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Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist and writer. She is the former co-host on the now defunct Air America Radio's The Majority Report. Garofalo continues to circulate regularly within New York City's local comedy and performance art scene.

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Filmography

Ratatouille

2007
as Colette (voice)

The Cable Guy

1996
as Medieval Times Waitress

The Wild

2006
as Bridget (voice)

Dogma

1999
as Liz

Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like

2018
as Natalie

Mercy Black

2019
as Dr. Ward

Stay

2005
as Dr. Beth Levy

25 Sets

2019
as Janeane Garofalo

Come As You Are

2019
as Liz

Southland Tales

2006
as General Teena MacArthur

Fuck

2005
as Herself

Ash Tuesday

2003
as Liz

Duane Hopwood

2005
as Linda

Cop Land

1997
as Deputy Cindy Betts

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

2017
as Herself

Girl's Best Friend

2008
as Mary

Big Trouble

2002
as Officer Monica Romero

Manhood

2003
as Jill

Free the Nipple

2014
as Anouk

Submission

2018
as Magda Moynahan

Now and Then

1995
as Wiladene

Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World

2003
as Narrator

Steal This Movie

2000
as Anita Hoffman

Sweethearts

1997
as Jasmine

Torrance Rises

1999
as Janeane Garofalo

Martin & Orloff

2002
as Hairdresser

Janeane Garofalo: If You Will

2010
as Janeane Garofalo

Permanent Midnight

1998
as Jana Farmer

The Laramie Project

2002

Bye Bye Love

1995
as Lucille

Wonderland

2003
as Joy Miller

The Power and the People (1898–1918)

1999

Adventures in Comedy

2015
as Janeane Garofalo

Sandy Wexler

2017
as Testimonial

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

1996
as Abby

Reality Bites

1994
as Vickie Miner

Sticky: A (Self) Love Story

2016
as Herself

Can't Stop Dancing

1999
as Belinda Peck

The American Side

2016
as Agent Barry

Gimme Shelter

2010
as Angel

Never Before, Never Again: Behind the Scenes of Asssscat

2013

Speech & Debate

2017
as Marie

What Planet Are You From?

2000
as Nervous Woman

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

2004
as Dee Dee

The Apology

2022
as Gretchen Sullivan

200 Cigarettes

1999
as Ellie

Misery Loves Comedy

2015
as Herself

The Matchmaker

1997
as Marcy Tizard

General Education

2012
as Gale Collins

Other Music

2019
as Herself

Mighty Fine

2012
as Older Natalie (voice)

Thick as Thieves

1999
as Anne

A Little Game

2014
as Sarah Kuftinec

Half Baked

1998
as I'm Only Creative When I Smoke Smoker

Labor Pains

2009
as Claire

Mystery Men

1999
as The Bowler

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

2000
as Dr. Harriman

The Guitar

2008
as Dr. Murray

Left of the Dial

2005
as Self - Co-Host, Majority Report

Nadine in Dateland

2005
as Nadine

Suspicious

1994
as Woman

A Bread Factory Part One: For the Sake of Gold

2018
as Jordan

The Independent

2000
as Paloma Fineman

A Bad Situationist

2008
as Lenore Stein

The Ten

2007
as Nuclear Powerplant Shift Supervisor Beth Soden

Touch

1997
as Kathy Worthington

The Thin Pink Line

1998
as Joyce Wintergarden-Dingle

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

1997
as Heather Mooney

Satan, Hold My Hand

2013
as Sheryl

Larger than Life

1996
as Mo

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

2000
as Minnie Mogul

The Search for John Gissing

2001
as Linda Barnes

Dog Park

1998
as Jeri

Behind the Scenes at Daria

2000
as Host

Showing Up

2014
as Herself

Love Hurts

2009
as Hannah Rosenbloom

The Muslims Are Coming!

2013
as Himself

The Minus Man

1999
as Ferrin

Late for Dinner

1991
as Counter Girl

When Stand Up Stood Out

2003
as Herself

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

2013
as Herself

3rd Street Blackout

2015
as June Sherman

Titan A.E.

2000
as Stith

The God Committee

2021
as Valerie Gilroy

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot

2015
as Herself

The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'

2007
as Janeane Garofalo

Coldblooded

1995
as Honey

I Shot a Man in Vegas

1996
as Gale

Clay Pigeons

1998
as Agent Dale Shelby

The Happys

2018

Bad Parents

2012
as Kathy

Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks

2003
as Host

I Am Comic

2010
as Herself

Lava

2019
as Débora

Little Boxes

2017
as Helena

Werewolf Bitches from Outer Space

2017
as Art Gallery Owner

Then She Found Me

2007
as Herself

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

2002
as Janeane Garofalo

Wet Hot American Summer

2001
as Beth

Let Me In, I Hear Laughter

2000
as Janeane Garofalo

Nobody Knows Anything!

2003

Janeane Garofalo: If I May

2016
as Janeane Garofalo

Writer

Movie Janeane Garofalo: If I May 2016
Movie Janeane Garofalo: If You Will 2010

Producer

Movie Janeane Garofalo: If I May 2016
Movie Janeane Garofalo: If You Will 2010
Movie Sweethearts 1997