The Life of Television and Film Star Jennifer Coolidge

In 2012, she returned to the American Pie franchise for American Reunion. Once again, she played Jeanine Stifler, the character who had made her instantly recognizable more than a decade earlier.

The film leaned heavily on nostalgia for the original 1999 comedy. For Coolidge, it showed how strongly audiences still associated her with Stifler’s mom, even after years of other roles in television, film, and ensemble comedy.