Janeane Garofalo

Biography

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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Known For

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

The Daily Show

Self

Duckman

The Simpsons

Janeane Garofalo (voice)

King of the Hill

Sheila (voice)

Saturday Night Live

Self - Various Characters

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Two and a Half Men

Sharon

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	This Is the Tom Green Documentary	Self (archive footage)
2025	Tonight's Special with Kareem & Johnny	Herself
2024	Boys Go to Jupiter	Dr. Dolphin (voice)
2022	The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks	Self
2022	The Apology	Gretchen Sullivan
2021	The God Committee	Dr. Valerie Gilroy
2021	Flora & Ulysses	Marissa
2021	Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11	Self
2020	Come As You Are	Liz
2020	Asking for It	Cheryl
2019	It Started As a Joke	Self
2019	Mercy Black	Dr. Ward
2019	25 Sets	Self
2019	Other Music	Self
2018	Submission	Magda Moynahan
2018	The Happys	Luann
2018	Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like	Natalie
2018	A Bread Factory: Part One: For the Sake of Gold	Jordan
2018	Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché	Self
2018	Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate	Magda
2017	Speech & Debate	Marie
2017	Werewolf Bitches from Outer Space	Art Gallery Owner
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Janeane Garofalo
2017	Little Boxes	Helena
2017	Sandy Wexler	Testimonial
2016	The American Side	Agent Barry
2016	Sticky: A (Self) Love Story	Self
2016	Janeane Garofalo: If I May	Self
2015	Misery Loves Comedy	Self
2015	Adventures in Comedy
2015	Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot	Self
2015	Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon	Self
2015	3rd Street Blackout	June Sherman
2014	A Little Game	Sarah Kuftinec
2014	Showing Up	Self
2014	Free the Nipple	Anouk
2013	Why We Laugh: Funny Women	Self
2013	The Muslims Are Coming!	Self
2013	Never Before, Never Again: Behind the Scenes of Asssscat	Self
2013	Satan, Hold My Hand	Sheryl
2012	Mighty Fine	Narrator (voice)
2012	General Education	Gale Collins
2012	Bad Parents	Kathy
2012	Vanilla Ice Archive	Self (archive footage)
2010	I Am Comic	Self
2010	Janeane Garofalo: If You Will	Self
2009	Love Hurts	Hannah Rosenbloom
2009	Labor Pains	Claire
2009	Funny People	Friend in video (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008	Girl's Best Friend	Mary
2008	Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness	Heidi Bivens
2008	The Guitar	Dr. Murray
2008	A Bad Situationist	Lenore Stein
2007	Ratatouille	Colette (voice)
2007	Southland Tales	General Teena MacArthur
2007	Then She Found Me	Janeane Garofalo
2007	The Ten	Beth Soden
2007	The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'	Paula
2007	Law Dogs	Gloria Fontaine
2006	Fuck	Self
2006	The Wild	Bridget (voice)
2006	Al Franken: God Spoke	Self
2005	Stay	Dr. Beth Levy
2005	Duane Hopwood	Linda
2005	Left of the Dial	Self
2005	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	Dee Dee
2005	Nadine in Dateland	Nadine
2004	Nobody Knows Anything!	Patty
2003	Wonderland	Joy Miller
2003	Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks	Self - Host
2003	Manhood	Jill
2003	Ash Tuesday	Liz
2003	When Stand Up Stood Out	Self
2003	Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World	Narrator (voice)
2003	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley	Quiz Kings Contestant (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003	The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians	Self (archive footage)
2003	Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)	Self
2002	Big Trouble	Monica Romero
2002	The Laramie Project	Catherine Connolly
2002	Martin & Orloff	Hairdresser
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	Beth
2001	The Search for John Gissing	Linda Barnes
2001	Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians	Self (archive footage)
2001	Housekeeping	Hotel Employee ( voice)
2000	Titan A.E.	Stith (voice)
2000	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Minnie Mogul
2000	Steal This Movie	Anita Hoffman
2000	The Bumblebee Flies Anyway	Dr. Harriman
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Nervous Woman
2000	The Independent	Paloma Fineman
2000	Behind the Scenes at Daria	Host
2000	Daring to Resist: Three Women Face the Holocaust	Narrator
1999	Dogma	Liz
1999	Mystery Men	Bowler / Carol
1999	200 Cigarettes	Ellie
1999	The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller	Self
1999	Thick as Thieves	Anne
1999	Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club	Self
1999	The Minus Man	Ferrin
1999	Can't Stop Dancing	Belinda Peck
1999	Torrance Rises	Self
1998	Permanent Midnight	Jana Farmer
1998	Clay Pigeons	Agent Dale Shelby
1998	Dog Park	Jeri
1998	The Thin Pink Line	Joyce Wintergarden-Dingle
1998	Half Baked	I'm Only Creative When I Smoke Smoker (uncredited)
1998	Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley	Self
1997	Cop Land	Deputy Cindy Betts
1997	The Matchmaker	Marcy Tizard
1997	Romy and Michele's High School Reunion	Heather Mooney
1997	Sweethearts	Jasmine Pogue
1997	Touch	Kathy Worthington
1997	Janeane Garofalo: HBO Comedy Hour	Self
1996	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	Abby
1996	The Cable Guy	Medieval Waitress
1996	Larger Than Life	Mo
1996	I Shot a Man in Vegas	Gale
1996	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Woman at Party
1995	Bye Bye Love	Lucille
1995	Coldblooded	Honey
1995	Now and Then	Wiladene
1995	HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Janeane Garofalo	Self
1995	The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special	Self
1994	Reality Bites	Vickie Miner
1994	Suspicious	Woman
1991	Late for Dinner	Counter Girl
	Best of the Improv Vol. 1	Self (archive footage)
	The Peace Patriots	Narrator (voice)

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	We Baby Bears	Madam Malin (voice)
2022	We Baby Bears	Uncle Panda / Malin (voice)
2022	We Baby Bears	Madam Malin / Worm (voice)
2022	We Baby Bears	Madam Malin / Old Lady Rootmouth (voice)
2020	Awkwafina is Nora From Queens	Carol
2019	Harley Quinn	Signora/Mama (voice)
2019	Stumptown	Janet Withers
2018	The Shivering Truth	(voice)
2017	Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later	Beth
2015	Younger	Cass Dekennessy
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Beth
2014	Broad City	Monica
2014	BoJack Horseman	Isabelle (voice)
2013	@midnight with Chris Hardwick	Self
2012	Gotham Comedy Live	Self - Host
2012	Gotham Comedy Live	Self - Comedian
2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Beth Griffith
2010	Ugly Americans	Additional Voices (voice)
2010	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret	Brent's Boss
2010	The Green Room with Paul Provenza	Self
2009	Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009	Delocated	Susan Shapiro
2009	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Self
2007	Greek	Professor Freeman
2007	Head Case	Self
2006	Freak Show	The Bearded Clam
2006	Campus Ladies
2005	Ideal	Tilly
2005	Stella
2004	Pilot Season	Announcer
2004	Tanner on Tanner	Self
2004	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Self (voice)
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003	Two and a Half Men	Sharon
2003	Anderson Cooper 360°
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self
2001	Dinner for Five
2001	24	Janis Gold
2001	Primetime Glick
2000	Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000	Ed	Liz Stevens
2000	Sammy	(voice)
2000	Sammy	Emily (voice)
2000	Sammy	Emily Blake (voice)
1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self
1999	The Sopranos	Self
1999	Strangers with Candy	Cassie Pines
1999	The West Wing	Louise Thornton
1998	The King of Queens	Trish
1998	Felicity	Sally Reardon (voice)
1998	Felicity	Sally Reardon (voice) (uncredited)
1997	King of the Hill	Sheila (voice)
1997	The View	Self
1997	The Chris Rock Show	Girlfriend
1996	The Daily Show	Self
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self
1995	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	Janeane (voice)
1995	NewsRadio	Nancy
1995	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Wife
1994	Duckman
1994	TV Nation
1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994	Ellen	Chloe Korban
1993	The Adventures of Pete & Pete	Ms. Brackett
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest
1993	Tales of the City	Coppola Woman
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self
1992	The Ben Stiller Show	Various Characters
1992	Mad About You	Mabel Buchman
1992	The Larry Sanders Show	Paula
1992	MTV Movie & TV Awards
1991	Home Improvement	Tina
1990	Law & Order	Greta Heiss
1989	The Simpsons	Janeane Garofalo (voice)
1989	Seinfeld	Jeannie Steinman
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Various Characters
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)
	Deal	Annie