<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actress, comedian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1983--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Jennifer Audrey Coolidge (/ ˈkuːlɪdʒ /; born August 28, 1961) is an American actress and comedian . She is best known for playing Stifler's Mom in the American Pie films, Sophie in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, Paulette in Legally Blonde (2001) and its sequel and Hilary Duff's character's evil stepmother in A Cinderella Story (2004). She is also a regular actor in Christopher Guest's mockumentary films . Coolidge is an alumna of The Groundlings, an improv and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles . </P> <P> Coolidge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Gretchen (née Knauff) and Paul Constant Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer . She was raised in Norwell, Massachusetts, and is one of four children, with a brother, Andrew, and two sisters, Elizabeth and Susannah . Coolidge attended Norwell High School, the Cambridge School of Weston, Emerson College in Boston and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City . </P>

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