![]() Denise "Jo" Mahoney on the eighth season of the acclaimed medical comedy series "Scrubs," a story centering around intern John "J.D" Dorian's (Zach Braff) escapades at Sacred Heart Hospital. Later that year, Coupe showed up in yet another recurring role, as Dr. Also in 2008, Coupe landed a recurring role as Willow on Christina Applegate's comedy series "Samantha Who?" (ABC, 2007-09). As Gaylor Shakespeare, she played Tomlin's youngest daughter in this comedy about an insanely wealthy, yet kooky Texas family and their real estate business. Not long after that, Linda Bloodworth Thomason cast Coupe as a regular on "12 Miles of Bad Road" alongside Lily Tomlin and Mary Kay Place. After that, she made more appearances on television series, including in a first-season episode of the musical comedy series, "Flight of the Conchords" (HBO, 2007) and on the short-lived comedy series "Unhitched" (Fox, 2008). Coupe next landed a role on the short-lived MTV comedy series, "Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz" (2007). It was around that time that Coupe also became part of Sierra Mist's commercial campaign, alongside comics Jim Gaffigan, Michael Ian Black and Tracy Morgan. ![]() Her first major screen credit followed, in which she essayed a puppeteer in the comedy romance "I Think I Love My Wife," alongside comedy star and director Chris Rock. That same year, she scored a small part as Allison in the film short "The Day The World Saved Shane Sawyer" (2006). ![]() Following that, Variety named Coupe one of 10 comics to watch in 2006. Premiering at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York, her outstanding characterizations won her the Jury Award for Breakout Act of 2006 at HBO's U.S. In 2003, Coupe tackled her first acting gig, appearing as a soldier in an all-female troupe which toured France with a production of Shakespeare's, "King Lear." It was not until late 2005 however, that she began to attract serious attention as a comedienne when she performed a highly entertaining and irreverent one-woman sketch show titled "The Patriots." Directed by Anthony King, Coupe portrayed a number of diverse and hilarious characters. After graduating, she went on to further study theater at the California Institute of the Arts. ![]() Diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age, it was on the school's stage - and later, during her time performing at Los Angeles' Groundlings Theater - that she gained the confidence to pursue her chosen career as an actress and comedian. There she took part in the school's prestigious, award-winning theater program. Born in Plymouth, NH, Eliza Coupe grew up in the small town where she attended Plymouth Regional High School. ![]()
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