Jennifer Coolidge is best known for her comedic roles, which she has always delivered perfectly.
Still, she faced her share of hardship in the years before her career transformation.
“I was really affected by the pandemic,” she toldThe Guardianin a 2021 interview.
“It was an incredibly sad time.
The pandemic affected how she looked at both her life and her career going forward.
“I knew people who lost their lives and was convinced we wouldn’t make it through.
I wasn’t thinking about work because I didn’t think we’d be alive.”
Her emotional state made her eat more than usual, especially pizza.
She describes herself as having been “gorging and self-destructing at home for months.”
Still, being considered for more serious parts was a challenge.
“I was in this weird bubble for a really long time.
She shared that the role allowed her to expand her range.
It is no secret that Coolidge has been typecast, which she acknowledges.
“Some directors really don’t want to see what you have,” she said.
However, there was also an upside for the actress.
“The fear is gone when you’re so used to losing,” she shared.
“There’s some freedom in that.”
It also requires you to have thick skin and be able to take rejection without it deterring you.
But did she stop fighting for the roles that she knew she deserved?
“There was some times when I felt like, you know …
It wasn’t going to go very well …” she said (viaYahoo).
These similarities perhaps allowed her to draw upon her previous experiences and channel them into her art.
The loss profoundly affected Coolidge, which she’s spoken about several times.
I don’t think I ever, you know, could really recover from it.”
In an interview with The Guardian, she spoke about receiving roles later in life.
“I’ve been very lucky.
Based on Coolidge’s roles, fans may assume that she is a woman who is confident and carefree.
“I hate to just be… me.
Who would have guessed Coolidge is shy when socializing?
It’s safe to say this was an incredibly challenging time in her life.
And I wasn’t taking any drugs, I was just eating a lot …
It has been received well by audiences and critics, and Jennifer Coolidge’s performance has been praised.
People love her, but she’s put in a box.”
Luckily for her and fans of the show, she did not.
Most people do not actively think about death or loss.
So when Jennifer Coolidge’s mother passed away quite suddenly, it was not something she saw coming.
The move was so she could be closer to her father and see him more while she worked.
But her dad never saw the play because he died shortly before its opening night.
“There’s no money there,” she explained.
“The agent did come.
He came, of course, at the second act.”
It’s my love of actors.
All that came from my first grade,” she said during her award speech.
Is she a serial dater, and has she had many romances?
“There were so many benefits to doing that movie.
I mean, there would be like 200 people that I would never have slept with.”
Nonetheless, Coolidge’s love life has not played out exactly as she would have dreamed.
