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Busy Philipps

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Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), Dawson's Creek (2001–2003), and ER (2006–2007), and for her portrayal of Laurie Keller on the ABC series Cougar Town (2009–2015), for which she received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She has also appeared in supporting roles in numerous films, such as The Smokers (2000), Home Room (2002), White Chicks (2004), Made of Honor (2008), He's Just Not That Into You (2009), The Gift (2015), and I Feel Pretty (2018). From 2018 to 2019, Philipps hosted her own television talk show Busy Tonight, on E!. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Busy Philipps is the 9,925th most popular actor (down from 9,107th in 2024), the 14,788th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,372nd in 2019) and the 4,619th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Busy Philipps ranks 9,925 out of 13,578Before her are Son Dam-bi, Monica Raymund, Igor Petrenko, Rachel Luttrell, Josie Bissett, and Elvira Mínguez. After her are Bobby Troup, Bree Turner, Justin Kirk, Miloš Biković, Omar Benson Miller, and Adam Faith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Busy Philipps ranks 496Before her are Justine Pasek, Marián Čišovský, Ole Bischof, Richard Dunne, MyAnna Buring, and Perro Aguayo Jr.. After her are Milan Dudić, Deborah Secco, Mitsuo Ogasawara, Kristine Opolais, Christina Chanée, and Artur Soares Dias.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Busy Philipps ranks 14,792 out of 20,380Before her are Eric Wynalda (1969), Hana Mae Lee (1988), Monica Raymund (1986), Kelly Loeffler (1970), Phil Katz (1962), and Josie Bissett (1970). After her are Bobby Troup (1918), Bree Turner (1977), Justin Kirk (1969), Chris Willis (1969), Muriel Bowser (1972), and Omar Benson Miller (1978).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Busy Philipps ranks 4,621Before her are Kaitlyn Dever (1996), Eric Balfour (1977), David Corenswet (1993), Hana Mae Lee (1988), Monica Raymund (1986), and Josie Bissett (1970). After her are Bobby Troup (1918), Bree Turner (1977), Justin Kirk (1969), Omar Benson Miller (1978), John Boyd (1981), and Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (1990).