Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964 in Newton, New Jersey), is an

Background

Garofalo's father is an Italian-American former executive named Carmine Garofalo and her Irish-American mother Joan, who died of cancer, was once a secretary. During high school, her family relocated to Houston, Texas, where the trauma of the move prompted her famously self-loathing acerbic persona to begin to blossom. While studying history at Providence College, Garofalo entered a comedy talent search sponsored by the Showtime cable network, winning the title of "Funniest Person in Rhode Island." Her original gimmick was to read off of her hand, which was not successful in subsequent performances. Dreaming of earning a slot on the writing staff of the Late Night With David Letterman program, she became a professional standup upon graduating college with degrees in History and American Studies but struggled for a number of years, working briefly as a bike messenger in Boston. One night in 1991 she and her then-boyfriend Rob Cohen, perhaps best-known for being a Mad TV writer, married and when they broke up they never bothered to end their marriage; Garofalo has noted that were she ever to want to get married again she's sure she would have no problem getting an annulment. Romantically Garofalo has been linked with Ben Stiller, Craig Bierko, and numerous musicians.

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Italian - American - Irish - Houston, Texas - Providence College - Late Night With David Letterman - Bike messenger - Boston - Mad TV - Ben Stiller - Craig Bierko

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