Leslie Mann

Leslie Mann (born March 26, 1972)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films, including The Cable Guy (1996), She's the One (1996), George of the Jungle (1997), Big Daddy (1999), Orange County (2002), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Drillbit Taylor (2008), I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), 17 Again (2009), Funny People (2009), This Is 40 (2012), The Bling Ring (2013), The Other Woman (2014), and Blockers (2018).

Early life

Mann was born in San Francisco, and grew up in Newport Beach.<ref name="ellemagazine">Template:Cite web</ref> She was raised by her mother, Janet,<ref>Multiple sources:

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Mann has said that she was "very shy, kind of pent-up" during her youth.<ref name="Itzkoff">Template:Cite news</ref> She graduated from Corona del Mar High School,<ref name="lam">Template:Cite news</ref> and studied acting at the Joanne Baron / D.W. Brown Acting Studio and alongside comedy improv troupe The Groundlings.<ref name="ellemagazine" /> She attended college and studied communications, but dropped out before graduating.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Career

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Mann in 2008

Mann began her career at 18, appearing in a number of television commercials. In 1996, she appeared in The Cable Guy, followed with performances in Freaks and Geeks, Sam Weisman's George of The Jungle alongside Brendan Fraser, Big Daddy with Adam Sandler, Orange County opposite Jack Black, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell.Template:Citation needed

In 2007, Mann starred alongside Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, and Paul Rudd in Judd Apatow's comedy Knocked Up, which grossed more than $218 million worldwide.Template:Citation needed Her performance brought rave reviews and a "Best Supporting Actress" nomination from the Chicago Film Critics Association. The film won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Movie Comedy", was named one of AFI's "Top Ten Films of the Year", and received a "Best Comedy" nomination from the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.<ref name="New York Times">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2009, Mann reunited with her Big Daddy co-star Adam Sandler and Knocked Up co-star Seth Rogen for Apatow's Funny People.Template:Citation needed This film was named to many of the year's top ten lists, including The New Yorker and The New York Times.<ref name="New York Times">Template:Cite news</ref> Elle writer Mickey Rapkin said that "[Mann] owns the second half of 2009's Funny People, where her character does the most unlikely thing a woman can do in a major studio picture: has an affair with an ex-boyfriend on a whim."<ref name="Elle (magazine)">Template:Cite web</ref> That same year, Mann also starred in Burr Steers' successful comedy 17 Again opposite Zac Efron and Matthew Perry, which grossed over $125 million worldwide.<ref>17 Again on Box Office Mojo</ref>

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Mann at the 84th Academy Awards in February 2012

She was also seen in the indie hit I Love You Phillip Morris alongside Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor.Template:Citation needed It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and, on release, received critical acclaim, including a "Best Comedy" nomination for a 2011 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award.Template:Citation needed Mann also starred alongside Elizabeth Banks in the film What Was I Thinking?, based on the book by Barbara Davilman and Liz Dubelman, which was filmed in 2009 but never released.<ref name="Movies.about.com">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2011, Mann starred opposite Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman in David Dobkin's comedy The Change-Up.<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter">Template:Cite web</ref> She also lent her voice to "Linda", the main human character in Carlos Saldanha's animated film Rio, which earned over $484 million worldwide and also featured vocal performances by Jamie Foxx and Anne Hathaway;<ref name="Box Office Mojo">Template:Cite web</ref> as well as to Jonah Hill's animated FOX television series Allen Gregory, as the title character's second-grade teacher.Template:Citation needed

Mann continued her voice performance work in 2012 with her role in ParaNorman, an animated 3D stop-motion film from Chris Butler and Sam Fell.<ref name= Oprah.com>Template:Cite web</ref>

In December 2012, she appeared opposite Paul Rudd in Apatow's This Is 40, the sequel to Knocked Up. The movie reunited the trio from the first film, with Mann and Rudd reprising their characters. The sequel was written and directed by Judd Apatow, and included the couple's two daughters in the cast.Template:Citation needed In contrast to Knocked Up, This Is 40 centered squarely on Mann's character and her family. An early response to Mann's performance from Elle Magazine states that "[she] doesn't just walk off with scenes—she steals the show".<ref name="Elle (magazine)" /> Mann was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy by the Broadcast Film Critics Association for This Is 40.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2013, Mann appeared in Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring, with Emma Watson. Inspired by actual events, the film follows a group of fame-obsessed L.A. teenagers who burgled celebrity homes by tracking their whereabouts on the Internet.Template:Citation needed

In 2014, she narrated "Women in Comedy", an episode of Season 2 of Makers: Women Who Make America.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2018, Mann starred as a single mother in the sex comedy Blockers and reunited with Steve Carell in Welcome to Marwen.

Personal life

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Mann with husband, Judd Apatow, in 2010

On June 9, 1997, Mann married director and producer Judd Apatow, whom she met while auditioning for The Cable Guy. Apatow, one of the film's producers, read the lines to auditioning actresses as a stand-in for Jim Carrey.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Mann and Apatow have two daughters, Maude and Iris, who both appeared in the films Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40 as the children of Mann's characters.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Mann and Apatow are both longtime supporters of the nonprofit organization 826LA, which focuses on encouraging and developing the writing skills of disadvantaged youth.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They are also involved with the UCLA Rape Treatment Center's Stuart House, which serves sexually abused children and their families.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Mann and Apatow's philanthropic contributions were honored in 2012 by the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program, which awarded them the 2012 "Children's Choice Award" for their work with children and families dealing with pediatric cancer. In 2009, they were also recognized by The Fulfillment Fund, which honored them at its annual benefit gala.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Virgin High	Extra	<ref>Ryan, Kyle. (September 28, 2007) Random Roles: Leslie Mann "My friend was in some commercial workshop when we were living in Newport Beach going to high school. She had a number to call for extra work. We were just extras. And for some reason, they put that on my IMDB thing." The A.V. Club Retrieved December 10, 2012.</ref>
1996	Bottle Rocket	Sorority Girl	Deleted scene<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Cosas que nunca te dije	Laurie
	She's the One	Connie
	Last Man Standing	Wanda
	Template:Sortname	Robin Harris
1997	George of the Jungle	Ursula Stanhope
1999	Big Daddy	Corinne Maloney
2000	Timecode	Cherine
2001	Perfume	Camille
2002	Orange County	Krista Brumder
	Stealing Harvard	Elaine Warner
2005	Template:Sortname	Nicky
2007	Knocked Up	Debbie
2008	Drillbit Taylor	Lisa Zachey
	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Bimini	Uncredited
2009	17 Again	Scarlett O'Donnell
	Funny People	Laura
	Shorts	Mom Thompson
	I Love You Phillip Morris	Debbie Russell
2011	Rio	Linda Gunderson	Voice role
	Little Birds	Margaret Hobart
	Template:Sortname	Jamie Lockwood
2012	ParaNorman	Sandra Babcock	Voice role
	This Is 40	Debbie
2013	Template:Sortname	Laurie Moore
2014	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	Patty Peterson	Voice role
	Rio 2	Linda Gunderson	Voice role
	The Other Woman	Kate King
2015	Vacation	Audrey Griswold-Crandall
2016	How to Be Single	Meg Kepley
	The Comedian	Harmony Schiltz
2018	Blockers	Lisa Decker
	Welcome to Marwen	Nicol
2019	Motherless Brooklyn	Julia Minna
2020	Blithe Spirit	Elvira Condomine
	The Croods: A New Age	Hope Betterman	Voice role
2022	Cha Cha Real Smooth	Lisa
	The Bubble	Lauren Van Chance
TBA	Spa Weekend	Template:TBA	Post-production
	Poetic License	Template:TBA	Post-production

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Birdland	Nurse Mary	Episode: "Grand Delusion"
1995	The Wright Verdicts	Erica Mercer	Episode: "Pilot"
1998	Hercules	Amphitrite	Voice role; 2 episodes
1999	Freaks and Geeks	Ms. Foote	Episode: "Chokin and Tokin"
2011	Modern Family	Katie	Episode: "Treehouse"
	Allen Gregory	Gina Winthrop	7 episodes
2014	The Simpsons	Herself	Voice role; Episode: "Steal This Episode"
	Makers: Women Who Make America	Narrator	Episode: "Women in Comedy"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2007	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Knocked Up	Template:Nominated
2013	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Actress in a Comedy	This Is 40	Template:Nominated
2014	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Chemistry Template:Small	The Other Woman	Template:Nominated
2016	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Kiss Template:Small	Vacation	Template:Nominated

External links

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• 2019 interview with Backstage