Dot-Marie Jones Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended Modesto Junior College and Fresno State
• Urged by a friend to audition, she became a warrior on TV's "Knights and Warriors" competition series, then landed parts on "Full House," "Married with Children," "Roseanne" and other shows and movies
• Quote: "'Glee' reaches so many people․ The demographics of people who watch the show blows me away․ I had a little boy, maybe five or six, come running up to me yelling, 'I love you Coach Beiste' and I just had to hug him, and on the other end of the spectrum, at the airport, once a man, who must have been well into his 80s, he grabbed my arm and said 'I think you're terrific․' Anybody can relate to anyone on 'Glee' at some point in their life․"
• Quote: "(On "Glee") "My favorite part of playing Coach Beiste is I've played everything -- the cop, the security guard, the mechanic -- but this is the first role people are seeing where I get to show my vulnerable side, to show I have a heart and I have insecurities just like anyone else,""
• Actress best known for her roles in TV's "Glee," "Venice the Series," "Hawthorne" and "Lizzie McGuire․"
• In an encounter at the grocery store, she jokingly asked "Glee's" co-executive producer if she could be on the show she loved since she had already worked with its co-creator on "Nip/Tuck" and "Pretty/Handsome," which led to her casting
• Set records for shot put while in college and is also a 15-time world arm-wrestling champion and a 6-time national arm-wrestling champion