Eliza Coupe


Eliza Kate Coupe is an American actress and comedian, known for playing Jane Kerkovich-Williams in the ABC comedy series Happy Endings, Denise "Jo" Mahoney in the final two seasons of the medical comedy-drama Scrubs, and her recurring role as Hannah Wyland in Quantico.

Early life

Coupe was born and raised in Plymouth, New Hampshire, to Ernest and Kathryn. She has two brothers, Sam and Thom. Coupe attended Plymouth Regional High School in her hometown and graduated in 1999. She is of French, English and Scottish heritage.
Coupe was active in her high school's theatre program. Her roles included Bonnie in Anything Goes and a Mundy sister in Dancing at Lughnasa. Coupe graduated from California Institute of the Arts in 2006.

Career

After college, Coupe took classes in improvisational comedy at The Groundlings and ImprovOlympic. In 2003, Coupe 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, Colorado 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 of Flight of the Conchords, entitled "Girlfriends", as well as an episode of Unhitched. She was a series regular in HBO's unaired 12 Miles of Bad Road and had a recurring role in Samantha Who?
She had a recurring role as Dr. Denise "Jo" Mahoney in Season 8 of the TV series Scrubs and the companion web series '. She was made a regular in Season 9, the final season of the series.
In March 2009, Coupe was cast as Callie in the ABC pilot, No Heroics, an adaptation of the UK series of the same name. In 2012, Coupe played the female lead and love interest to Daniel Henney in the independent film Shanghai Calling, filmed in Shanghai, China. Coupe also appeared in the 2011 movie What's Your Number? with Anna Faris and Chris Evans.
From April 2011 to May 2013, Coupe starred on the ABC ensemble comedy series Happy Endings alongside Elisha Cuthbert, Zachary Knighton, Adam Pally, Damon Wayans, Jr. and Casey Wilson. Despite critical acclaim and a cult following, the show was cancelled by ABC after concluding its third season on May 3, 2013. Since Happy Endingss cancellation, Coupe played a recurring role in the third season of House of Lies and starred alongside Jay Harrington in the USA Network comedy series Benched, which premiered on October 28, 2014. Coupe later starred in the ABC thriller Quantico playing the recurring role of FBI agent Hannah Wyland.
She most recently starred as Tiger on the Hulu comedy series Future Man'', which premiered November 14, 2017. The third and final season aired in 2020.

Personal life

Coupe was married to acting teacher and puppeteer Randall Whittinghill from December 2007 to June 2013.
Coupe announced her engagement to Darin Olien, founder of lifestyle brand SuperLife, via Instagram on November 27, 2014. They were married on December 24, 2014 while on vacation in New Zealand. Coupe and Olien filed for divorce in 2018.
Coupe was diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD in childhood.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007'VariousEpisode #1.3
2007Flight of the ConchordsLisaEpisode: "Girlfriends"
2008UnhitchedJuliaEpisode: "Pilot"
200812 Miles of Bad RoadGaylor Shakespeare6 episodes
2008Samantha Who?Willow2 episodes
2009Royal PainsKatieEpisode: "Crazy Love"
2009–10ScrubsDenise MahoneyRecurring role ; Main role ; 24 episodes
2011CommunitySpecial Agent Robin VohlersEpisode: "Intro to Political Science"
2011–13Happy EndingsJane Kerkovich-WilliamsMain role; 57 episodes
2012'Jane Kerkovich-WilliamsWeb series
2013The MillersJanice2 episodes
2014House of LiesMarissa McClintock4 episodes
2014BenchedNina WhitleyLead role; 12 episodes
2015CasualEmmy5 episodes
2015SuperstoreCynthia2 episodes
2015–2016The Mindy ProjectChelsea4 episodes
2015–2018QuanticoHannah WylandRecurring role
2016WreckedRosa2 episodes
2017–2020Future ManTiger
Main role
2018–presentRob Riggle's Ski Master AcademyPreggersMain role
2018Angie TribecaDr. Autumn PortugalEpisode: "The Force Wakes Up"
2019Veronica MarsKarsynEpisode: "Spring Break Forever"
2019StumptownGuest StarEpisode: "November Surprises"
2019Sherman's ShowcaseGuest StarEpisode: "White Music"