1. Jackie Hoffman is a veteran of Chicago's famed The Second City comedy improv group.
20 Facts About Jackie Hoffman
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Jackie Hoffman was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award for her role as Mamacita in the miniseries Feud.
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Jackie Hoffman won the Joseph Jefferson Award, Chicago's venerable theatre award, during her eight-year tenure with the Second City troupe.
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Jackie Hoffman performed numerous roles in David and Amy Sedaris's 2001 comic play, The Book of Liz, winning an Obie Award.
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In 2002, Jackie Hoffman was cast in the musical Hairspray on Broadway, playing the roles of Prudy Pingleton, Gym Teacher, Matron and Denizen of Baltimore.
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Jackie Hoffman won the 2003 Theatre World Award for her performance.
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Jackie Hoffman co-starred as Calliope, muse of epic poetry, in the rock musical Xanadu on Broadway, from July 2007 to September 2008.
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Jackie Hoffman starred as Grandmama in the Broadway musical The Addams Family, which opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 8,2010, and closed on December 31,2011.
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Jackie Hoffman played Madame Dilly and other roles in the 2014 Broadway revival of On the Town until the show closed in September 2015.
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Jackie Hoffman played Mrs Teavee in the Broadway production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which opened on April 23,2017, and closed January 14,2018.
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Jackie Hoffman has acted in the movies Kissing Jessica Stein, Mo' Money, Garden State, Down, Queer Duck: The Movie, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde, and A Dirty Shame, and was the voice of the Water Cooler in Robots.
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Jackie Hoffman provided the voice of "Mary Phillips, the Talk Radio host", in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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Jackie Hoffman has been a frequent guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
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In 2011, Jackie Hoffman appeared as a cameo in The Sitter as Mrs Sapperstein.
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Jackie Hoffman appeared in a cameo role in the Oscar-winning movie Birdman in 2014.
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In 2023, Jackie Hoffman portrayed the role of Assistant Principal McGee in the 10-episode Paramount+ series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.
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Jackie Hoffman can be heard on the original Broadway cast recordings of Hairspray, Xanadu, The Addams Family, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the revival Broadway cast recording of On the Town, and the PS Classics' recording of Jackie Hoffman: Live at Joe's Pub released Fall 2008.
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Jackie Hoffman appears on Scott Alan's CD, Dreaming Wide Awake, in a duet with Carly Jibson.
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Jackie Hoffman is friends with Stephen Colbert and his wife Evelyn McGee-Colbert, jokingly making a scene when she did not catch Evelyn's bouquet at the couple's 1993 wedding.
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Jackie Hoffman was back in three weeks, with a cot backstage for whenever she was not singing or talking.