Collette Wolfe

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Collette Wolfe
Born (1980-04-04) April 4, 1980 (age 44)
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Spouse(s) Jody Hill
(m. 2012; div. 201?)
Children1 [1]

Collette Wolfe (born April 4, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in films such as Observe and Report (2009), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), Young Adult (2011), and Interstellar (2014).

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Early life

Wolfe was raised in Virginia, [2] where she was the King George Fall Festival Pageant Queen of 1997. [3] She graduated from King George High School [4] and later attended Virginia Tech. [5]

Career

Wolfe made her film debut in The Foot Fist Way (2006). She later starred as Nell in Observe and Report (2009). In September 2009, she was cast as Jill in the short-lived NBC sitcom 100 Questions , succeeding Joy Suprano, who played the role in the pilot episode. [6] She had a recurring role in the ABC series Cougar Town . In 2011, she signed up for the NBC pilot Lovelives, but the series was not picked up. [7] She co-starred in the never-aired 2013 mid-season replacement (four episodes filmed) Next Caller . [8] In June 2015, she was cast in the recurring role of improv teacher Dorothy Durwood in the FXX sitcom You're the Worst . [9] In 2016, she was cast in a recurring role on TNT's Good Behavior .

Personal life

Wolfe was in a long-term relationship, from at least 2009, with writer-director Jody Hill, in whose movies Observe and Report and The Foot Fist Way she appears. [10] They married in 2012 in Cabo San Lucas. [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 The Foot Fist Way Denise
2007 Great World of Sound Airline Employee
The Wager Reporter #4
2008 Semi-Pro Melinda
Four Christmases Cindy
2009 17 Again Wendy
Observe and Report Nell
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Kelly Yates
The Etiquette Ninjas-Short
2011 Young Adult Sandra Freehauf
2012 The Babymakers Allison
The Pilgrim & the Private EyeStudent Film DirectorShort
2013Devil's KnotGlori Shettles
2014Play NiceRaquel Jacobs
Interstellar Ms. Hanley
2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Kelly Yates Dorchen
A Beautiful Now Ella
2016Second NatureAmanda Maxwell

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Reaper OliviaEpisode: "The Home Stretch"
Greek KikiEpisode: "Dearly Beloved"
2010 How I Met Your Mother SarahEpisode: "Zoo or False"
100 Questions JillMain Cast
Eastbound & Down Home BuyerEpisode: "Chapter 13"
2010–11 Cougar Town KirstenRecurring Cast: Season 2
2011 Traffic Light MichelleEpisode: "All the Precedent's Men"
Friends with Benefits Megan HarrimanEpisode: "The Benefit of Forgetting"
2012FetchingLizaMain Cast
2013 The Office AliceEpisode: "Moving On"
Mad Men BrendaEpisode: "Collaborators"
Royal Pains GreerEpisode: "Chock Full O' Nuts"
Next Caller StellaMain Cast
2014 Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight NancyRecurring Cast
2015 Your Family or Mine Shawni DurninRecurring Cast
2015–16 You're the Worst Dorothy DurwoodRecurring Cast: Season 2-3
2016–17 Good Behavior Tiffany DashRecurring Cast: Season 1
2018 Grey's Anatomy Karin TaylorEpisode: "Personal Jesus"
A.P. Bio MeredithRecurring Cast: Season 1
2019 Shameless TessaEpisode: "Debbie Might Be A Prostitute"
2023 Quantum Leap Margie BrandisEpisode: "Let Them Play"

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