Collette Wolfe (born April 4, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in films such as ''

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'' (2009), ''

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'' (2010), ''

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'' (2011), and '' Interstellar'' (2014).

Early life

Wolfe was raised in

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, where she was the King George Fall Festival Pageant Queen of 1997. She graduated from

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and later attended

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Career

Wolfe made her film debut in '' The Foot Fist Way'' (2006). She later starred as Nell in ''

'' (2009). In September 2009, she was cast as Jill in the short-lived

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'' 100 Questions'', succeeding Joy Suprano, who played the role in the

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. She had a recurring role in the

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series ''

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''. In 2011, she signed up for the NBC pilot ''Lovelives'', but the series was not picked up. She co-starred in the never-aired 2013

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(four episodes filmed) ''

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''. In June 2015, she was cast in the recurring role of improv teacher Dorothy Durwood in the

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''. In 2016, she was cast in a recurring role on TNT's '' Good Behavior''.

Personal life

Wolfe was in a long-term relationship, from at least 2009, with writer-director

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, in whose movies ''Observe and Report'' and ''The Foot Fist Way'' she appears. They married in 2012 in

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolfe, Collette 1980 births 21st-century American actresses American film actresses Place of birth missing (living people) American television actresses Living people People from King George County, Virginia Actresses from Virginia Virginia Tech alumni