Mary Lynn Rajskub
Biography
Mary Lynn Rajskub (born June 22, 1971) is an American actress and comedian, best known for her roles as Chloe O'Brian on the Fox action-thriller 24, Norah in The Tomorrow War, Theresa in Night School, Erin Roberts on the Starz series The Girlfriend Experience, Captain Davis in The Kings of Summer, Bridget Bay in Safety Not Guaranteed, Sarah in Julie & Julia, Lynn in Sunshine Cleaning, Janet Stone in Firewall, Reena Giuliani in Legally Blonde 2, Elizabeth Egan in Punch-Drunk Love, Dorothea in Sweet Home Alabama, and Zelmina in Dude, Where's My Car?.
She has also had recurring roles as Lorraine Fuisz on the Hulu series The Dropout, Genevieve Mirren-Carter on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Goldie on Californication, and Gail the Snail on the FX series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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Acting History
2025
Shell as Casting Director
2025Daniel's Gotta Die as Mia Powell
2025North of North as Helen
2024Mary Lynn Rajskub: Road Gig as Self
2024Presumed Innocent as Pathologist
2024After Midnight as Self
2023Dashing Through the Snow as Mary
2022Please Baby Please as Lois
2022The Dropout as Lorraine Fuisz
2021Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! as Producer Bryn
2021The Tomorrow War as Norah
2021Hero Mode as Laura
2021Big Shot as Charlie
2021Too Late as Gina Obispo
2021Mary Lynn Rajskub: Live from the Pandemic as Self
2021Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
2020Dinner in America as Connie
2019A World Away as Principal Garcia
2019Cold Brook as Rachel
2019How High 2 as Ana Cheever
2019Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist
2019Benjamin as Jeanette
2019Now Apocalypse as Frank
2018Night School as Theresa
2018Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy as Reporter
201825 Words or Less as Self
2018Comedy in Color: Ladies' Night as Mary Lynn Rajskub
2017In Search of Fellini as Kerri
2017The Guest Book as Lynn
2017Wilson as Jodie
2016Dream Corp LLC as Patient 46
2016The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
2016To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
2016The Last Laugh as Self
2016The Girlfriend Experience as Erin Roberts
2015Highston as Jean Liggetts
2015Sex, Death and Bowling as Kim Wells
2015World's Funniest Fails as Self - Panelist
2014All-Stars as Tina Travanti
2014Jason Nash Is Married as Erica Savage
2014The Wil Wheaton Project as Self
2014Play Nice as Ellen Bell
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014Showing Up as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013@midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
2013Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Genevieve Mirren-Carter
2013The Kings of Summer as Captain Davis
2012Gotham Comedy Live as Self - Host
2012Mash Up
2012The Burn with Jeff Ross as Self
2012Safety Not Guaranteed as Bridget Bay
2011Talking Dead as Self
2011How to Be a Gentleman as Janet
2011New Girl as Peg
20112 Broke Girls as Bebe
2010Conan as Self
2010The Benson Interruption
2010Raising Hope as Tanya
2010Hawaii Five-0 as Crystal
2010FCU: Fact Checkers Unit as Jordache
2009Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2009Modern Family as Tracy
2009Julie & Julia as Sarah
2009Royal Pains as Blake
2008The Mentalist as Susie Hamblin
2008The Middleman as Dr. Gibbs
2008Free Radio as Self
2008Sunshine Cleaning as Lynn
2007Californication as Goldie
2007Flight of the Conchords as Art Garfunkel Fanatic
2007Human Giant as Mindy
2007Humble Pie as Peggy Orbison
2006Talkshow with Spike Feresten
2006Little Miss Sunshine as Pageant Assistant Pam
2006Grilled as Renee
2006Firewall as Janet Stone
2005It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Gail the Snail
2005Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron
2005Mysterious Skin as Avalyn Friesen
2005Grey's Anatomy as Marion Steiner
2005Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004The Tony Danza Show as Self
2004Helter Skelter as Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme
2004The Soup as Self
2004Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 as Pizza Delivery Girl ("The Good Life")
2003Arrested Development as Heartfire
2003Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde as Reena Giuliani
2003Claustrophobia as Grace
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Punch-Drunk Love as Elizabeth Egan
2002Sweet Home Alabama as Dorothea
2002Good Morning, Miami as Hollis
2002A Film by Kirk as Girlfriend
2002Run Ronnie Run as Self
2001Storytelling as Melinda
200124 as Chloe O'Brian
2001The Downer Channel
2001The Anniversary Party as Mary-Lynn
2001The Girls Guitar Club as Mary Lynn
2000Dude, Where's My Car? as Zelmina
2000Gilmore Girls as 'Girlfriend' in Kirk's Film
2000Gilmore Girls as Troubadour
2000Sunset Strip as Eileen
2000Road Trip as Blind Brenda
1999Man on the Moon as Friday's Mary
1999Magnolia as Janet (Frank's Assistant) (voice)
1999Home Movies
1998The Thin Pink Line as Suzy Smokestack
1998The King of Queens as Priscilla Stansna
1998The Army Show as Sgt. Madeline Tipton
1998Bury Me in Kern County as Amanda
1997Over the Top
1997Veronica's Closet as Chloe
1997The Weird Al Show as Weather Woman
1997The View as Self
1997Who's the Caboose? as Cheeseball
1997Just Shoot Me! as Penny
1996The Truth About Cats & Dogs as Female Radio Caller (voice)
1996The Hitman as Mary
1995Mr. Show with Bob and David as Various
1995NewsRadio as Waitress
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992The Larry Sanders Show as Marylou Collins
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1989The Simpsons as Chloe O'Brian (voice)
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1979Laugh Factory as Self
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
—Marfa Lights as Anita