Busy Philipps facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Busy Philipps
Philipps speaking at South by Southwest in 2019
Born	Elizabeth Jean Philipps (1979-06-25) June 25, 1979 (age 45) Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Loyola Marymount University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Marc Silverstein ​ ​ (m. 2007; separated 2021)​
Children	2

Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress. She is well-known for her roles in TV shows like Freaks and Geeks, Dawson's Creek, and ER. Many also know her as Laurie Keller from the ABC series Cougar Town, a role for which she won an award.

Busy Philipps has also appeared in many movies. Some of these include White Chicks, Made of Honor, and I Feel Pretty. From 2018 to 2019, she hosted her own TV talk show called Busy Tonight on E!. More recently, from 2021 to 2024, she starred in the series Girls5eva, which you can watch on Peacock and Netflix.

Early Life and Nickname

Busy Philipps was born in Oak Park, Illinois, which is a town near Chicago. She got the nickname "Busy" when she was a child. There are different stories about how she got it. She once said her mom gave her the nickname. However, she later clarified that her babysitter was the one who started calling her "Busy."

She went to Loyola Marymount University. While there, she was classmates with actors Colin Hanks and Linda Cardellini, who later became her co-star in Freaks and Geeks. After college, she dated Colin Hanks for several years.

Busy Philipps' Acting Career

Philipps in 2009

Even before she became famous, Busy Philipps worked at toy fairs. She would dress up as a real-life Barbie doll, and her sister played Cool Teen Skipper. Actress Sharon Stone saw her at one of these events and was very impressed. She told Busy that she would become a star!

Her first big acting job was playing Kim Kelly in the TV show Freaks and Geeks. This comedy-drama aired from 1999 to 2000. Busy appeared in almost all of the show's 18 episodes. In 2000, she made her first movie appearance in the comedy The Smokers. After that, she had several small roles on television.

In 2001, Busy Philipps joined the cast of the popular teen drama Dawson's Creek. She played the character Audrey Liddell.

She continued to act in movies like Home Room (2002) and White Chicks (2004). In 2005, she was cast in the TV show Love, Inc., which lasted for one season. From 2006 to 2007, she had an important role as Hope Bobeck on the medical drama ER. She acted alongside her Freaks and Geeks co-star Linda Cardellini again on this show.

Busy also helped with the story for the 2007 comedy movie Blades of Glory. The next year, she had a supporting role in the movie Made of Honor. She also appeared in He's Just Not That Into You and an episode of How I Met Your Mother.

From 2009 to 2015, Busy Philipps played Laurie Keller in the TV series Cougar Town. She also performed in Thrilling Adventure Hour, a live stage radio show, where she often played a character called the Red Plains Rider.

In 2010, she shared a funny story on Chelsea Lately. She said she auditioned for the hit TV show Glee just one week after giving birth to her daughter.

Busy Philipps also starred in the HBO series Vice Principals from 2016 to 2017. In 2017, she was set to star in a comedy pilot called The Sackett Sisters for NBC, but the show wasn't picked up. From 2018 to 2019, she played Sheba Goodman in the fourth season of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

She hosted her own late-night talk show, Busy Tonight, on E! from October 2018 to May 2019. The show was canceled on the same day she was nominated for a Critics Choice Award. In August 2020, she started a podcast called Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best. She hosts it with her former Busy Tonight writers, Caissie St. Onge and Shantira Jackson.

In October 2020, it was announced that she would be a main cast member in Peacock's Girls5eva. This is a musical comedy about a female pop group that gets back together 20 years after they were famous. The show later moved to Netflix for its third season.

In February 2023, it was announced that Busy Philipps would play Mrs. George in the 2024 movie version of the musical Mean Girls.

Busy's Book

Busy Philipps wrote a book about her life called This Will Only Hurt a Little. It was released on October 18, 2018. In the book, she shares many stories about her experiences in the entertainment industry and in her life.

Personal Life

Busy Philipps married screenwriter Marc Silverstein on June 16, 2007. They have two daughters together: Birdie Leigh, who was born in 2008, and Cricket Pearl, born in 2013. They separated in February 2021.

Busy Philipps has ADHD, which is a condition that can affect attention and focus.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and Nominations

See also

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