Collette Wolfe is an American actress known for her roles in films including ''
Observe and Report'' (2009), ''
Hot Tub Time Machine
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'' (2010), and ''
Young Adult
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'' (2011).
Early life
Wolfe was raised in
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
,
where she was the
King George Fall Festival Pageant Queen of 1997. She graduated from
King George High School and later attended
Virginia Tech
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech (VT), is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ...
.
Career
Wolfe made her film debut in ''
The Foot Fist Way'' (2006). She later starred as Nell in ''
Observe and Report'' (2009). In September 2009, she was cast as Jill in the short-lived
NBC
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sitcom
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''
100 Questions'', succeeding Joy Suprano, who played the role in the
pilot episode
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.
She had a recurring role in the
ABC series ''
Cougar Town
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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
mid-season replacement
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(four episodes filmed) ''
Next Caller''. In June 2015, she was cast in the recurring role of
improv
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*Improvisation, an act of spontaneous invention
**Improvisational theatre (includes improvisational comedy)
**Musical improvisation
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teacher Dorothy Durwood in the
FXX sitcom ''
You're the Worst
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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 with writer-director
Jody Hill, and appeared in his films ''Observe and Report'' and ''The Foot Fist Way''. They married in 2012 in
Cabo San Lucas
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, but divorced in 2013. In 2021, Wolfe announced the birth of her son on Instagram.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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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
Year of birth missing (living people)