Lindsay Sloane Leikin-Rollins (born August 8, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for playing Valerie Birkhead on ''

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'' (1997–99) and Emily in ''

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'' (2015–17). She has also starred in films such as ''

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'' (2000), ''

Over Her Dead Body ''Over Her Dead Body'' is a 2008 American romantic comedy film starring Eva Longoria, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell, Lindsay Sloane and Jason Biggs. It was written and directed by Jeff Lowell. The film is about Kate (Eva Longoria), who dies on the day ...

'' (2008), ''

She's Out of My League ''She's Out of My League'' is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Jim Field Smith and written by Sean Anders and John Morris. It stars Jay Baruchel and Alice Eve, and was produced by Jimmy Miller and David Householter for Paramoun ...

'' (2010), ''

The Other Guys ''The Other Guys'' is a 2010 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Adam McKay, who co-wrote it with Chris Henchy. It stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg with Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samuel L. J ...

'' (2010), ''

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'' (2011), and its sequel ''

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'' (2014).

Life and career

Lindsay Sloane Leikin was born on

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, New York, the daughter of Renée, a children's librarian, and Joey Leikin, a sales manager. She was raised in a Jewish family. After moving to Los Angeles, Sloane signed with an agent at the age of eight. Her mother once drove her to an audition through the 1992

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.Howard Stern Radio Show Jan 5th 2001 interview Her first recurring television role was as Alice Pedermeir on ''

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'' from 1991 to 1993. She played Zoey Miller for seven episodes on the short-lived

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sitcom '' Mr. Rhodes''. She later played Valerie Birkhead on ''

'' from 1997 to 1999, and starred in '' Sabrina Down Under'', a spinoff movie to the series as a different character, a

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named Fin. Sloane joined the casts of the short-lived series ''

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'' and ''The Stones''. She auditioned unsuccessfully for many roles in a number of television shows including '' Blossom'' and ''

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''. Sloane also appeared in episodes of ''

Dharma & Greg ''Dharma & Greg'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1997, until April 30, 2002, for 119 episodes over five seasons. The show starred Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a ...

'', ''

My So-Called Life ''My So-Called Life'' is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995. It is distributed by The B ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' How I Met Your Mother'', ''

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'', and '' Psych''. Sloane was featured in the seventh season of '' Weeds'', playing

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, a character who hires

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for a modeling gig and dates

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. Most recently, she appeared in the main cast of the

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sitcom ''

'' as Emily. Her film résumé includes roles in ''

'', ''

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'', '' The In-Laws'', ''

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'', ''Sabrina Down Under'', ''

'', ''

'' and ''

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''. She voiced the older sister in ''

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''. As well as a guest role as Stephanie in '' Mr. Sunshine'', Sloane also appears in the movie ''

'' as

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's character's fiancée Stacy and in the 2011 movie ''

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy ''A Good Old Fashioned Orgy'' is a 2011 American comedy film written and directed by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck. It stars Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Bibb, Lake Bell, Michelle Borth, Nick Kroll, Tyler Labine, Angela Sarafyan, Lindsay Sloane, Martin ...

''.

Personal life

In 2004, Sloane married Dar Rollins, an agent for

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. The couple have two daughters.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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