Missi Pyle
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Missi Pyle | |
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Born | |
Education | University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA) |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1995–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Musical career | |
Genres | Country pop |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2007–2011 |
Labels | Urban Prairie Records |
Formerly of | |
Missi Pyle (born November 16, 1972)[1] is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in a number of films, including Galaxy Quest (1999), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), Bringing Down the House (2003), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), The Artist (2011), Gone Girl (2014), Captain Fantastic (2016), and Ma (2019).
Pyle has also appeared in various television series, such as The Mentalist (2010), Cleaners (2013–2014), Jennifer Falls (2014), Another Period (2015–2018), Bordertown (2016), The Soul Man (2016), Mom (2017), Impulse (2018–2019), and Dirty John (2020).
In addition to acting, Pyle has also previously worked as a singer. With actress Shawnee Smith, she served as half of Smith & Pyle, a country rock duo.
Career
Pyle has guest starred on many television shows, including
Pyle played Jake's elementary school teacher Ms. Pasternak on Two and a Half Men. The role was recast in 2009 for undisclosed reasons; however, it is believed that it was to show the emotional change she went through after Charlie dumped and hurt her.[citation needed] Pyle returned to the series in the same role in 2011 and again in the series finale "Of Course He's Dead" in 2015.
In 2008, Missi starred in the Broadway play Boeing-Boeing opposite Christine Baranski, Mark Rylance, Greg Germann, Paige Davis and Rebecca Gayheart. The play closed in January 2009.
Pyle was scheduled to ring the closing bell for the trading day at the
Pyle was part of a country music group with actress
Personal life
Pyle married wildlife naturalist
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | As Good as It Gets | Waitress | |
1999 | Trick | Actress with flowers | |
Galaxy Quest | Laliari | ||
2001 | Josie and the Pussycats | Alexandra Cabot | |
Let It Snow
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Ily | ||
2002 | Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House
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Vera Murchins | |
2003 | Bringing Down the House | Ashley | |
Exposed | Amy | ||
BachelorMan | Heather | ||
Big Fish | Mildred | ||
2004 | Along Came Polly | Roxanne | |
50 First Dates | Noreen | ||
Soul Plane | Barbara Hunkee | ||
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski | ||
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Zoo Keeper | ||
Meet Market | Ericka | ||
2005 | The Civilization of Maxwell Bright | Cop | |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Mrs. Beauregarde | ||
2006 | Just My Luck | Peggy Braden | |
Mojave Phone Booth | Sarah | ||
Stormbreaker | Nadia Vole | ||
2007 | Live! | Plummy | |
Entry Level | Liz | ||
Feast of Love | Agatha Smith | ||
2008 | Pretty Ugly People | Lucy | |
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | Raylene | ||
Visioneers | Sahra | ||
American Crude | Gigi | ||
Soccer Mom | Wendy Handler/Coach Lorenzo | ||
2009 | Spring Breakdown | Charlene | |
Still Waiting... | Rocky Rhoades/Exotic dancer | ||
Taking Chances | Faith Fishback | ||
A Fork in the Road | Nola | ||
2010 | Barry Munday | Lida Griggs | |
Miss Nobody | Charmaine | ||
2011 | The Artist | Constance | |
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song | Gail Van Ravensway | ||
2012 | My Uncle Rafael | Blair Schumacher | |
2013 | Bakersfield, Earth | Judy | |
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Gray Sister | ||
Killing Vivian | Megan | ||
2014 | A Haunted House 2 | Noreen | |
Just Before I Go | Officer CT | ||
Gone Girl | Ellen Abbott | ||
Kiss Me | Pam | ||
Dragula | Maggie | ||
2015 | Uncle Nick | Michelle | |
Hollywood Adventures | Casting director | ||
2016 | Director's Cut | Herself / Mabel | |
Captain Fantastic | Ellen McCune | ||
Slash | Ronnie | ||
Emma's Chance | Susan Peirce | ||
Pandemic | Denise | ||
Miles | Leslie Wayne | ||
2017 | Deidra & Laney Rob a Train | Mrs. Fowler | |
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Coach Webb | ||
2018 | Traffik | Sally Marnes | |
Nobody's Fool | Lauren Meadows | ||
Miss Arizona | Bev | ||
Grace | Liz | ||
2019 | Walk. Ride. Rodeo. | Tina Snyder | |
Ma | Mercedes | ||
2022 | Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse | Cythonna, Speaker of Nations (voice) | |
Bring It On: Cheer or Die | Principal Simmons | ||
2023 | If You Were the Last | Megan Benson | |
A Tourist's Guide to Love[9] | Mona | ||
2024 | The Moon and Back | Diane Gilbert | Upcoming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Mad About You | Beautiful woman | Episode: "The Final Frontier: Part 2" |
The Drew Carey Show | Stacey | Episode: "Drew's Reunion" | |
Friends | Hillary | Episode: " The One with Ross's Teeth "
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2000 | Battery Park | Suzanne | Episode: "Walter's Rib" |
2001 | Ally McBeal | Marcia Hooper | Episode: "Reach Out and Touch" |
The Wayne Brady Show | Various | 6 episodes | |
Roswell | Windy Sommers | Episode: "Control" | |
The Tick | Stacy Waxman | Episode: "Arthur Needs Space" | |
2002 | Philly | Charise DuPree | Episode: "Mojo Rising" |
2003 | Frasier | Shannon Palmer | Episode: " Maris Returns "
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2004, 2010, 2011, 2015 |
Two and a Half Men | Miss Dolores Pasternak | 4 episodes |
2005 | My Name Is Earl | Shelly Stoker | Episode: " Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine "
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2006–2008 | Boston Legal | Renee Winger | 3 episodes |
2007–2010 | The Sarah Silverman Program | Scarlett Lacey | 4 episodes |
2007 | Heroes | Hope | 2 episodes |
The Wedding Bells | Amanda Pontell | Main role | |
2008–2011 | American Dad! | Tracy / drunk girl / sorority girl | Voice; 2 episodes |
2008 | In Plain Sight | Teri Ranzino / Treena Morris | Episode: "Never the Bride" |
Pushing Daisies | Betty Bee | Episode: "Bzzzzzzzzz!" | |
2009 | Numbers | Janet Galvin | Episode: "Ultimatum" |
2010 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Baylow | Episode: " The Time Warp "
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Rizzoli & Isles | Merch owner | Episode: "I Kissed a Girl" | |
The Life & Times of Tim | Receptionist / Marcy / Nancy (voice) | 4 episodes | |
2010–2011 | The Mentalist | Karen Cross | 2 episodes |
$#*! My Dad Says | Katie Palmer | 2 episodes | |
2011 | Up All Night | Kaye | Episode: "Mr. Bob's Toddler Kaleidoscope" |
Family Guy | Kitty Hawk woman (voice) | Episode: "Amish Guy" | |
2012 | Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | Angie Beckencort | Episode: "Whatever It Takes..." |
2013 | Newsreaders | Rebecca Lionwek | Episode: "Auto Erotic" |
1600 Penn | Sarah Harlan | Episode: "Frosting/Nixon" | |
2 Broke Girls | Charity Channing | Episode: "And Not-So-Sweet Charity" | |
Warehouse 13 | Lily Abbott | Episode: "The Big Snag" | |
The Mindy Project | Nancy | Episode: "Mindy Lahiri Is a Racist" | |
2013–2014 | Inside Amy Schumer | Various roles | 3 episodes |
The Exes | Sabrina/Julie | 2 episodes | |
2014 | The Crazy Ones | Melora | Episode: "Dead and Improved" |
Jennifer Falls | Dina Simac | Main role | |
Partners | Biffy Saint Murray | Episode: "Let's Have a Simple Gwedding" | |
Infomercials | Jan Jeremy | Episode: "Goth Fitness" | |
2015 | Hot in Cleveland | Canadian Joy | 2 episodes |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Trudy Malco | Episode: "Granting Immunity" | |
Z Nation | Bernadette | Episode: "Rozwell" | |
Where the Bears Are | Maggie Dexter | 3 episodes | |
TripTank | Woman / Crap Girl / Anna (voice) | 3 episodes | |
2015–2018 | Another Period | Celery Bellacourt / Celery Savoy | Recurring role |
2016 | Bordertown | Gert Buckwald (voice) | Main role |
The Soul Man | Alicia | Recurring role | |
Sing It! | Marcy | Main role | |
Lady Dynamite | Carol Simples | Episode: "A Vaginismus Miracle" | |
Major Crimes | Tina Walker | Episode: "Off the Wagon" | |
Mary + Jane | Feminist mobile librarian | Episode: "Girl on Gurl" | |
Notorious | Callie Connors | Episode: "Kept and Broken" | |
2017 | Dropping the Soap | Lily | 2 episodes |
The Catch | Chloe Jackson | Episode: "The Bad Girl" | |
Mom | Natasha | Recurring role, 5 episodes | |
One Mississippi | Cassandra Night | Episode: "Who Do You Think You Are?" | |
2017–2018 | Disjointed | Mary Jane | 2 episodes |
2018 | The Goldbergs | Madame Charbenaux | Episode: "1990-Something" |
Impulse | Cleo Coles | Main role | |
2019 | Drunk History | Christa Gruhle | Episode: "Love" |
Bob Hearts Abishola | Liz | Episode: "Square Hamburger, Round Buns" | |
The Unicorn | Ava | Episode: "Wade Delayed" | |
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas | Chrissy | TV film | |
To Tell the Truth | Celebrity Panelist | Season 4, episode 11 | |
2020 | Dirty John | Karen Kintner | Recurring role (season 2; The Betty Broderick Story)[10] |
2021 | The Big Leap | Tonya Lovewell | 2 episodes |
A Hollywood Christmas | Theresa Frost | ||
2022 | Mr. Mayor | Nicole | Episode: "Hearts Before Parts" |
Y: The Last Man | Roxanne | 5 episodes | |
A Tale Dark & Grimm | The Rain / Widow Fischer (voice) | ||
Star Trek: Lower Decks | Cardassian interrogator | Episode: "Strange Energies" | |
Celebrity Beef | Herself | Episode: "Critical Designer vs. Critically Acclaimed" |
Web
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Greetings from Home | Sue | 12 episodes |
2013–14 | Cleaners | Eileen | Main role, 18 episodes |
2016 | The Lottery | Teresa Yaw | A Short Film On Shane Dawson TV |
Appearances
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Play Dodgeball with Ben Stiller | Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky | Omaze Charity Dodgeball |
Run | Nurse | Music video by Foo Fighters |
Stage credits
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | 900 Oneonta | Burning Jewel | Circle Repertory Theatre September 15–22, 1996 |
2008 | Boeing-Boeing | Gretchen | Longacre Theatre September 9 – October 7, 2008 |
2012–2013 | Bare | Sister Joan | New World Stages December 19, 2012 – February 3, 2013 |
Discography
Albums
- It's OK to Be Happy, Smith & Pyle (2008)
Singles
- "One Night Stand", Smith & Pyle (2010)
- "Rafael", Smith & Pyle (2010)
References
- The Associated Press. November 16, 2018. p. A 2. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
Actress Missi Pyle is 46.
- ^ White, Ben (October 1, 2008). "Turmoil Tarnishes a Cherished Tradition". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "Shawnee Smith on Fangoria radio". Fangoriaradio.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
- ^ "Smith & Pyle Official MySpace Page". Myspace.com. Retrieved September 8, 2010.[self-published source]
- ^ "Smith & Pyle Official Website". Smithandpyle.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2010.[self-published source]
- ^ "Smith & Pyle Blog, "Weddin' on the Prairie!"". Smithandpyle.com. Urban Prairie, LLC. September 12, 2008. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
- Dog Whisperer. Season 7. Episode 3. October 22, 2010. Nat Geo Wild.
- The San Francisco Examiner. Archived from the originalon December 28, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (May 6, 2022). "Ben Feldman, Missi Pyle & More Round Out Cast Of Netflix's Romance 'A Tourist's Guide To Love'". Deadline. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ^ Petski, Denise (October 18, 2019). "'Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story': Missi Pyle & Holley Fain To Recur In Season 2 Of USA Anthology Series". Deadline.
External links
- Missi Pyle at IMDb
- Missi Pyle at the Internet Broadway Database
- Missi Pyle at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Missi Pyle discography at Discogs