Leslie Mann
{{short description|American actress (born 1972)}}
{{about|the American comic actress|the baseball player and executive|Leslie Mann (athlete)}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Leslie Mann
| image = Leslie Mann at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (39852917225) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Leslie Mann wearing a white print t-shirt and black blazer, grinning at camera, in front of a bright yellow backdrop
| caption = Mann in 2018
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|3|26}}
| birth_place = San Francisco, California, US
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1988–present
| spouse = {{Marriage|Judd Apatow|June 9, 1997}}
| children = {{Ubl|Maude Apatow|Iris Apatow}}
}}
Leslie Mann (born March 26, 1972){{cite news |title=Leslie Mann |url=http://www.maxim.com/todays-girl/leslie-mann |access-date=April 19, 2013 |newspaper=Maxim |date=July 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416013246/http://www.maxim.com/todays-girl/leslie-mann |archive-date=April 16, 2013}} is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films, including The Cable Guy (1996), She's the One (1996), George of the Jungle (1997), Big Daddy (1999), Orange County (2002), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Drillbit Taylor (2008), I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), 17 Again (2009), Funny People (2009), This Is 40 (2012), The Bling Ring (2013), The Other Woman (2014), and Blockers (2018).
Early life
Mann was born in San Francisco, and grew up in Newport Beach.{{cite web |last=Combe |first=Rachael |title=Leslie Mann on Being Hollywood's Reigning Funny Girl |url=http://www.elle.com/pop-culture/celebrities/leslie-mann-movies-interview |access-date=November 11, 2012 |date=September 17, 2012}} She was raised by her mother, Janet,Multiple sources:
- {{cite news |title=Obituary: Dylan Antoine Ayres |url=https://obits.ocregister.com/us/obituaries/orangecounty/name/dylan-ayres-obituary?id=26036737 |access-date=January 21, 2022 |work=Orange County Register |publisher=Legacy.com |date=February 25, 2006}}
- {{cite news |last1=Powers |first1=Elia |title=Ayers heirs keep family business strong |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-2005-06-13-export996-story.html |access-date=January 21, 2022 |work=Daily Pilot |date=June 13, 2005 |location=Fountain Valley, California}}
- {{cite web |title=Raises over $1 million in 2019 |url=https://www.hoaghospitalfoundation.org/2019-circle-of-support-magazine.html |website=Circle 1000 |publisher=Hoag Hospital Foundation |quote=Don and Janet Ayres, Jr.}}
- {{cite news |last1=Martinez |first1=Brian |title=Ayres Hotel Group, with 16 European-style Boutique Hotels, Now a 100 year Old Family Business |url=https://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2005_2nd/Jun05_Ayres.html |access-date=January 21, 2022 |work=The Orange County Register |date=June 11, 2005}} who led design and quality programs for eight years at Ayres Hotel group.{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.ayreshotels.com/about/history |publisher=Ayres Hotels |access-date=January 21, 2022 |quote=2005 was also the year Janet Ayres, Don Ayres Jr.'s wife, brought her keen eye for design to the Ayres Hotels. For eight years, Janet led interior design and quality assurance programs structured to keep the collection a unique blend of 90% traditional and 10% cool.}} Mann has stated of her father, "My dad is...I don't really have one. I mean, he does exist, but I have zero relationship with him." She has two siblings and three older step-brothers. Her maternal grandmother, Sadie Viola Heljä Räsänen, was the daughter of Finnish immigrants.Multiple sources:
- {{cite news |title=Baraga Items |url=https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/?a=d&d=BaragaLS19430901-01.1.8 |access-date=January 21, 2022 |work=L'Anse Sentinel |publisher=Digital Michigan Newspapers Collection |date=September 1, 1943 |quote=Miss Sadie Rasanen has arrived from Detroit to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rasanen, for. two weeks.}}
- {{cite news |title=Baraga Items |url=https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/?a=d&d=BaragaLS19371118-01.1.4&e=-------en-10--1--txt-txIN---------- |access-date=January 21, 2022 |work=L'Anse Sentinel |publisher=Digital Michigan Newspapers Collection |date=November 18, 1937 |quote=Miss Sadie Rasanen has arrived from Detroit to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rasanen |page=4}}
- {{cite web |title=Sadie H Rasanen in the 1940 Census |url=https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Michigan/Sadie-H-Rasanen_2ytzyv |website=Ancestry.com |access-date=January 21, 2022}}
- YLE TV 1, 20:30 TV-news, April 25, 2014.
- [https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2016/02/03/tio-kandisar-med-finska-rotter "Leslie also has Finnish roots from the mother's side. The family was called Räsänen in surname."]
Mann has said that she was "very shy, kind of pent-up" during her youth.{{cite news |last=Itzkoff |first=Dave |title=Judd Apatow's Life as Art in 'This Is 40' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/movies/judd-apatows-life-as-art-in-this-is-40.html |access-date=April 19, 2013 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 14, 2012}} She graduated from Corona del Mar High School,{{cite news |url=http://www.lamag.com/laculture/encounter/2009/05/18/in-the-editing-room-with-leslie-mann1 |title=In the Editing Room with Leslie Mann |newspaper=Los Angeles magazine |date=May 18, 2009 |access-date=March 28, 2014 |first=Jesse |last=Katz}} and studied acting at the Joanne Baron / D.W. Brown Acting Studio and alongside comedy improv troupe The Groundlings. She attended college and studied communications, but dropped out before graduating.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9839481/This-is-40-Leslie-Mann-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9839481/This-is-40-Leslie-Mann-interview.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=This is 40: Leslie Mann interview |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=February 13, 2013 |first=Helena |last=de Bertodano |access-date=August 22, 2014}}{{cbignore}}
Career
Mann began her career at 18, appearing in a number of television commercials. In 1996, she appeared in The Cable Guy, followed with performances in Freaks & Geeks, Sam Weisman's George of The Jungle alongside Brendan Fraser, Big Daddy with Adam Sandler, Orange County opposite Jack Black, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
In 2007, Mann starred alongside Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, and Paul Rudd in Judd Apatow's comedy Knocked Up, which grossed more than $218 million worldwide.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} Her performance brought rave reviews and a "Best Supporting Actress" nomination from the Chicago Film Critics Association. The film won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Movie Comedy", was named one of AFI's "Top Ten Films of the Year", and received a "Best Comedy" nomination from the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.{{cite web |title=Knocked Up Awards |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/347981/Knocked-Up/awards |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130135005/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/347981/Knocked-Up/awards |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |access-date=December 4, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |year=2007}}
In 2009, Mann reunited with her Big Daddy co-star Adam Sandler and Knocked Up co-star Seth Rogen for Apatow's Funny People.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} This film was named to many of the year's top ten lists, including The New Yorker and The New York Times.{{cite news |last=Scott |first=A.O. |title=Homes Are Where You Find Them |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/movies/20scott.html |access-date=November 18, 2012 |date=December 18, 2009}} Elle writer Mickey Rapkin said that "[Mann] owns the second half of 2009's Funny People, where her character does the most unlikely thing a woman can do in a major studio picture: has an affair with an ex-boyfriend on a whim."{{cite web |last=Rapkin |first=Mickey |title=Comedy's Unlikely Feminist |url=http://www.elle.com/pop-culture/celebrities/comedys-unlikely-feminist-2 |access-date=November 18, 2012 |date=October 17, 2011 |archive-date=September 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901015435/http://www.elle.com/pop-culture/celebrities/comedys-unlikely-feminist-2 |url-status=dead }} That same year, Mann also starred in Burr Steers' successful comedy 17 Again opposite Zac Efron and Matthew Perry, which grossed over $125 million worldwide.[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=17again.htm/ 17 Again on Box Office Mojo]
File:Leslie Mann 2012.jpg in February 2012]]
She was also seen in the indie hit I Love You Phillip Morris alongside Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and, on release, received critical acclaim, including a "Best Comedy" nomination for a 2011 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} Mann also starred alongside Elizabeth Banks in the film What Was I Thinking?, based on the book by Barbara Davilman and Liz Dubelman, which was filmed in 2009 but never released.{{cite web |last=Murray |first=Rebecca |title=Leslie Mann and Elizabeth Banks to Star in What Was I Thinking? |url=http://movies.about.com/b/2009/04/19/what-was-i-thinking.htm |access-date=November 18, 2012 |date=April 19, 2009}}
In 2011, Mann starred opposite Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman in David Dobkin's comedy The Change-Up.{{cite web |last=Saviss |first=Ramona |title='The Change-Up': The Scene That Won Over Leslie Mann |website=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/change-up-scene-won-leslie-219926 |access-date=November 23, 2012 |date=May 5, 2011}} She also lent her voice to "Linda", the main human character in Carlos Saldanha's animated film Rio, which earned over $484 million worldwide and also featured vocal performances by Jamie Foxx and Anne Hathaway;{{cite web |title=Rio (2011) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rio.htm |access-date=November 23, 2012 |date=May 23, 2011}} as well as to Jonah Hill's animated FOX television series Allen Gregory, as the title character's second-grade teacher.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
Mann continued her voice performance work in 2012 with her role in ParaNorman, an animated 3D stop-motion film from Chris Butler and Sam Fell.{{cite web |last=Palumbo |first=Stephanie |title=How Leslie Mann Lives Her Best Life |url=http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Leslie-Mann-Interview-Leslie-Mann-ParaNorman |access-date=November 23, 2012}}
In December 2012, she appeared opposite Paul Rudd in Apatow's This Is 40, the sequel to Knocked Up. The movie reunited the trio from the first film, with Mann and Rudd reprising their characters. The sequel was written and directed by Judd Apatow, and included the couple's two daughters in the cast.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} In contrast to Knocked Up, This Is 40 centered squarely on Mann's character and her family. An early response to Mann's performance from Elle Magazine states that "[she] doesn't just walk off with scenes—she steals the show". Mann was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy by the Broadcast Film Critics Association for This Is 40.{{cite web |title=Critics Choice Awards |url=http://www.criticschoice.com/movie-awards/ |access-date=January 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215082305/http://www.criticschoice.com/movie-awards/ |archive-date=December 15, 2012}}
In 2013, Mann appeared in Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring, with Emma Watson. Inspired by actual events, the film follows a group of fame-obsessed L.A. teenagers who burgled celebrity homes by tracking their whereabouts on the Internet.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
In 2014, she narrated "Women in Comedy", an episode of Season 2 of Makers: Women Who Make America.{{cite web |title=Makers: Women in Comedy |url=https://www.pbs.org/makers/season-two/women-in-comedy/ |format=video |publisher=PBS |access-date=January 30, 2017}}
In 2018, Mann starred as a single mother in the sex comedy Blockers and reunited with Steve Carell in Welcome to Marwen.
Personal life
File:Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow by David Shankbone.jpg, in 2010]]
On June 9, 1997, Mann married director and producer Judd Apatow, whom she met while auditioning for The Cable Guy. Apatow, one of the film's producers, read the lines to auditioning actresses as a stand-in for Jim Carrey.{{cite magazine |last=Cormier |first=Roger |title=13 Hooked Up Facts About The Cable Guy |date=June 14, 2016 |magazine=Mental Floss |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/81551/13-hooked-facts-about-cable-guy |access-date=March 10, 2019}} Mann and Apatow have two daughters, Maude and Iris, who both appeared in the films Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40 as the children of Mann's characters.{{cite magazine |first=Francesca |last=Gariano |title=Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann's 2 Daughters: All About Maude and Iris |magazine=People |date=August 13, 2024 |url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-judd-apatow-leslie-mann-kids/ |access-date=September 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903144947/https://people.com/parents/all-about-judd-apatow-leslie-mann-kids/ |archive-date=September 3, 2024 |url-status=live}}
Mann and Apatow are both longtime supporters of the nonprofit organization 826LA, which focuses on encouraging and developing the writing skills of disadvantaged youth.{{cite web |last=Kellogg |first=Carolyn |title=826LA adds Pee-wee Herman to Judd Apatow benefit |date=May 23, 2012 |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2012/05/826la-pee-wee-herman-judd-apatow-benefit.html |access-date=December 4, 2012}} They are also involved with the UCLA Rape Treatment Center's Stuart House, which serves sexually abused children and their families.{{cite web |last=Delgado |first=Alexandra |title=Haute 100 Los Angeles Update: Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann Support Stuart House |date=March 12, 2012 |url=http://www.hauteliving.com/2012/03/haute-100-los-angeles-update-judd-apatow-and-leslie-mann-support-stuart-house/261866/ |access-date=December 4, 2012}} Mann and Apatow's philanthropic contributions were honored in 2012 by the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program, which awarded them the 2012 "Children's Choice Award" for their work with children and families dealing with pediatric cancer. In 2009, they were also recognized by The Fulfillment Fund, which honored them at its annual benefit gala.{{cite web |last=Kay |first=Felix |title=Judd Apatow & Leslie Mann Honored for Work for Kids |url=http://www.younghollywood.com/scene/judd-apatow-leslie-mann-honored-for-work-for-kids.html |access-date=December 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027052602/http://www.younghollywood.com/scene/judd-apatow-leslie-mann-honored-for-work-for-kids.html |archive-date=October 27, 2012}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ {{Sronly|List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown}} |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1991
| Virgin High | Extra | Ryan, Kyle. (September 28, 2007) [https://www.avclub.com/leslie-mann-1798212403 Random Roles: Leslie Mann] "My friend was in some commercial workshop when we were living in Newport Beach going to high school. She had a number to call for extra work. We were just extras. And for some reason, they put that on my IMDB thing." The A.V. Club Retrieved December 10, 2012. |
| rowspan="5" | 1996
| Sorority Girl |
| Cosas que nunca te dije
| Laurie | |
| She's the One
| Connie | |
| Last Man Standing
| Wanda | |
| {{sortname|The|Cable Guy}}
| Robin Harris | |
| 1997
| Ursula Stanhope | |
| 1999
| Corinne Maloney | |
| 2000
| Timecode | Cherine | |
| 2001
| Perfume | Camille | |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| Krista Brumder | |
| Stealing Harvard
| Elaine Warner | |
| 2005
| {{sortname|The|40-Year-Old Virgin}} | Nicky | |
| 2007
| Debbie | |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| Lisa Zachey | |
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua
| Bimini | Uncredited |
| rowspan="4" | 2009
| 17 Again | Scarlett O'Donnell | |
| Funny People
| Laura | |
| Shorts
| Mom Thompson | |
| I Love You Phillip Morris
| Debbie Russell | |
| rowspan="3" | 2011
| Rio | Linda Gunderson | Voice role |
| Little Birds
| Margaret Hobart | |
| {{sortname|The|Change-Up}}
| Jamie Lockwood | |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| Sandra Babcock | Voice role |
| This Is 40
| Debbie | |
| 2013
| {{sortname|The|Bling Ring}} | |
| rowspan="3" | 2014
| Patty Peterson | Voice role |
| Rio 2
| Linda Gunderson | Voice role |
| The Other Woman
| Kate King | |
| 2015
| Vacation | Audrey Griswold-Crandall | |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Meg Kepley | |
| The Comedian
| Harmony Schiltz | |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Blockers | Lisa Decker | |
| Welcome to Marwen
| Nicol | |
| 2019
| Julia Minna | |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| Elvira Condomine | |
| The Croods: A New Age
| Hope Betterman | Voice role |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| Lisa | |
| The Bubble
| Lauren Van Chance | |
| TBA
| {{TBA}} | Filming |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ {{Sronly|List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown}} |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 1994
| Birdland | Nurse Mary | Episode: "Grand Delusion" |
| 1995
| Erica Mercer | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1998
| Hercules | Amphitrite | Voice role; 2 episodes |
| 1999
| Ms. Foote | Episode: "Chokin and Tokin" |
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Katie | Episode: "Treehouse" |
| Allen Gregory
| Gina Winthrop | 7 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| Herself | Voice role; Episode: "Steal This Episode" |
| Makers: Women Who Make America
| Narrator | Episode: "Women in Comedy" |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Award !Category !Nominated work !Result |
| 2007
|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards |{{Nominated}} |
| 2013
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2014
|Choice Movie Chemistry {{Small|(shared with Cameron Diaz and Kate Upton)}} |{{Nominated}} |
| 2016
|Best Kiss {{Small|(shared with Chris Hemsworth)}} |{{Nominated}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Leslie Mann}}
- {{IMDb name|5182}}
- [http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-features/isle-of-mann-1003994641.story 2019 interview with Backstage]
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Category:Actresses from Newport Beach, California
Category:Actresses from San Francisco
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Category:American people of Finnish descent