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Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964), born in Newton, New Jersey, is a successful comedienne and Hollywood actress. During high school, her family relocated to Houston, Texas, where the trauma of the move prompted her famously self-loathing persona to begin to blossom. While studying history at Providence College, Garofalo entered a comedy talent search sponsored by the Showtime cable network, winning the title of "Funniest Person in Rhode Island." Dreaming of earning a slot on the writing staff of the Late Night With David Letterman program, she became a professional standup upon graduating college with degrees in History and American Studies but struggled for a number of years, working briefly as a bike messenger in Boston. She officially began her career in stand-up comedy in the early 90s during the grunge era. Her appearance was often in line with grunge style: disheveled with thick black glasses and unkempt hair. Her comedy was often self-deprecating; she made fun of popular culture and the pressures put on women to be beautiful and thin. However she was soon part of popular culture thanks in large part to the success of her roles in films such as The Truth About Cats and Dogs and Reality BitesReality Bites (1994) is an American film which stars Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Ben Stiller. The plot involves Ryder's character having to make a decision about which man she wants to be with. Stiller's character is a typical yuppie and Hawke's charact and a recurring role in the early series of The Larry Sanders ShowThe Larry Sanders Show is the name of a satirical situation comedy television series that originally screened from 1992 and 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the USA. It starred former standup comedian Garry Shandling as the show's vain, self-ob (ironically playing a member of staff on a late night talk show). She also had memorable cameos in Romy & Michele's High School Reunion and The Cable GuyThe Cable Guy is a 1996 movie starring Jim Carrey as the cable guy, Matthew Broderick as Steven, Leslie Mann as Robin (Steven's ex-girlfriend), and Jack Black as Rick (Steven's friend). The story warns of the dangers of parents allowing their children to. She continues to act in films and do comedy in 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U. In April 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co she was selected by Comedy CentralComedy Central is a cable television channel in the United States. As its name implies, the channel carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and syndicated. Comedy Central began on April Fool's Day 1991, after Home Box Office, owned by Time as one of the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All TimeThe following is a list of the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time . These stand-up comedians were chosen by Comedy Central for a television special broadcast in April 2004: # Richard Pryor # George Carlin # Lenny Bruce # Woody Allen # Chris Rock # Steve M, coming in at number 99.
Garofalo was outspoken about her opposition to what became the 2003 Iraq War, appearing on CNN and Fox to discuss it.
In 2004 she became a co-host for Air America Radio's new show The Majority Report.
