Rose Abdoo

{{short description|American actress and comedian|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Rose Abdoo

| birth_name = Rose Marie Abdoo

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| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

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| occupation = Actress, comedian

| years_active = 1985–present

| alma mater = Michigan State University

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Rose Marie Abdoo (born November 28, 1962) is an American actress and comedian, known for her roles as Stars Hollow's local mechanic, Gypsy, on Gilmore Girls and as Spanish teacher Señorita Rodriguez on That's So Raven.

Life and career

Abdoo was born in Detroit, Michigan.{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/43545-Rose-Abdoo-Gets-to-The-Part-About-Her-at-NYs-Meisner-Through-Feb-25 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131215047/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/43545-Rose-Abdoo-Gets-to-The-Part-About-Her-at-NYs-Meisner-Through-Feb-25 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-31 |title=Rose Abdoo Gets to The Part About Her, at NY's Meisner, Through Feb. 25 |publisher=Playbill.com |date=1999-02-09 |accessdate=2014-06-18 }} Her father, Peter Abdoo (who is of Lebanese heritage), was a budget analyst for the United States Army Corps of Engineers and her mother, Mary (who was of Dominican heritage), was a homemaker.[https://www.dbusiness.com/from-the-magazine/gypsy-rose/ Murray, Tom. "Gypsy Rose," DBusiness (Detroit, MI), July-August 2020.] Retrieved September 18, 2021

Abdoo's career began in Chicago, where she performed at various improvisational theaters, including the Improv Institute and four years with The Second City; she went on to develop her own one-woman shows, Who Does She Think She Is? and Get to the Part About Me.Bill Zwecker. "Leading players set for 'Monologues' return," Chicago Tribune, November 22, 2000, section 2, page 53. She also did a short-lived variety program with Bob Odenkirk and Conan O'Brien called Happy Happy Good Show.

After graduating from Southfield High School,[https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.2005.07.28.001/34 Prady, Norman. "From Southfield to Hollywood," Detroit Jewish News, July 28, 2005.] Retrieved September 18, 2021 Abdoo earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication in 1984 and later a Master of Fine Arts in Acting, both from Michigan State University.Fred Nuccio. "A Rose by any other name is just as funny," Chicago Sun-Times, July 10, 1994, "Show" section, page 2.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35808759/rose-abdoo-and-lela-ivey/ Hughes, Mike. "Things that make you go hmmmm about Hollywood," Lansing (MI) State Journal, Tuesday, January 19, 1993.] Retrieved September 18, 2021 She was cast in several college theater roles and encouraged by a professor to study improvisation. She went on to move to Chicago, where she joined Second City, performing first in their national touring shows and moving on to their E.T.C. troupe.Barbara Revsine. "So you want to be in show biz: How to make that first step up the ladder," Chicago Tribune, September 13, 1991, "Friday" section, page 3. As a part of E.T.C., Abdoo won a Joseph Jefferson Award as "Best Actress in a Revue" in 1991 for her role in the production We Made a Mesopotamia, Now You Clean It Up, playing what the Chicago Tribune called "the show's meatiest part: an obnoxious, know-it-all tour bus rider."Rick Kogan. "'Mesopotamia cradles laughs within its sketches," Chicago Tribune, May 30, 1991, "News: Overnight" section, page 30. She went on to co-host the awards ceremony in 1994.Hedy Weiss. "Jeffs honor theater: Goodman's 12 tops the list," Chicago Tribune, November 15, 1994, "Features" section, page 43.

She was nominated alongside her castmates for a Best Ensemble Screen Actors Guild award for Good Night, and Good Luck.[https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/12th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards SAG awards], sagawards.org. Accessed November 16, 2023. In March 2008, Abdoo co-starred in the web series The Writers Room on Crackle. Abdoo joined the cast of HBO Hacks as Josefina in 2021.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

Filmography

=Films=

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1997

| My Best Friend's Wedding

| Seamstress

1998

| U.S. Marshals

| Donna

2002

| Unconditional Love

| Contest Winner

rowspan="2" | 2005

| The 40 Year Old Virgin

| Mother at Restaurant

Good Night, and Good Luck

| Millie Lerner

rowspan="2" | 2006

| I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

| Car Dealership Receptionist

Relative Strangers

| Frustrated Housewife

rowspan="2" | 2009

| I Hate Valentine's Day

| Attractive Woman

Legally Blondes

| Sylvia

| Video

2011

| Bad Teacher

| School Secretary

2012

| The Guilt Trip

| Diana

2012

| Hotel Transylvania

| Additional Voices

rowspan="2" | 2015

|Cake

|Innocencia

Hotel Transylvania 2

| Ticket Agent (voice)

2016

| Other People

| Anne

2017

| Chicanery

| Arlene Sobel Rosen

2020

| Friendsgiving

| Linda (Abby's Mom)

2021

| Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

| Bev

2022

| Something from Tiffany's

| Tiffany's Salesperson

2023

| Leo

| Mia's Mom, TJ's Mom (voices)

=Television=

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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

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1993

| Johnny Bago

| Beverly Florio

| Episode: "Big Top Bago"

1994

| Missing Persons

| Marjorie Wren

| Episode: "All They Had to Do Was Ask.."

1995

| Pride & Joy

| Wendy

| 1.04 "Are You My Mother?"

1999

| Popular

| French Teacher

| 1.4 Windstruck

rowspan="2" | 2000

| Strangers with Candy

| Senora Maria de los Angeles Poz Montez Garcia y Perez

| 2.06 "The Blank Page"

Curb Your Enthusiasm

| Interior Decorator

| Episode: "Interior Decorator"

2001

| Three Sisters

| Blue Jacket Lady

| Episode: "Blame the Messenger"

2002–2007

| Gilmore Girls

| Gypsy

| Recurring role; 23 episodes

2002

| Haunted

| Gladys Yates

| 1.06 "Nocturne"

2003–2006

| That's So Raven

| Senorita Rodriguez

| Recurring; 9 episodes

2003

| The Division

| 3.07 "Strangers"

rowspan="5" | 2005

| Dr. Vegas

| Dr. Navarro

| Episode: "Babe in the Woods"

CSI: NY

| Blanca Vasquez

| 1.17 "The Fall"

Monk

| Mrs. Monk

| 4.08 "Mr. Monk and Little Monk"

Inconceivable

| Dawn

| 1.06 "Face Your Demon Semen"

Malcolm in the Middle

| Margie

| 6.09 "Malcolm's Car" 7.04 "Halloween"

2006

| Grand Union

| Marybeth

| TV movie

rowspan="3" | 2007

| In Case of Emergency

| Gladys

| 1.04 "Stuck in Amber"

The War at Home

| Shirra

| 2.17 "Kenny Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

Nurses

| Dora

| TV movie

2008

| Brothers & Sisters

| Miss Clara

| 3.07 "Do You Believe in Magic"

rowspan="3" | 2009

| Wizards of Waverly Place

| Mary Lou Fineman

| 2.18 "Hugh's Not Normous"

WordGirl

| Great Granny May (voice)

| Episode: "Great Granny May"

Without a Trace

|Rachel Gomez

|7.21 "Labyrinths"

2010

|Good Luck Charlie

|Dr. Tish Tushy

|1.12 "Kit and Kaboodle"

2010, 2014

|Pretty Little Liars

|Fortune Teller, Dentist

|2 episodes

2011

| 2 Broke Girls

| Adin

| 1.12 "And the Pop-Up Sale"

2012–2013

| Bunheads

| Sam

| Recurring Role

2012

| Psych

| Mary Pasternak

| Episode: "Right Turn or Left for Dead"

2012–2015

| Parenthood

| Gwen Chambers

| Recurring Role

2013

| The Mentalist

| Nurse

| 5.18 "Behind the Red Curtain"

2013–2014

| Shameless

| Dr. Vega

| 2 episodes

rowspan="5" |2014

| Garfunkel and Oates

| Magda

| Episode: "Hair Swap"

Castle

| Dr. Cynthia Swann

| Episode: "Driven"

Grey's Anatomy

| Dr. Kim Dawson

| Episode: "Bend and Break"

The Comeback

| Marianina

| 3 episodes

Major Crimes

| Jane Lewis

| Episode: "Leap of Faith"

2014

| Baby Daddy

| Nurse Dalrymple

| Episode: "The Wheeler and the Dealer"

rowspan="3"|2015

| The Odd Couple

| Helen

| Episode: "Jealous Island"

The Grinder

| Judge Stephanie Rossmyre

| 2 episodes

Scandal

| Senator Linda Moskowitz

| 4 episodes

rowspan="3"|2016

| Veep

| Judge

| 2 episodes

Mike & Molly

| Madame Vianne

| Episode: "Curse of the Bambino"

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

| Gypsy / Berta

| 4 episodes

2017

|Criminal Minds

| Janel Desmond

| Episode: "Blue Angel"

2018

| The Middle

| Mrs. Jodie Kozicki

| Episode: "The Crying Game"

2019

| Grace and Frankie

| Audrey

| Episode: "The Pharmacy"

2019

| Better Things

| Ida

| Episode: "No Limits"

2019

| Bless This Mess

| Linda

| 2 episodes

2020

| Saved by the Bell

| Ms. Mandrake

| 2 episodes

2021–present

| Hacks

| Josefina

| Recurring role

rowspan=4|2022

| Call Me Kat

| Mary

| 1 episode

Celebrity Family Feud

| Herself

| Episode: “Abbott Elementary vs. Hacks”

Reboot

| Selma

| Recurring role

Ghosts

| Paula[https://news.yahoo.com/ghosts-adds-gilmore-girls-rose-180007318.html Iannucci, Rebecca. "Ghosts Adds Gilmore Girls' Rose Abdoo in 'No-Nonsense' Season 2 Role," Yahoo.com, Friday, August 26, 2022.] Retrieved November 16, 2022.

| 1 episode

2023

| NCIS: Los Angeles

| Special Agent Daisy Van Zant

| Episode: "Maybe Today"