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Birth Name: Judy Evans
Born: July 20, 1975
Birth Place: Detroit, Michigan
Nationality: American
Attended
Winston Churchill Highschool in Livonia, Michigan. She was an active member of the Creative And Performing Arts program -
CAPA.
Graduated from DePaul University's prestigious acting program in 1997.
Judy Greer has quickly
made a successful name for herself. She currently appears in Spike Jonze's (Being John Malkovich) "Adaptation," starring Nicolas
Cage and Meryl Streep. She will also be seen in the soon to be released "Without Charlie." Written and directed by Adam Rifkin
(Detroit Rock City, Mousehunt), his feature was originally titled "Without Vicky" and centered on a young man dealing with
his first heartbreak after a relationship ends with his girlfriend Vicky. Greer auditioned to play Vicki but impressed Rifkin
so much that he decided to rewrite the project, changing the lead male to a lead female role and re-titling it. "She was so
funny and so lovable and so unique that we all decided, hy not make it a female lead, cast her and make it about a girl's
first heartbreak?" Rifkin said. "Judy was so awesome (that) we just felt compelled to reconfigure the whole movie."
She was recently seen as the co-starring role of "Penny" in the "The Wedding Planner," opposite Jennifer Lopez and Matthew
McConaughy. Penny is Mary's (Lopez) best friend and confidant as well as one of the wedding planners at the ere Comes the
Bride Agency.' It is enny' that ary' confides in that she has fallen in love, and enny' is the one who advises her to forget
about enry' (McConaughy)
Greer is also credited for her role Paramount's feature "What Women Want" with Mel
Gibson, Helen Hunt, and Marissa Tomei. This film is a romantic feature about a man who can hear women's thoughts. Greer portrays
"Erin," the office ouse' of whom Gibson's character saves from committing suicide.
Judy's other feature credits
include: "Kissing a Fool" with David Schwimmer and Mili Avital, "Jawbreaker" with Rose McGowan and Rebecca Gayheart, "Three
Kings" with George Clooney and Mark Walhberg, "The Specials" with Jamie Kennedy, Rob Lowe and "What Planet Are You From?"
with Garry Shandling.
Born and raised in Detroit, Greer is recent graduate of The Theatre School at Chicago's
De Paul University, where she starred in such productions as "Yellow Boat," "Insignificance," and "House of Bernarda Alba."
While living in Chicago, Greer was cast in the Universal feature "Kissing a Fool." Greer eventually packed her bags and moved
to Los Angeles with a development deal at Paramount television already in progress. Greer's television credits include a series
regular on CBS's "Love or Money," guest-starring roles on CBS's "Early Edition," Lifetimes "Oh Baby" and a starring role in
the NBC pilot "Ice."
Greer currently resides in Los Angeles.
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