“Someone said they loved the girl I played on an episode of Friends, and I forgot I did Friends,” Jennifer Coolidge said in an interview way back in 2010, mid-way through discussing the roles she was most frequently recognised for in public.
The throwaway comment perfectly encapsulates Coolidge’s energy — sedate and eccentric (one journalist called it “zany camp”, which you can’t beat, really) — but also shows just how much things have changed for the Boston-born actress in the 13 years since.
