With a lithe frame and attractive if exaggerated facial features, Greer has contorted her looks and personality to fit a variety of roles, from wallflowers (
Jawbreaker) to vixens (
Three Kings), bitches (
13 Going on 30) to ditzes (
The Wedding Planner). After studying ballet growing up, she switched to acting in college and began landing film and TV roles soon after graduation. A natural comedian, Greer initially made her mark in funny features, but proved adept at serious roles as well (
The Village). Alternating between small turns in A-list films (a memorable appearance as a stuck-up waitress in
Adaptation) and bigger parts in indies (
Hebrew Hammer), she was amazingly prolific, and still managed to squeeze in recurring roles on the cult sitcom
Arrested Development and the short-lived series
Love Monkey.
Judy Greer Fast Facts:
- Landed first film role (Kissing a Fool) just days after graduating from college.
- First roommate in Los Angeles was college classmate Sean Gunn from Gilmore Girls.
- Took acting lessons from Jeffrey Tambor and was later cast as his mistress on Arrested Development.
- College:
- DePaul University, The Theatre School, Chicago, IL (BFA in Acting, 1997)
