Stephanie Courtney – Biography
Stephanie Courtney (born February 8, 1970) is an American actress and comedienne.
She is best known for playing the advertising character Flo for Progressive Insurance and is noted for her recurring roles on several television shows including: the voices of Renee the Receptionist and Joy Peters on the Adult Swim comedy Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004-2006); Marge on the AMC drama Mad Men (2007); and Diane on the ABC comedy Cavemen (2007). Courtney is a senior member of The Groundlings improvisational theater in Los Angeles, California.
Courtney was born in Stony Point, New York. She graduated from Binghamton University in 1992.
In 2003, Courtney won the Copper Wing award at the Phoenix Film Festival with the ensemble cast for the comedy Melvin Goes to Dinner. She has also appeared in television commercials, such as Skittles (2008), Wienerschnitzel (2005), SC Johnson Glade products, and as the cashier Flo for Progressive Auto Insurance (2008-2010).
Courtney also appeared in the film The Heartbreak Kid as cousin Gayla, and in season 1, episode 2 of The United States of Tara on Showtime. She also appeared in the film Blades of Glory as the ESPN2 reporter.
In 2008, she married Scott Kolanach, the lighting director at The Groundlings Theatre.
Plain and simple, she is just AWESOME….I wish we could see her on tv shows. She is bubbling over with personality. She is gorgeous to watch and extremely funny just opening her mouth. That guy she married, Scott, is one lucky guy. I hope she gets the real big break and goes to the top in her profession. What a lady….
What a cool girl!