{{short description|American actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Collette Wolfe | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2006–present | spouse = Jody Hill<br />({{abbr|m.|married}} 2012; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 2013) | children = 1 | }}
'''Collette Wolfe''' is an American actress known for her roles in films including ''Observe and Report'' (2009), ''Hot Tub Time Machine'' (2010), and ''Young Adult'' (2011).
== Early life == Wolfe was raised in Virginia,<ref name=allmovie>{{cite web| url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/collette-wolfe-p607910 | title=Collette Wolfe| publisher= AllMovie.com| access-date= October 8, 2015 | archive-date= February 24, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150224081250/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/collette-wolfe-p607910 | url-status=live}}</ref> where she was the King George Fall Festival Pageant Queen of 1997.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.kgfallfestival.com/pageant/ | title= 2014 Fall Festival Pageant Queen > Our Past Queens| publisher=King George Fall Festival| access-date= October 8, 2015 | archivedate= October 8, 2015| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20151008214353/http://www.kgfallfestival.com/pageant/ | url-status=live}}</ref> She graduated from King George High School<ref>{{cite news| url=http://journalpress.com/king-george-and-dahlgren/king-george-news/1961-watch-homegrown-actress-on-the-small-screen| title=Watch homegrown actress on the small screen| date=June 24, 2010| work=The Journal Press| location=King George, Virginia| first=Leslie M.A.| last=Kompara| access-date=October 8, 2015| archivedate=October 8, 2015| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008222401/http://journalpress.com/king-george-and-dahlgren/king-george-news/1961-watch-homegrown-actress-on-the-small-screen| url-status=dead}}</ref> and later attended Virginia Tech.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecardinalconnect.com/getting-to-know-the-opponent-virginia-tech-hokies/ |title=Getting To Know The Opponent: Virginia Tech Hokies |publisher=TheCardinalConnect.com |location=Louisville, Kenteucky |date=January 13, 2015 |archivedate=January 18, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118081638/http://www.thecardinalconnect.com/getting-to-know-the-opponent-virginia-tech-hokies/ |url-status=dead |access-date=October 8, 2015 }}</ref>
== Career == Wolfe made her film debut in ''The Foot Fist Way'' (2006). She later starred as Nell in ''Observe and Report'' (2009). In September 2009, she was cast as Jill in the short-lived NBC sitcom ''100 Questions'', succeeding Joy Suprano, who played the role in the pilot episode.<ref name="HR 2009-09-16">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/100-questions-recasts-two-regulars-88970|title=''100 Questions'' recasts two regulars|date=September 16, 2009|work=The Hollywood Reporter | publisher = Vnuemedia.com | access-date=December 2, 2009 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151008214747/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/100-questions-recasts-two-regulars-88970| archivedate= October 8, 2015| url-status=live}}</ref> She had a recurring role in the ABC series ''Cougar Town''. In 2011, she signed up for the NBC pilot ''Lovelives'', but the series was not picked up.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a313532/collette-wolfe-joins-lovelives-pilot.html|title=Collette Wolfe joins 'Lovelives' pilot|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=October 8, 2015 | first= Catriona |last=Wightman |date=April 8, 2011| archivedate= October 8, 2015 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151008215222/http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a313532/collette-wolfe-joins-lovelives-pilot.html#~pqyUmk7DvroFll | url-status=live}}</ref> She co-starred in the never-aired 2013 mid-season replacement (four episodes filmed) ''Next Caller''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/02/tv-castings-colette-wolfe-lands-lead-in-next-caller-terry-crews-joins-newsroom-jon-dore-in-how-to-live-with-your-parents-235022/|title=TV Castings: Collette Wolfe Lands Lead In 'Next Caller', Terry Crews Joins 'Newsroom', Jon Dore In 'How To Live With Your Parents'|first=Nellie | last=Andreeva|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 23, 2012 |access-date=October 8, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140914052049/http://deadline.com/2012/02/tv-castings-colette-wolfe-lands-lead-in-next-caller-terry-crews-joins-newsroom-jon-dore-in-how-to-live-with-your-parents-235022/ | archive-date= September 14, 2014| url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2015, she was cast in the recurring role of improv teacher Dorothy Durwood in the FXX sitcom ''You're the Worst''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/youre-worst-adds-cougar-town-799973 |date=June 5, 2015 |first=Lesley |last=Goldberg |work=The Hollywood Reporter |title='You're the Worst' Adds 'Cougar Town' Alum for Season 2 (Exclusive) |archivedate=October 17, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017102447/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/youre-worst-adds-cougar-town-799973 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 8, 2015 }}</ref> In 2016, she was cast in a recurring role on TNT's ''Good Behavior''.
== Personal life == Wolfe was in a long-term relationship with writer-director Jody Hill, and appeared in his films ''Observe and Report'' and ''The Foot Fist Way''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jody-hill-observe-and-report/ | title=A Conversation With Jody Hill ('Observe and Report') | publisher=HammerToNail.com | first= Michael | last=Tully| date= September 23, 2009| access-date= February 3, 2015 | archivedate=March 9, 2014 | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20140309231336/http://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jody-hill-observe-and-report/ | url-status=live}}</ref> They married in 2012 in Cabo San Lucas,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/bring-it-in-home-514-v17n9/ |title=Bring It on Home |first=Hunter |last=Stephenson |work=Vice Media |date=September 29, 2013 |access-date=November 3, 2018}}</ref> but divorced in 2013. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la2-collette-wolfe-hill-vs-joseph-l-hill-861529 |title=Collette Wolfe Hill vs. Joseph L. Hill |website=UniCourt |access-date=April 4, 2025}}</ref> In 2021, Wolfe announced the birth of her son on Instagram. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CNRTiplpzYZ/?hl=en | title=Collette wolfe on Instagram: "I turned 41 years old today and I've never had so much to celebrate 🥳🐰🐣🐣🐣🐣I'm a new mom. I made a baby with the love of my life." |date=2021-04-04}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2006 | ''{{sortname|The|Foot Fist Way}}'' | Denise | |- |rowspan="2"| 2007 | ''Great World of Sound'' | Airline Employee | |- | ''{{sortname|The|Wager|The Wager (2007 film)}}'' | Reporter #4 | |- |rowspan="2"| 2008 | ''Semi-Pro'' | Melinda | |- | ''Four Christmases'' | Cindy | |- |rowspan="2"| 2009 | ''17 Again'' | Wendy | |- | ''Observe and Report'' | Nell | |- |rowspan="2"| 2010 | ''Hot Tub Time Machine'' | Kelly Yates | |- | ''{{sortname|The|Etiquette Ninjas|nolink=1}}'' | - | Short |- | 2011 | ''Young Adult'' | Sandra Freehauf | |- |rowspan="2"| 2012 | ''{{sortname|The|Babymakers}}'' | Allison | |- | ''{{sortname|The|Pilgrim & the Private Eye|nolink=1}}'' | Student Film Director | Short |- | 2013 | ''Devil's Knot'' | Glori Shettles | |- |rowspan="2"| 2014 | ''Play Nice'' | Raquel Jacobs | |- | ''Interstellar'' | Ms. Hanley | |- |rowspan="2"| 2015 | ''Hot Tub Time Machine 2'' | Kelly Yates Dorchen | |- | ''A Beautiful Now'' | Ella | |- | 2016 | ''Second Nature'' | Amanda Maxwell | |- |}
===Television=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |rowspan="2"| 2009 | ''Reaper'' | Olivia | Episode: "The Home Stretch" |- | ''Greek'' | Kiki | Episode: "Dearly Beloved" |- |rowspan="3"| 2010 | ''How I Met Your Mother'' | Sarah | Episode: "Zoo or False" |- | ''100 Questions'' | Jill | Main Cast |- | ''Eastbound & Down'' | Home Buyer | Episode: "Chapter 13" |- | 2010–11 | ''Cougar Town'' | Kirsten | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |- |rowspan="2"| 2011 | ''Traffic Light'' | Michelle | Episode: "All the Precedent's Men" |- | ''Friends with Benefits'' | Megan Harriman | Episode: "The Benefit of Forgetting" |- | 2012 | ''Fetching'' | Liza | Main Cast |- |rowspan="4"| 2013 | ''{{sortname|The|Office|The Office (U.S. TV series)}}'' | Alice | Episode: "Moving On" |- | ''{{sortname|Mad|Men|Mad Men}}'' | Brenda | Episode: "Collaborators" |- | ''Royal Pains'' | Greer | Episode: "Chock Full O' Nuts" |- | ''Next Caller'' | Stella | Main Cast |- | 2014 | ''Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight'' | Nancy | Recurring Cast |- | 2015 | ''Your Family or Mine'' | Shawni Durnin | Recurring Cast |- | 2015–16 | ''You're the Worst'' | Dorothy Durwood | Recurring Cast: Season 2-3 |- | 2016–17 | ''Good Behavior'' | Tiffany Dash | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |- |rowspan="2"| 2018 | ''Grey's Anatomy'' | Karin Taylor | Episode: "Personal Jesus" |- | ''A.P. Bio'' | Meredith | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |- | 2019 | ''Shameless'' | Tessa | Episode: "Debbie Might Be A Prostitute" |- | 2023 | ''Quantum Leap'' | Margie Brandis | Episode: "Let Them Play" |}
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