOVIE	Testimonial
2017	Speech & Debate MOVIE	Marie
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special MOVIE	Janeane Garofalo
2017	Werewolf Bitches from Outer Space MOVIE	Art Gallery Owner
2016	Janeane Garofalo: If I May MOVIE	Self
2016	The American Side MOVIE	Agent Barry
2016	Sticky: A (Self) Love Story MOVIE	Self
2016	Billions TV	Winslow
2015	Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon MOVIE	Self
2015	Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot MOVIE	Self
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp TV	Beth
2015	3rd Street Blackout MOVIE	June Sherman
2015	Younger TV	Cass Dekennessy
2015	Adventures in Comedy MOVIE	Self
2015	Misery Loves Comedy MOVIE	Self
2014	Free the Nipple MOVIE	Anouk
2014	BoJack Horseman TV	Isabelle (voice)
2014	A Little Game MOVIE	Sarah Kuftinec
2014	Showing Up MOVIE	Self
2014	Broad City TV	Monica
2013	@midnight with Chris Hardwick TV	Self
2013	The Muslims Are Coming! MOVIE	Self
2013	Satan, Hold My Hand MOVIE	Sheryl
2013	Never Before, Never Again: Behind the Scenes of Asssscat MOVIE	Self
2013	Why We Laugh: Funny Women MOVIE	Self
2012	Gotham Comedy Live TV	Self - Host
2012	Gotham Comedy Live TV	Self - Comedian
2012	Bad Parents MOVIE	Kathy
2012	General Education MOVIE	Gale Collins
2012	Vanilla Ice Archive MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2012	Mighty Fine MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior TV	Beth Griffith
2010	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret TV	Brent's Boss
2010	Janeane Garofalo: If You Will MOVIE	Self
2010	The Green Room with Paul Provenza TV	Self
2010	Ugly Americans TV	Additional Voices (voice)
2010	I Am Comic MOVIE	Self
2009	Joy Behar: Say Anything! TV	Self
2009	Love Hurts MOVIE	Hannah Rosenbloom
2009	Funny People MOVIE	Friend in video (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009	Labor Pains MOVIE	Claire
2009	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2009	Delocated TV	Susan Shapiro
2008	The Guitar MOVIE	Dr. Murray
2008	Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness MOVIE	Heidi Bivens
2008	Girl's Best Friend MOVIE	Mary
2008	A Bad Situationist MOVIE	Lenore Stein
2007	Southland Tales MOVIE	General Teena MacArthur
2007	Then She Found Me MOVIE	Janeane Garofalo
2007	The Ten MOVIE	Beth Soden
2007	Greek TV	Professor Freeman
2007	Ratatouille MOVIE	Colette (voice)
2007	Law Dogs MOVIE	Gloria Fontaine
2007	Head Case TV	Self
2007	The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' MOVIE	Paula
2006	Fuck MOVIE	Self
2006	Freak Show TV	The Bearded Clam
2006	The Wild MOVIE	Bridget (voice)
2006	Campus Ladies TV	Self
2006	Al Franken: God Spoke MOVIE	Self
2005	Duane Hopwood MOVIE	Linda
2005	Stay MOVIE	Dr. Beth Levy
2005	The Peace Patriots MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2005	Deal TV	Annie
2005	Stella TV	Self
2005	Nadine in Dateland MOVIE	Nadine
2005	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood MOVIE	Dee Dee
2005	Left of the Dial MOVIE	Self
2005	Ideal TV	Tilly
2005	Ten Years Later MOVIE	Herself
2004	Tom Goes to the Mayor TV	Self (voice)
2004	Tanner on Tanner TV	Self
2004	Pilot Season TV	Announcer
2004	Nobody Knows Anything! MOVIE	Patty
2003	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley MOVIE	Quiz Kings Contestant (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003	Wonderland MOVIE	Joy Miller
2003	Two and a Half Men TV	Sharon
2003	Anderson Cooper 360° TV	Self
2003	Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks MOVIE	Self - Host
2003	Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2003	Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) MOVIE	Self
2003	The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2003	Ash Tuesday MOVIE	Liz
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self
2003	Manhood MOVIE	Jill
2003	When Stand Up Stood Out MOVIE	Self
2002	Martin & Orloff MOVIE	Hairdresser
2002	Big Trouble MOVIE	Monica Romero
2002	The Laramie Project MOVIE	Catherine Connolly
2001	24 TV	Janis Gold
2001	The Search for John Gissing MOVIE	Linda Barnes
2001	Wet Hot American Summer MOVIE	Beth
2001	Dinner for Five TV	Self
2001	Primetime Glick TV	Self
2001	Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2001	Housekeeping MOVIE	Hotel Employee ( voice)
2000	Aqua Teen Hunger Force TV	Donna (voice)
2000	The Independent MOVIE	Paloma Fineman
2000	Ed TV	Liz Stevens
2000	Steal This Movie MOVIE	Anita Hoffman
2000	Sammy TV	(voice)
2000	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle MOVIE	Minnie Mogul
2000	Titan A.E. MOVIE	Stith (voice)
2000	What Planet Are You From? MOVIE	Nervous Woman
2000	Behind the Scenes at Daria MOVIE	Host
2000	The Bumblebee Flies Anyway MOVIE	Dr. Harriman
2000	Daring to Resist: Three Women Face the Holocaust MOVIE	Narrator
1999	The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller MOVIE	Self
1999	Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club MOVIE	Self
1999	Dogma MOVIE	Liz
1999	The Minus Man MOVIE	Ferrin
1999	The West Wing TV	Louise Thornton
1999	Mystery Men MOVIE	Bowler / Carol
1999	MTV's 25 Lamest Videos MOVIE	Self / Host
1999	Thick as Thieves MOVIE	Anne
1999	Strangers with Candy TV	Cassie Pines
1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn TV	Self
1999	200 Cigarettes MOVIE	Ellie
1999	Can't Stop Dancing MOVIE	Belinda Peck
1999	The Sopranos TV	Self
1999	Torrance Rises MOVIE	Self
1998	The Thin Pink Line MOVIE	Joyce Wintergarden-Dingle
1998	Felicity TV	Sally Reardon (voice)
1998	Felicity TV	Sally Reardon (voice) (uncredited)
1998	Clay Pigeons MOVIE	Agent Dale Shelby
1998	The King of Queens TV	Trish
1998	Permanent Midnight MOVIE	Jana Farmer
1998	Dog Park MOVIE	Jeri
1998	The Entertainment Biz TV	Self
1998	Half Baked MOVIE	I'm Only Creative When I Smoke Smoker (uncredited)
1998	Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley MOVIE	Self
1997	Sweethearts MOVIE	Jasmine Pogue
1997	The Matchmaker MOVIE	Marcy Tizard
1997	Janeane Garofalo: HBO Comedy Hour MOVIE	Self
1997	Cop Land MOVIE	Deputy Cindy Betts
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	Romy and Michele's High School Reunion MOVIE	Heather Mooney
1997	Touch MOVIE	Kathy Worthington
1997	The Chris Rock Show TV	Girlfriend
1997	King of the Hill TV	Sheila (voice)
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks TV	Self
1996	I Shot a Man in Vegas MOVIE	Gale
1996	Larger Than Life MOVIE	Mo
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self
1996	The Cable Guy MOVIE	Medieval Waitress
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show TV	Self
1996	The Truth About Cats & Dogs MOVIE	Abby
1996	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy MOVIE	Woman at Party
1995	Mr. Show with Bob and David TV	Wife
1995	The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special MOVIE	Self
1995	Now and Then MOVIE	Wiladene
1995	Coldblooded MOVIE	Honey
1995	HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Janeane Garofalo MOVIE	Self
1995	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist TV	Janeane (voice)
1995	NewsRadio TV	Nancy
1995	Bye Bye Love MOVIE	Lucille
1994	TV Nation TV	Self
1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast TV	Self
1994	Ellen TV	Chloe Korban
1994	Duckman TV	Moonbeam (voice)
1994	Reality Bites MOVIE	Vickie Miner
1994	Suspicious MOVIE	Woman
1993	The Adventures of Pete & Pete TV	Ms. Brackett
1993	Tales of the City TV	Coppola Woman
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self
1992	The Ben Stiller Show TV	Various Characters
1992	Mad About You TV	Mabel Buchman
1992	The Larry Sanders Show TV	Paula
1992	MTV Movie & TV Awards TV	Self
1991	Late for Dinner MOVIE	Counter Girl
1991	Home Improvement TV	Tina
1990	Law & Order TV	Greta Heiss
1989	The Simpsons TV	Janeane Garofalo (voice)
1989	Seinfeld TV	Jeannie Steinman
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Various Characters
	Grind MOVIE	Self
	Souvenir MOVIE	Cordelia

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