Janeane Garofalo is an American actress and comedian. Known for her sharp wit, Garofalo has appeared in many films and shows including Reality Bites, Mystery Men, Humid Hot American Summer, Larry Sanders Show, 24, Criminal Minds, etc. She is also an outspoken progressive political activist, which is ironic is because she was raised in a conservative home. Find out more about her childhood, husband and net worth.
Janeane Garofalo – Childhood and Bio
Janeane Garofalo was born on September 28, 1964 in Newton, New Jersey. Her father, Carmine Garofalo, was a senior executive at Exxon while mother, Jane Garofalo, was a secretary in a petrochemical industry. Garofalo has Irish-Italian roots and comes from a conservative Roman Catholic family. She grew up in several far flung places including New Jersey, California and Texas. She graduated from James E. Taylor High School in Katy, Texas in 1982 before attending Providence College, a private Catholic college in Rhode Island. There she studied history and American studies and graduated in 1985.
Her comic talents were evident from an early age When she was in college, she won a comic talent hunt organized by a television network. After graduating from college, she pursued a career in standup comedy, performing in various clubs. She struggled for years and had to do various odd jobs (bike courier, shoe salesman, etc.) to pay her rent.
The comedian got her well-deserved break in 1990 after meeting comedian and actor Ben Stiller. The meeting yielded her first television appearance on The Ben Stiller Show Despite the fact that the show was short-lived, Garofalo had already made a name for herself. She continued appearing on SNL between 1994 and 1995. After that, she moved on to the HBO sitcom, The Larry Sanders Show where she became a household name thanks to her character as the short, cynical Paula.
Shifting her career from comedy, Janeane Garofalo took up acting (both on film and television) with tremendous success. Some of her most popular works are Reality Bites, Wet Hot American Summer, The Matchmaker, Cop Land, Clay Pigeons and Dogma, The West Wing, 24, Girlfriends Divorce Guide, Inside Amy Schumer, etc.
lifetime achievements
Janeane Garofalo received two Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1996 and 1997 for her role as Paula on the sitcom. The Larry Sanders Show . Additionally, Garofalo is often referred to as a Generation X icon due to her role in the cult film. reality bites . The film skillfully captured the life and career challenges of young people in the ’90s and was a huge hit.
The comic is also an outspoken liberal political activist. She actively fought against the eventual US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and participated in the Code Pink anti-war march and the Tell Us the Truth tour.
Wealth (income and earnings)
Garofalo’s net worth is currently estimated at $10 million. She earned most of her income from her work in films and television shows, as well as her career as a stand-up act. She has performed in numerous venues in America and beyond. Other sources of income include royalties from her bestseller, Feel This Book: An Essential Guide to Self-Empowerment, Spiritual Superiority, and Sexual Satisfaction. The 1999 book, which she co-wrote with longtime friend and collaborator Ben Stiller, satirizes the many self-help books that were common at the time.
Man
Janeane Garofalo has been married to The Big Bang Theory producer Rob Cohen for 20 years without either of them realizing! In 1991, they married in a drive-through chapel in Las Vegas while they were both drunk. They dated before this “incident” and broke up shortly after. They thought the marriage was not legal as they did not file the paperwork with the local court and went their separate ways.
When Cohen was planning to get married to another in 2012, his attorneys determined that he was still legally attached to Garofalo. Both parties had dissolved the marriage in a simple procedure before a notary. Garofalo currently has a longtime boyfriend who she has been with for more than 15 years. His name is Peter Clades. However, she describes herself as asexual, meaning she has little interest and desire in sexual activity. She describes her relationship with Peter Clades as “close but not romantic”.