Name: | Mary Lynn Rajskub |
Occupation: | TV Actress |
Gender: | Female |
Birth Day: | June 22, 1971 |
Age: | 49 |
Country: | United States |
Zodiac Sign: | Cancer |
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Brief Info
Actress best known for her role as computer wizard Chloe O’Brian in the television series 24. Mary Lynn Rajskub has also appeared in episodes of 2 Broke Girls, Californication, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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Before Fame
Mary Lynn Rajskub’s first acting role was as an Oompa-Loompa at her community theater performance of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Biography
Biography Timeline
Rajskub’s first part was as an Oompa-Loompa in a community theater production of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and her first starring role was Raggedy Ann. In 1996 she appeared in music videos for the songs “The Good Life” by Weezer and “The New Pollution” by Beck.
Her most notable role is CTU systems analyst Chloe O’Brian on 24, which she joined in 2003 at the start of the show’s third season. Her character was a hit with viewers and critics and was one of the few cast members to return in the show’s fourth season. After being a regular guest star for two seasons, Rajskub became a main cast member in the show’s fifth season. By the end of the series, she was the lead female, with top billing second only to Kiefer Sutherland. Her character also had the honor of saying the final words of the series in the season 8 series finale. Rajskub and Sutherland appeared briefly as their 24 characters in a 2007 episode, “24 Minutes”, of the Fox animated series The Simpsons. In August 2013, it was announced that she would reprise her Chloe O’Brian role in the 2014 limited series 24: Live Another Day.
Rajskub has been nominated twice for a Screen Actors Guild Award; once in 2005, and again in 2007 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. She guest-starred on Flight of the Conchords episode “Prime Minister” as Karen, an Art Garfunkel fanatic. She guest-starred as “Gail the Snail” in an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia titled “The Gang Gives Frank an Intervention”, and reprised the role in the ninth-season finale, “The Gang Squashes Their Beefs,” and season thirteen’s “The Gang Beats Boggs: Ladies Reboot.” In 2009, she also appeared in the film Julie & Julia as Sarah, one of Julie Powell’s close friends. In 2010, Rajskub performed stand-up on John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show. In June 2010, she appeared in the “Lovesick” episode during the second season of the USA series Royal Pains.
Rajskub was part of a comic duo (with Karen Kilgariff) called Girls Guitar Club. In 2006, she made a cameo appearance in “Partings”, the 6th season finale of Gilmore Girls, where she played a trobairitz looking for her big break. (Rajskub had previously appeared on Gilmore Girls as the female lead in A Film by Kirk, a short film made by the character Kirk Gleason.) She has volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers Program. She has an educational background as a painter, having attended the San Francisco Art Institute.
Rajskub met personal trainer Matthew Rolph when he approached her after one of her comedy sets. They began dating, and she became pregnant three months later. Their son was born in 2008. Rajskub married Rolph on August 1, 2009, in an impromptu wedding in Las Vegas. Rajskub filed for divorce in June 2019.
In January 2011, Rajskub guest-starred in the episode “Our Children, Ourselves” on the second season of ABC’s Modern Family. In the fall of 2011, Rajskub appeared in the short-lived sitcom How to Be a Gentleman. Also in 2011, Rajskub’s web series, Dicki, began airing on My Damn Channel. Dicki is based on a number of people that Rajskub grew up within and around Michigan. The title character is a 40-year-old woman who lives at home with her parents, makes crafts, and takes her art seriously. Dicki has been one of My Damn Channel’s most successful web series to date. The first season concluded in November 2011, but a second season is currently in development. Rajskub performed in the June 2012 edition of Don’t Tell My Mother! (Live Storytelling), a monthly showcase in which celebrities share true stories they would never want their mothers to know. She currently hosts a podcast on the Nerdist Network called Kickin’ it Mary Lynn Style.
In 2013, Rajskub appeared in the fourth season of Arrested Development in a silent yet well-received role as Heartfire, a character Rajskub has said “speak[s] from the heart, but do[es]n’t use any words”. In the same year Rajskub also appeared in the web series All Growz Up with Melinda Hill.
Rajskub appeared on Ken Reid’s TV Guidance Counselor podcast on March 27, 2015.
In August 2016, Rajskub appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 24 Hours With Mary Lynn Rajskub and it was well-received by fans and critics. In 2018, Rajskub appeared in Night School opposite Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle, Taran Killam, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Al Madrigal, Anne Winters, Fat Joe, and Keith David.
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Currently, Mary Lynn Rajskub is 50 years, 5 months and 17 days old. Mary Lynn Rajskub will celebrate 51st birthday on a Wednesday 22nd of June 2022.
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