Mary Lynn Rajskub

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Biography

Show" (HBO, 1995-99). Rajskub left the show following its debut season in order to replace friend Janeane Garofalo's character on "The Larry Sanders Show" (HBO, 1992-98), playing the show-within-a-show's eager-to-please and often inappropriate guest booker. Having proven herself a dynamic comedic player on the small screen, she made the transition to features with small roles in "Road Trip" (2000) and "Storytelling" (2001) before landing a …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

June 22, 1971

Career Milestones

Nominated for the 2010 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Action Adventure

2009

Co-starred with Amy Adams in Nora Ephron's "Julie & Julia"

2006

Featured in a supporting role alongside Harrison Ford in feature film "Firewall"

2003

Joined the thrid season of FOX's "24" as CTU tech analyst Chloe O'Brian

2003

Re-teamed with Witherspoon for "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde"

2002

Re-teamed with director, Paul Thomas Anderson for "Punch-Drunk Love"

2002

Featured alongside Reeese Witherspoon in the comedy "Sweet Home Alabama"

2001

Cast as a regular on NBC's "The Downer Channel"; also wrote sketches

2001

Featured in the ensemble "The Anniversary Party" directed by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming

2000

Appeared as a blind girl in the film "Road Trip"

1999

Featured in a cameo role in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia"

1999

Had a recurring role on NBC's "Veronica's Closet"

Formed (with Karen Kilgariff) the Girls Guitar Club, a spoof on the sensitive female singer-songwriter

1999

Appeared in the Andy Kaufman biopic "Man on the Moon" directed by Milos Foreman

1996

Performed in the one-woman show "The Littlest Angel"

1996

Played a scattered talent booker on HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show"

1996

First feature, voicing a female caller in "The Truth About Cats and Dogs"

1995

Became an original cast member of HBO's "Mr. Show"

Worked extensively in performance art and comedic theater

Raised in suburban Michigan

Awards

2007

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 24

2005

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 24