Actress Jennifer Coolidge revealed that her Emmy-winning role in ‘The White Lotus’ transformed not only her career but also her dating life at 63. “Even though I play a complete weirdo in ‘White Lotus,’ cute guys come up to me,” said Coolidge, adding, “This is far better than ‘American Pie’ because people were sad about Tanya falling off a boat. These men like you better because they feel that you went through something. That show really upped my game,” reported Variety. The actor, who has found new levels of fame after decades in Hollywood, spoke openly about the prolonged career slump between her early 2000s successes and Mike White casting her in HBO’s hit series.From 2006 until ‘The White Lotus’ in 2021, Coolidge experienced a time during which she was typecast and overlooked.”I got very odd jobs — I had no guidance at all,” she said. “I didn’t know how to play the game.” The typecasting problem persisted as casting agents only thought of her as Stifler’s Mom from “American Pie.” “I played a lot of highly strung rich women people thought, ‘Oh, that’s just what she does.'” She is grateful to her friend White, creator of ‘The White Lotus,’ who conceived the character of Tanya McQuoid after sharing a tent with Coolidge during an African vacation during which she behaved “eccentrically,” reported Variety.
