Actor profile

Busy Philipps

25th June 1979 Oak Park, Illinois, USA Acting

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elizabeth Jean Philipps (born June 25, 1979), known professionally as Busy Philipps, is an American film actress, perhaps best known for her supporting roles on the television series Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's Creek. She has also performed significant roles in films like The Smokers (2000), as Karen Carter, the drama film Home Room (2002) as Alicia Browning, she appeared in White Chicks (2004), played a supporting role in Made of Honor (2008) and appeared in He's Just Not That Into You (2009), starring Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore. Currently, she plays Laurie Keller in the television series Cougar Town. Description above from the Wikipedia article Busy Philipps, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

29 Movies 51 TV Shows 80 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Mean Girls poster

Mean Girls 10th January 2024 as Mrs. George

DC League of Super-Pets poster

DC League of Super-Pets 27th July 2022 as Foofy Dog (voice)

Amidst the Chaos – Live (Again) from the Hollywood Bowl poster

Amidst the Chaos – Live (Again) from the Hollywood Bowl 7th May 2021 as Self

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary poster

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary 2nd August 2018 as Self

I Feel Pretty poster

I Feel Pretty 19th April 2018 as Jane

FML poster

FML 11th October 2016 as Amanda

Bottom's Butte 4th May 2016 as Beverly

The Gift poster

The Gift 31st July 2015 as Duffy

The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live poster

The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live 1st March 2015 as Red Plains Rider

Jason Nash Is Married poster

Jason Nash Is Married 24th June 2014 as Busy

A Case of You poster

A Case of You 6th November 2013 as Ashley

Made in Cleveland poster

Made in Cleveland 21st June 2013 as Shannon

Revolution poster

Revolution 21st October 2012 as Emily

The Reef 2: High Tide poster

The Reef 2: High Tide 19th October 2012 as Cordelia (voice)

Blue Briefs poster

Blue Briefs 6th June 2012 as Emily (segment: "Revolution")

I Don't Know How She Does It poster

I Don't Know How She Does It 16th September 2011 as Wendy Best

He's Just Not That Into You poster

He's Just Not That Into You 6th February 2009 as Kelli Ann

Made of Honor poster

Made of Honor 30th April 2008 as Melissa

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story poster

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story 23rd July 2005 as Various Characters (voice)

White Chicks poster

White Chicks 23rd June 2004 as Karen Googlestein

Mummy an' the Armadillo poster

Mummy an' the Armadillo 29th January 2004 as Carol Ann

Foster Hall 1st January 2004 as Peg Hall

Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut) poster

Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut) 30th September 2003 as Audrey Liddell

Criminology 101 1st January 2003 as Polly

Home Room poster

Home Room 12th April 2002 as Alicia Browning

Spring Break Lawyer poster

Spring Break Lawyer 23rd March 2001 as Jenny

Anatomy of a Hate Crime poster

Anatomy of a Hate Crime 10th January 2001 as Chasity Pasley

The Smokers poster

The Smokers 5th March 2000 as Karen Carter

Horrified

Stumble poster

Stumble 7th November 2025 as Vicky

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show 12th September 2022 as Self

Single Drunk Female poster

Single Drunk Female 20th January 2022 as Darby

With Love poster

With Love 16th December 2021 as Amanda

Girls5eva poster

Girls5eva 6th May 2021 as Summer

Busy Tonight poster

Busy Tonight 28th October 2018 as Self - Host

Camping poster

Camping 14th October 2018 as Allison

Cultureshock poster

Cultureshock 25th June 2018 as Self

Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series 8th August 2017 as Self

Search Party poster

Search Party 21st November 2016 as Donna

Star Plates poster

Star Plates 27th September 2016

Vice Principals poster

Vice Principals 17th July 2016 as Gale Liptrapp

Match Game poster

Match Game 26th June 2016 as Self - Panelist

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ poster

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ 21st February 2016 as Cate Kates

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee poster

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee 8th February 2016 as Self

Angie Tribeca poster

Angie Tribeca 17th January 2016 as Courtney Woodpatch-Newton

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt poster

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 6th March 2015 as Sheba Goodman

The Odd Couple poster

The Odd Couple 19th February 2015 as Natasha

Celebrity Name Game poster

Celebrity Name Game 22nd September 2014 as Self

Garfunkel and Oates poster

Garfunkel and Oates 7th August 2014 as Karen

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self

Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones 6th February 2014 as Self

Beat Bobby Flay poster

Beat Bobby Flay 24th August 2013 as Self

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars poster

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 22nd October 2012 as Self - Guest Judge

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 poster

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 11th April 2012 as Busy Philipps

New Girl poster

New Girl 20th September 2011 as Connie

Happy Endings poster

Happy Endings 13th April 2011 as Girl (uncredited)

Cougar Town poster

Cougar Town 23rd September 2009 as Laurie Keller

Community poster

Community 17th September 2009 as Greendale Team Member

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 16th July 2009 as Self - Guest

House Poor 28th October 2008 as Busy

Kath & Kim poster

Kath & Kim 9th October 2008 as Whitney

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles poster

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 13th January 2008 as Kacy Cotton

Yo Gabba Gabba! poster

Yo Gabba Gabba! 20th August 2007

Love, Inc. 22nd September 2005 as Denise Johnson

How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother 19th September 2005 as Rachel

American Dad! poster

American Dad! 6th February 2005 as Blanch (voice)

Life As We Know It poster

Life As We Know It 7th October 2004 as Alex Morrill

Entourage poster

Entourage 18th July 2004 as Cheryl

Arrested Development poster

Arrested Development 2nd November 2003 as Joan

The New Tom Green Show 23rd June 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

The Osbournes poster

The Osbournes 5th March 2002 as Self

Undeclared poster

Undeclared 25th September 2001 as Kelly

Malcolm in the Middle poster

Malcolm in the Middle 9th January 2000 as Meghan

Freaks and Geeks poster

Freaks and Geeks 25th September 1999 as Kim Kelly

Dawson's Creek poster

Dawson's Creek 20th January 1998 as Audrey Liddell

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self - Guest

ER poster

ER 19th September 1994 as Hope Bobeck

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest