Far before Stephanie Courtney was named Progressive's spunky spokeswomen, she began a pretty prolific acting career. Her first credit stretches all the way back to 1998, when she played a waitress in the series "Mr. Show with Bob and David" (via IMDb). After taking small parts in a number of different television shows, Courtney got a regular voice acting part in "Tom Goes to the Mayor." Then 2007 hit, and her career kind of blew up.
Her first foray into feature films came with the 2007 hit "Blades of Glory." Although it was a small role, it put her on the oh-so competitive comedy map. That same year, she acted alongside Will Arnett and "Saturday Night Live" favorites Will Forte and Kristen Wiig in "The Brothers Solomon," and shared the screen with Ben Stiller in "The Heartbreak Kid." Coincidentally, Malin Akerman also starred in both of those flicks, and we'd like to believe the pair became best friends.
As far as television shows go, Courtney also played Marge in the premiere season of "Mad Men," Diane in "Cavemen," and gave a hilarious impression of Tina Fey in "Celebrity Deathmatch." Following this immensely busy and successful year, the comedian landed the role for which she'll forever be known, and the rest is history!
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