Eliza Coupe (born in 1983) is an American actress, most well-known for her role as Denise "Jo" Mahoney in the medical comedy Scrubs, in which she became a regular for the ninth season.
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* 1 Career
* 2 Personal life
* 3 Filmography
* 4 References
* 5 External links
[edit] Career
Coupe graduated from the Plymouth Regional High School ( Plymouth, New Hampshire ) in 1999 where she was active in the school's award-winning theatre program where her roles included Bonnie in Anything Goes and a Mundy sister in an award-winning production of Dancing at Lughnasa.[citation needed] In 2003, she toured France playing a soldier in an all-female version of King Lear. In November 2005, her one-woman sketch show "The Patriots" premiered at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and won her the breakout performer award at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen in March 2006.
In 2007, Coupe appeared in I Think I Love My Wife. She went on to appear in the short lived MTV series Short Circuitz and on the eighth episode of the first season of Flight of the Conchords, entitled "Girlfriends", as well as an episode of Unhitched. She was a series regular in HBO's12 Miles of Bad Road and had a recurring role in Samantha Who?.
She had a recurring role as Dr. Denise "Jo" Mahoney on the eighth season of the TV series Scrubs and the companion web series Scrubs: Interns. She was made a regular in Scrubs' ninth season.[1]
In March 2009, Coupe was cast as Callie in the ABC pilot, No Heroics, an adaptation of the popular UK series of the same name.
[edit] Personal life
She is married to the artist and puppeteer Randall Whittinghill.
[edit] Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Day the World Saved Shane Sawyer Allison
2007 I Think I Love My Wife Lisa
Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz TV series, episode #1.3
Flight of the Conchords Lisa TV series, episode Girlfriends
2008 Unhitched Julia TV series, Pilot episode
12 Miles of Bad Road Gaylor Shakespeare TV series, 6 episodes
Samantha Who Willow TV series, 2 episodes
2008–present Scrubs Denise Mahoney TV series (lead role 2009–present)
2009 Royal Pains Katie TV series, episode "Crazy Love"