Mary Lynn Rajskub
(; born June 22 1971), sometimes credited as Marylynn Rajskub
, is an American actress and comedian, best known for her leading role as Chloe O'Brian on the Fox action-thriller 24.
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Career
Rajskub's most notable role is
CTU tech analyst
Chloe O'Brian on
24
, which she joined in 2003 at the start of the show's third season. Her character was a hit with viewers and critics and was one of the few cast members to return in the show's fourth season. After being a regular guest star for two seasons, Rajskub became a main cast member in the show's fifth season. She is now lead female, with top billing second only to
Kiefer Sutherland. Rajskub and Sutherland appeared briefly as their
24
characters in a 2007 episode, "
24 Minutes", of the FOX TV animated series
The Simpsons
. She also recently appeared in the movie "Julie and Julia" as one of Julie Powell's close friends.
She was one of the original cast members of
Mr. Show
, and also had roles on
The Larry Sanders Show
,
Home Movies
,
Veronica's Closet
, the US version of
The Sketch Show
,
NewsRadio
, and
24
.
She appeared in
Kelsey Grammer's
The Sketch Show
on
Fox Television,
King of Queens as a character named "Priscilla", a waitress at a pirate-themed kiddie restaurant in an episode of
Newsradio
("The Secret of Management"), and in numerous films including
Mysterious Skin
,
Legally Blonde 2
,
Sweet Home Alabama
,
Dude, Where's My Car?
,
Man on the Moon
,
Punch-Drunk Love
,
The Anniversary Party
,
Firewall
,
Little Miss Sunshine
, music videos for
Beck and
Weezer, as well as portraying a blind girl in the film
Road Trip
.
She is also a skilled
guitar player and was part of a comic duo (with
Karen Kilgariff) called Girls Guitar Club. In 2006, she made a cameo appearance in "Partings", the
6th season finale of
Gilmore Girls
, where she played a
troubadour looking for her big break. (Rajskub had previously appeared on
Gilmore Girls
as the female lead in
A Film by Kirk
, a
short film made by the character
Kirk Gleason.)
Rajskub has volunteered as an actress with the
Young Storytellers Program. She has an educational background as a painter, having attended the
San Francisco Art Institute.
She has been nominated twice for a
Screen Actors Guild Award; once in 2005, and again in 2007 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
She guest starred on
Flight of the Conchords
episode "
Prime Minister".
Personal life
Rajskub was born and raised in
Trenton, Michigan to a pipefitter father and a mother who worked as a pharmacist's assistant.
[1] Rajskub moved to
Los Angeles where she worked as a waitress in a
Hard Rock Cafe and as a ticket-taker at the Beverly Center movie theater before becoming an actress.
Rajskub dated the renowned music producer
Jon Brion for 5 years until they broke up in the fall of 2002. During her time on
Mr. Show
, she also dated
David Cross, leaving the show when they broke up after the end of the second season.
Her son, Valentine Anthony, was born on July 24, 2008, two weeks past Mary Lynn's due date weighing 9 pounds, 5 ounces.
[2] She married her boyfriend Matthew Rolph, a personal trainer, on August 1, 2009 in an impromptu wedding in
Las Vegas.
[3]
Filmography
- Magnolia
(1999) (voice) - Janet, Frank's Assistant
- Man on the Moon
(1999) - Friday's Mary
- Road Trip
(2000) - Blind Brenda
- Dude, Where's My Car?
(2000) - Zelmina - Cult Member
- Storytelling
(2001) - Melinda ('Fiction')
- The Anniversary Party
(2001) - Mary-Lynn
- Punch-Drunk Love
(2002) - Elizabeth
- Sweet Home Alabama
(2002) - Dorothea
- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
(2003) - Reena Giuliani
- Mysterious Skin
(2004) - Avalyn Friesen
- Firewall
(2006) - Janet Stone
- Little Miss Sunshine
(2006) - Pageant Assistant Pam
- American Fork
(2007) - Peggy Orbison
- Sunshine Cleaning
(2008) - Lynn
- Julie & Julia
(2009) - Helen
References
- http://www.filmreference.com/film/0/Mary-Lynn-Rajskub.html
- http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/02/01/real-life-mirrors-stage-life-for-mary-lynn-rajskub/
- http://www.tvshark.com/read/?art=arc3872