Eliza Coupe
{{short description|American actress, comedian, and model}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Eliza Coupe
| image = Eliza Coupe.jpg
| caption = Coupe at ABC's 2010 Summer Press Tour
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Plymouth, New Hampshire, U.S.
| education = California Institute of the Arts (BFA)
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actress
- comedian
- model
}}
| years_active = 2006–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Randall Whittinghill|2007|2013|reason=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Darin Olien|2014|2018|reason=divorced}}}}
}}
Eliza Coupe ({{IPAc-en|'|k|uː|p}}){{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.com/Annual-Report-of-the-Town-of-Plymouth-New-Hampshire-Volume-1981/530424/90|title=Annual Report of the Town of Plymouth, New Hampshire (volume 1981)|access-date=February 13, 2016}} is an American actress, comedian and model, known for playing Jane Kerkovich-Williams in the ABC comedy series Happy Endings, Denise "Jo" Mahoney in the final two seasons of the medical comedy-drama Scrubs, her starring role as Tiger on the Hulu comedy series Future Man, and her recurring role as Hannah Wyland in Quantico. She starred in the Fox comedy Pivoting in 2022. Most recently, she had supporting roles in the Netflix series Murderville and the CBS legal drama So Help Me Todd.
Early life
Coupe was born and raised in Plymouth, New Hampshire to Ernest and Kathryn.{{cite news|first=Samantha| last=Stephens|date=November 24, 2011|url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20111124-ENTERTAIN-111240334|title=Eliza Coupe's follows her heart home|work=The Portsmouth Herald|access-date=September 24, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910073444/http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20111124-ENTERTAIN-111240334 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2012}} She has two brothers, Sam and Thom.{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzsugar.com/Eliza-Coupe-Happy-Endings-Interview-22311612|title=Eliza Coupe Talks About Getting R-Rated on Happy Endings and Her 90210 Guest Star|first=Shannon|last=Vestal Robson|date=March 21, 2012|work=PopSugar|access-date=September 24, 2014|archive-date=July 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704131014/http://www.buzzsugar.com/Eliza-Coupe-Happy-Endings-Interview-22311612|url-status=dead}} She attended Plymouth Regional High School in her hometown and graduated in 1999. She is of French, English and Scottish heritage.{{cite web|url=http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/eliza-coupe-interview/ |first=Brooke|last=Tarnoff|date=February 12, 2013| title=Questions and Answers With Eliza Coupe |work=NextMovie |access-date=September 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112502/http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/eliza-coupe-interview/ |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |df=mdy }}
Coupe was active in her high school's theatre program. Her roles included Bonnie in Anything Goes and a Mundy sister in Dancing at Lughnasa.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} She graduated from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 2006.{{cite web|title=Shanghai Calling's Eliza Coupe on Learning Mandarin, Comedy and Life after CalArts|url=https://blog.calarts.edu/2013/03/15/shanghai-callings-eliza-coupe-on-learning-mandarin-comedy-and-life-after-calarts/|date=March 15, 2013|first=Christine N. |last=Ziemba|publisher=California Institute of the Arts|access-date=May 15, 2020}}
Career
After college, Coupe took classes in improvisational comedy at The Groundlings and ImprovOlympic.{{cite news|url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/happy-endings-star-eliza-coupe-improv-learning-chinese-shanghai-49288/|title='Happy Endings' Star Eliza Coupe on Improv and Learning Chinese for 'Shanghai Calling'|first=Dave|last=Quinn| date=February 14, 2013|work=Backstage|access-date=May 15, 2020}} In 2003, she toured France playing a soldier in an all-female version of King Lear. In November 2005, her one-woman sketch show The Patriots premiered at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and won her the Breakout Performer Award at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado in March 2006.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/eliza-coupe-1200339722/|title=Eliza Coupe: 10 Comics to Watch|first=Janelle|last=Brown|date=July 17, 2006|work=Variety|access-date=May 15, 2020}}
In 2007, she appeared in I Think I Love My Wife. She appeared in the short-lived MTV series Short Circuitz. She was in "Girlfriends", episode 8 of the first season of Flight of the Conchords; and in an episode of Unhitched. She was a series regular in HBO's unaired 12 Miles of Bad Road and had a recurring role in Samantha Who?
She had a recurring role as Dr. Denise "Jo" Mahoney in Season 8 of the TV series Scrubs and the companion web series Scrubs: Interns. She was made a regular in Season 9, the final season of the series.{{cite web|title =Scrubs Intern Made Regular|url = http://tv.ign.com/articles/100/1003892p1.html|date=July 15, 2009|publisher=IGN|access-date=July 17, 2009|first=Eric| last=Goldman|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090719094702/http://tv.ign.com/articles/100/1003892p1.html|archive-date=July 19, 2009|url-status=dead}}
In March 2009, Coupe was cast as Callie in the ABC pilot, No Heroics, an adaptation of the UK series of the same name. In 2012, she played the female lead and love interest to Daniel Henney in the independent film Shanghai Calling, filmed in Shanghai, China. She also appeared in the 2011 movie What's Your Number? with Anna Faris and Chris Evans.
From April 2011 to May 2013, Coupe starred on the ABC ensemble comedy series Happy Endings alongside Elisha Cuthbert, Zachary Knighton, Adam Pally, Damon Wayans, Jr. and Casey Wilson. Despite critical acclaim and a cult following, the show was cancelled by ABC after concluding its third season on May 3, 2013. Since Happy Endings's cancellation, She played a recurring role in the third season of House of Lies and starred alongside Jay Harrington in the USA Network comedy series Benched, which premiered on October 28, 2014. She later starred in the ABC thriller Quantico playing the recurring role of FBI agent Hannah Wyland.{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2015/11/12/quantico-eliza-coupe-cast-season-1-hannah-wyland/|first=Kimberly|last=Roots|date=November 12, 2015|title=Quantico Recruits Happy Endings Alum Eliza Coupe for 'Hardcore' Arc|work=TVLine|access-date=November 12, 2015|archive-date=November 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113021103/http://tvline.com/2015/11/12/quantico-eliza-coupe-cast-season-1-hannah-wyland/|url-status=dead}}
Coupe also starred as Tiger on the Hulu comedy series Future Man, which premiered November 14, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/future-man-how-eliza-coupes-tiger-defies-conventions/|first=Daniel|last=Kurland|title=Future Man: How Eliza Coupe's Tiger Defies Conventions|date=November 14, 2017|publisher=Den of Geek}} The third and final season aired in 2020.{{cite news|title='Future Man' Comes to an Uneven Yet Fittingly Weird End in Season 3 – Review|url=https://collider.com/future-man-season-3-review-hulu/|first=Adam|last=Chitwood|work=Collider|date=April 3, 2020|access-date=May 15, 2020}}
In April 2020, she was cast as Amy in the Fox comedy series Pivoting.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/eliza-coupe-star-fox-comedy-pilot-pivoting-tristram-shapeero-direct-1202914042/|title=Eliza Coupe To Star In Fox Comedy Pilot 'Pivoting'; Tristram Shapeero To Direct|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 21, 2020|access-date=May 10, 2021|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie}} It debuted on January 9, 2022 with positive reviews,{{cite web|last=Nemetz|first=Dave |title='Pivoting' Review: Fox Comedy, Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin, Maggie Q|date=7 January 2022|website=TVLine |url=https://tvline.com/2022/01/07/pivoting-review-fox-comedy-eliza-coupe-ginnifer-goodwin-maggie-q/|access-date=4 February 2022}} but the show was cancelled after one season.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/pivoting-canceled-fox-one-season-1235023573/|title='Pivoting' Canceled by Fox in Nail-Biter After One Season |date=May 14, 2022 }}
Personal life
Coupe was married to acting teacher Randall Whittinghill from December 2007 to June 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a495031/happy-endings-eliza-coupe-husband-randall-whittinghill-divorcing.html|first=Justin|last=Harp|date=February 27, 2013|title='Happy Endings' Eliza Coupe, husband Randall Whittinghill divorcing|work=Digital Spy|access-date=September 24, 2014}}
She announced her engagement to Darin Olien, founder of lifestyle brand SuperLife, via Instagram on November 27, 2014.{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/article/eliza-coupe-engaged-darin-olien|first= Sarah|last=Michaud|title=Eliza Coupe Engaged to Darin Olien|work=People|date=November 27, 2014|access-date=November 28, 2014}} They were married on December 24, 2014 while on vacation in New Zealand.{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/eliza-coupe-marries-darin-olien-zealand/story?id=27828071|title=Eliza Coupe Marries Darin Olien In New Zealand|date=December 25, 2014|work=ABC News|access-date=April 25, 2016}} They filed for divorce in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/happy-endings-eliza-coupe-husband-darin-olien-split-details/|title=Happy Endings' Eliza Coupe, Husband Darin Olien Split After Nearly Four Years of Marriage|last=Webber| first=Stephanie|work=Us Weekly|date=April 3, 2018|access-date=April 3, 2018}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| |2006
| The Day the World Saved Shane Sawyer | Allison | Short film |
| 2007
| Lisa | |
| 2010
| Hotel Room Neighbour | |
| 2011
| Sheila | |
| 2012
| Amanda | |
| 2013
| Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Sea World Trainer | |
| 2014
| The Last Time You Had Fun | Ida | |
| 2015
| It's Us | Joe | |
| 2017
| The 4th | Stacy | |
| 2017
| Naked | Vicky | |
| 2018
| Karen Kelley | |
| 2020
| Lux | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2007
| Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz | Various | Episode #1.3 |
| 2007
| Lisa | Episode: "Girlfriends" |
| 2008
| Julia | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2008
| Gaylor Shakespeare | 6 episodes |
| 2008
| Willow | 2 episodes |
| 2009
| Katie | Episode: "Crazy Love" |
| 2009–10
| Scrubs | Recurring role (Season 8); Main role (Season 9); 24 episodes |
| 2011
| Special Agent Robin Vohlers | Episode: "Intro to Political Science" |
| 2011–13
| Jane Kerkovich-Williams | Main role; 57 episodes |
| 2012
| Jane Kerkovich-Williams | Web series |
| 2013
| Janice | 2 episodes |
| 2014
| Marisa McClintock | 4 episodes |
| 2014
| Benched | Nina Whitley | Lead role; 12 episodes |
| 2015
| Casual | Emmy | 5 episodes |
| 2015
| Cynthia | 1 episode |
| 2015–2016
| Chelsea | 4 episodes |
| 2015–2018
| Quantico | Hannah Wyland | Recurring role |
| 2016
| Wrecked | Rosa | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2020
| Tiger{{cite news|title='Future Man,' From Seth Rogen and Starring Josh Hutcherson, Ordered to Series at Hulu|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/future-man-seth-rogen-starring-926973 |work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|date=September 9, 2016}} | Main role |
| 2018
| Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy | Preggers | Main role |
| 2018
| Dr. Autumn Portugal | Episode: "The Force Wakes Up" |
| 2019
| Karsyn | Episode: "Spring Break Forever" |
| 2019
|Guest Star | Episode: "November Surprises" |
| 2019
|Guest Star | Episode: "White Music" |
| 2021
|Molly Cunningham (voice) | Episode: "The Lost Cargo of Kit Cloudkicker" |
| 2022
|Amy{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/eliza-coupe-star-fox-comedy-pilot-pivoting-tristram-shapeero-direct-1202914042/|title=Eliza Coupe To Star In Fox Comedy Pilot 'Pivoting'; Tristram Shapeero To Direct|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=April 21, 2020|access-date=May 18, 2021}} |Main role |
| 2022
|Nora |Guest role |
| 2023
|Veronica Caron |Guest role |
| 2025
|Carina Wilson |Episode: “Chutes and Murders” |
| 2025
|Margery Bay Bix |Recurring role |
| 2025
|Jenna Wells |Guest role |
References
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External links
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Category:Actresses from New Hampshire
Category:American people of English descent
Category:American people of French descent
Category:American people of Scottish descent
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American women comedians
Category:California Institute of the Arts alumni
Category:People from Plymouth, New Hampshire
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Comedians from New Hampshire