Eliza Coupe () is an American actress, comedian and model, known for playing Jane Kerkovich-Williams in the ABC comedy series '' Happy Endings'', Denise "Jo" Mahoney in the final two seasons of the medical comedy-drama '' Scrubs'', her starring role as Tiger on the

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comedy series ''

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'', and her recurring role as Hannah Wyland in '' Quantico''. She starred in the Fox comedy '' Pivoting'' in 2022. Most recently, she had supporting roles in the Netflix series '' Murderville'' and the CBS legal drama ''

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Early life

Coupe was born and raised in

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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'' and a Mundy sister in ''

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''. She graduated from

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(CalArts) in 2006.

Career

After college, Coupe took classes in improvisational comedy at The Groundlings and ImprovOlympic. In 2003, she toured France playing a soldier in an all-female version of ''

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

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in New York and won her the Breakout Performer Award at

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's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in

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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''; and in an episode of ''

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''. She was a series regular in HBO's unaired '' 12 Miles of Bad Road'' and had a recurring role in ''

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'' She had a recurring role as Dr. Denise "Jo" Mahoney in Season 8 of the TV series '' Scrubs'' and the companion

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'' 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

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

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and Chris Evans. From April 2011 to May 2013, Coupe starred on the ABC ensemble comedy series '' Happy Endings'' alongside Elisha Cuthbert, Zachary Knighton, Adam Pally, Damon Wayans, Jr. and

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. 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'' and starred alongside Jay Harrington in the

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comedy series '' Benched'', which premiered on October 28, 2014. She later starred in the ABC thriller '' Quantico'' playing the recurring role of

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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 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 Randall Whittinghill from December 2007 to June 2013. She announced her engagement to Darin Olien, founder of lifestyle brand SuperLife, via

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

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. They filed for divorce in 2018.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coupe, Eliza Living people Actresses from New Hampshire American people of English descent American people of French descent American people of Scottish descent American film actresses American television actresses American women comedians California Institute of the Arts alumni People from Plymouth, New Hampshire 21st-century American actresses Comedians from New Hampshire 21st-century American comedians Actors with dyslexia Year of birth missing (living people)