Eliza Kate Coupe (born April 6, 1981) is an American actress, comedian and model, known for playing Jane Kerkovich-Williams in the ABC comedy series ''

Happy Endings A happy ending is a type of plot conclusion. Happy Ending or Happy Endings may also refer to: Film and television * ''Happy Ending'' (film), a 2014 Bollywood film * ''Winter Passing'', a 2005 American film released in the UK in 2013 as ''Happy ...

'', Denise "Jo" Mahoney in the final two seasons of the medical comedy-drama '' Scrubs'', her starring role as Tiger on the

Hulu Hulu () is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake. It was launched on October 29, 2007 and it offers a library of films and television seri ...

comedy series ''

Future Man Roy Wilfred Wooten (born October 13, 1957), also known as RoyEl, best known by his stage name Future Man (also written Futureman and known to fans as Futche) is an American musician, inventor and composer. He is best known as a member of jazz ...

'', and her recurring role as Hannah Wyland in '' Quantico''. She starred in the Fox comedy '' Pivoting'' in 2022. Most recently she had a supporting role in the Netflix series Murderville, episode-Who Killed Santa.

Early life

Coupe was born and raised in

Plymouth, New Hampshire Plymouth is a rural town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, in the White Mountains Region. It has a unique role as the economic, medical, commercial, and cultural center for the predominantly rural Plymouth, NH Labor Market Area. Pl ...

to Ernest and Kathryn. She has two brothers, Sam and Thom. She attended Plymouth Regional High School in her hometown and graduated in 1999. She is of French, English and Scottish heritage. Coupe was active in her high school's theatre program. Her roles included Bonnie in ''

Anything Goes ''Anything Goes'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap ...

'' and a Mundy sister in '' Dancing at Lughnasa''. She graduated from

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of bo ...

(CalArts) in 2006.

Career

After college, Coupe took classes in improvisational comedy at

The Groundlings The Groundlings is an American improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and school based in Los Angeles. The troupe was formed by Gary Austin in 1974 and uses an improv format influenced by Viola Spolin, whose improvisational theater techniq ...

and ImprovOlympic. In 2003, she toured France playing a soldier in an all-female version of ''

King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane a ...

''. In November 2005, her one-woman sketch show ''The Patriots'' premiered at the

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (shorter UCB Theatre) is an American improvisational theatre company and training center founded by the Upright Citizens Brigade troupe members Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh. Prior t ...

in New York and won her the Breakout Performer Award at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in

Aspen, Colorado Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States Census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Mo ...

in March 2006. In 2007, she appeared in '' I Think I Love My Wife''. She appeared in the short-lived MTV series '' Short Circuitz.'' She was in " Girlfriends", episode 8 of the first season of ''

Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords is a New Zealand musical comedy duo formed in Wellington in 1998. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Beginning as a popular live comedy act in the early 2000s, the duo's com ...

''; and in an episode of ''

Unhitched ''Unhitched'' (previously known as ''The Rules for Starting Over'') is an American sitcom that aired as a mid-season replacement on Fox from March 2 to 30, 2008. The series was originally scheduled to premiere at 9:30 p.m. ET, but aired 3 ...

''. She was a series regular in HBO's unaired '' 12 Miles of Bad Road'' and had a recurring role in '' Samantha Who?'' She had a recurring role as Dr. Denise "Jo" Mahoney in Season 8 of the TV series '' Scrubs'' and the companion

web series A web series (also known as a web show) is a series of scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet, which first emerged in the late 1990s and became more prominent in the early 2000s. A single in ...

'' Scrubs: Interns''. She was made a regular in Season 9, the final season of the series. In March 2009, Coupe was cast as Callie in the ABC pilot, '' No Heroics'', an adaptation of the UK series of the same name. In 2012, she played the female lead and love interest to Daniel Henney in the independent film '' Shanghai Calling'', filmed in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, China. She also appeared in the 2011 movie '' What's Your Number?'' with

Anna Faris Anna Kay Faris (; born November 29, 1976) is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her work in comedic roles, particularly the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the ''Scary Movie'' film series (2000–2006). She has appeared in a number ...

and Chris Evans. From April 2011 to May 2013, Coupe starred on the ABC ensemble comedy series ''

'' alongside Elisha Cuthbert, Zachary Knighton,

Adam Pally Adam Saul Pally (born March 18, 1982) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for starring as Max Blum in the ABC comedy series ''Happy Endings'' and as Dr. Peter Prentice in '' The Mindy Project''. He also starred ...

Damon Wayans, Jr. Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. (born November 18, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. He is most widely known for starring as Brad Williams in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''Happy Endings (TV series), Happy Endings'', for which he ...

and

Casey Wilson Cathryn Rose "Casey" Wilson (born October 24, 1980) is an American actress, comedienne, and screenwriter. She starred as Penny Hartz in the ABC comedy series ''Happy Endings'' for which she was twice nominated to the Critics' Choice Television ...

. Despite critical acclaim and a cult following, the show was cancelled by ABC after concluding its third season on May 3, 2013. Since ''Happy Endingss cancellation, She played a recurring role in the third season of ''

House of Lies ''House of Lies'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Matthew Carnahan. The show, which premiered on Showtime (TV network), Showtime on January 8, 2012, is based on the book ''House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Y ...

'' and starred alongside

Jay Harrington James H. Harrington III, professionally known as Jay Harrington, (born November 15, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for his role as the title character in the ABC sitcom ''Better Off Ted'' in 2009-2010 and since 2017 as Sgt. David "Deacon ...

in the

USA Network USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Mad ...

comedy series '' Benched'', which premiered on October 28, 2014. She later starred in the ABC thriller '' Quantico'' playing the recurring role of FBI agent Hannah Wyland. Coupe also starred as Tiger on the

comedy series ''

'', which premiered November 14, 2017. The third and final season aired in 2020. In April 2020, she was cast as Amy in the

Fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelv ...

comedy series '' Pivoting''. It debuted on January 9, 2022 with positive reviews, but the show was cancelled after one season.

Personal life

Coupe was married to acting teacher and

puppeteer A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, called a puppet, to create the illusion that the puppet is alive. The puppet is often shaped like a human, animal, or legendary creature. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from ...

Randall Whittinghill from December 2007 to June 2013. She announced her engagement to

Darin Olien Darin Olien is an American author and podcast host. With a B.A. in exercise physiology and an unaccredited M.A. in psychology, he labels himself a "wellness expert", promotes "superfoods" and co-starred as well as produced the Netflix docuseri ...

, founder of lifestyle brand SuperLife, via

Instagram Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. The app allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters and organized by hashtags and geographical tagging. Posts can ...

on November 27, 2014. They were married on December 24, 2014 while on vacation in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...

. They filed for divorce in 2018. Coupe was diagnosed with

dyslexia Dyslexia, also known until the 1960s as word blindness, is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for one's age. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, r ...

and ADHD in childhood.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coupe, Eliza 1981 births Living people Actresses from New Hampshire American film actresses American television actresses American women comedians American people of French descent American people of English descent American people of Scottish descent California Institute of the Arts alumni People from Plymouth, New Hampshire 21st-century American actresses Comedians from New Hampshire 21st-century American comedians