Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo is an American comedian and actress born on September 28, 1964, in Newton, New Jersey. She began as a stand-up comedian in the mid-1980s, and her self-deprecating observational act commented on popular culture and the pressure on women to meet body image ideals promoted by the media. She was a pioneer of the alternative comedy scene in Los Angeles in the early 1990s and co-created the Eating It show in New York. On screen she became a cast member of The Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show and Saturday Night Live, and her film work includes Reality Bites in 1994, The Truth About Cats & Dogs in 1996, The Matchmaker, Mystery Men, Wet Hot American Summer and the voice of Colette in Ratatouille. From March 2004 to July 2006 she co-hosted The Majority Report on Air America Radio. She has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.