Jamie Denbo is an American

United States

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 actress and comedienne. She most recently co-starred in the FX series Terriers

Terriers (TV series)

Terriers is an American crime comedy-drama television series created by Ted Griffin for FX. It premiered on September 8, 2010. The show was canceled by FX on December 6, 2010 after the first season.-Premise:...

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Life and career

Denbo was born and raised in Swampscott, Massachusetts

Swampscott, Massachusetts

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. Early in her career she performed comedy at the Comedy Warehouse at Disney World's Pleasure Island in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

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. She eventually moved to New York City where she began performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT), where she continues to perform, now at the UCBT's Los Angeles division, often performing with her comedy partner Jessica Chaffin

Jessica Chaffin

Jessica Chaffin is an American actress and comedienne best known for her role as Coco on Zoey 101.-Career:Chaffin was born and raised in Newton, Massachusetts. She is a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles, often performing with her comedy partner Jamie Denbo....

 and her husband, comedian and actor John Ross Bowie

John Ross Bowie

John Ross Bowie is an American actor and comedian best known for playing Barry Kripke in The Big Bang Theory, and modeling as the benefits spokesperson for Target Corporation "Ben E. Fitz". He has also appeared in commercials for Progressive and appeared in the film What The Bleep Do We Know?...

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Denbo was one of the stars of the sitcom Happy Hour

Happy Hour (TV series)

Happy Hour is a sitcom that debuted on Fox in the United States and on CTV in Canada on September 7, 2006. The show starred John Sloan as Henry Beckman, a young man rebuilding his life after losing his girlfriend, his job, and his apartment...

playing the role of Tina Difabio. She also played Susan Jones on the Goodnight Burbank video podcast

Video podcast

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. On August 5, 2007 she returned as co-anchor on the show. Her comedy pilot "Ronna & Beverly" (based on the popular stage show she performs with Jessica Chaffin

Jessica Chaffin

Jessica Chaffin is an American actress and comedienne best known for her role as Coco on Zoey 101.-Career:Chaffin was born and raised in Newton, Massachusetts. She is a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles, often performing with her comedy partner Jamie Denbo....

 at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater) aired on the Showtime network in December 2009. In 2010, Denbo co-starred as Maggie Lefferts on the FX series Terriers

Terriers (TV series)

Terriers is an American crime comedy-drama television series created by Ted Griffin for FX. It premiered on September 8, 2010. The show was canceled by FX on December 6, 2010 after the first season.-Premise:...

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Denbo regularly appears in sketches on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

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and has made guest appearances on shows such as Reno 911!

Reno 911!

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, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...

, The Life & Times of Tim

The Life & Times of Tim

The Life & Times of Tim is an HBO comedy animated television series, which premiered on September 28, 2008. The series was created by Steve Dildarian, and is about a hapless man in his mid 20s named Tim who lives in New York City with his girlfriend Amy...

, and Weeds

Weeds (TV series)

Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a...

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Her screenplay for "Best Buds" was recently sold to Vendome Pictures, Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Natalie Hershlag , better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film Léon, but major success came when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel...

 is attached to produce and star in the film.

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