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[[File:Racheal_Harris.jpg|thumb|right|182px]]'''Rachael Harris''' (born January 12, 1968) is an American actress and comedian who will be playing [[Susan Heffley]] in the film.
==Early Life==
Harris was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worthington,_Ohio Worthington, Ohio]. She graduated from Worthington High School (renamed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Worthington_High_School Thomas Worthington High School]). She went on to graduate from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otterbein_College Otterbein College], in 1989,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Harris#cite_note-0 [1]]</sup> majoring in theatre.
==Acting Career==
Harris performed with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California Los Angeles, California], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvisational_comedy improvisational comedy] troupe the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundlings Groundlings], and taught for a time with the Groundlings school.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alper_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Harris#cite_note-alper-1 [2]]</sup> She debuted on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television television] in a 1993 episode of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaQuest_DSV SeaQuest DSV]''.
After an appearance on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager Star Trek: Voyager]'' in 1997, Harris went on to a recurring role in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB The WB]'s ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister,_Sister_(TV_series) Sister, Sister]''. Other television credits include a stint as a correspondent for ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show The Daily Show's]'' 2002-2003 season, as well as roles on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sarah_Silverman_Program The Sarah Silverman Program]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno_911! Reno 911!]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West_Wing_(television) The West Wing]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends Friends]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_Your_Enthusiasm Curb Your Enthusiasm]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_(TV_series) Monk]'', and, in November 2008, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate_Housewives Desperate Housewives]''.
Harris played the supporting role of Kevyn Shecket, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirstie_Alley Kirstie Alley]'s personal makeup artist, on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showtime Showtime] series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Actress Fat Actress]'' in 2005. She played Cooper in the ABC sitcom ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_from_the_Underbelly Notes from the Underbelly]''.
Her film credits include roles in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Show_(film) Best in Show]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mighty_Wind A Mighty Wind]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Your_Consideration_(film) For Your Consideration]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsky_%26_Hutch Starsky & Hutch]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kicking_%26_Screaming Kicking & Screaming]'', and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Day_Care Daddy Day Care]''. In the 2009 comedy ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hangover_(film) The Hangover]'' she plays Melissa, girlfriend to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Helms Ed Helms]. She previously co-starred with Helms on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show the Daily Show].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Harris#cite_note-2 [3]]</sup> In 2010, she played Greg's mom in the film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_of_a_Wimpy_Kid Diary of a Wimpy Kid]''.
Harris hosted ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smoking_Gun_TV&action=edit&redlink=1 Smoking Gun TV]'' in 2004, and has made multiple appearances on such [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VH1 VH1] documentaries as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_the_%2780s_(U.S._TV_series) I Love the '80s]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_the_%2790s_(U.S._TV_series) I Love the '90s]'', and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Week_Ever Best Week Ever]''.
Harris' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_commercial TV commercial] work includes ads for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinty_Moore Dinty Moore],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alper_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Harris#cite_note-alper-1 [2]]</sup> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avis_Rent_a_Car_System Avis],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alper_1-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Harris#cite_note-alper-1 [2]]</sup> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedia Expedia],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alper_1-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Harris#cite_note-alper-1 [2]]</sup> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Oats Quaker Oats], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Mobile T-Mobile], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geico Geico], and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl Super Bowl] commercial for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Census 2010 Census].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Harris#cite_note-3 [4]]</sup> She is the voice of turtle Karolyn Slowsky in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast Comcast] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowskys Slowskys] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_commercials television commercials].<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from May 2009">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup>
Harris appeared as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_disparity_in_sexual_relationships#Slang_terms cougar] — an older woman who pursues younger men — in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funnyordie.com funnyordie.com] sketch "Cougar 101 with Hunter Parrish".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Harris#cite_note-4 [5]]</sup>
Harris has signed on to ABC's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar_Town Cougar Town]'', TVGuide.com has confirmed. She will play Shanna, a woman that the network describes as being the "nemesis" of Jules.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Harris#cite_note-5 [6]]</sup>
==References==
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