Janeane Garofalo Biography

Fast Facts

• Named the Funniest Person in Rhode Island in a Showtime-sponsored comedian search while she was still in college
• Worked as a Boston bike messenger during the early days of her stand-up career
• Married her then-boyfriend, writer Robert Cohen, in 1991 in Las Vegas as a joke; the relationship ended soon after, but they didn't bother to get divorced until 2012
• Early TV work was on the sketch comedies the Ben Stiller Show and Saturday Night Live
• Played Mabel, the grown-up daughter of Helen Hunt's and Paul Reiser's characters, in the 1999 finale of NBC sitcom Mad About You
• Hosted a talk show on the now-defunct progressive radio network Air America Radio
• Moved into more dramatic TV roles with one-season stints on West Wing, 24 and Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
• Named her entertainment company I Hate Myself Productions
• Has several tattoos, including the word "Think" inked on her forearm