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LOS ANGELES – APR 11: Coughlan at the “Super Troopers 2” Premiere at ArcLight Hollywood on April 11, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA, kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Marisa Christine Coughlan
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
Date of Birth: March 17, 1974
Ethnicity: * father – Irish, smaller amounts of German, English and Dutch, distant Scottish * mother – one half Swedish, one quarter Danish, one quarter Norwegian
Marisa Coughlan is an American actress and writer. Her roles include the films Teaching Mrs. Tingle , Gossip (2000), Super Troopers , and its sequel; Freddy Got Fingered , Pumpkin (2002), I Love Your Work , Meet Bill , Already Dead , Space Station 76 , and Infamous (2020); the shows Wasteland , Boston Legal , Side Order of Life , and Bones ; and the made-for-tv movie Our Son, the Matchmaker .
She is married to Stephen Wallack, with whom she has four children.
Marisa’s paternal grandfather was Thomas Patrick Coughlan (the son of Thomas Merritt Coughlan and Katherine Leona O’Callaghan). Marisa’s grandfather Thomas was born in Mankato, Minnesota. Marisa’s great-grandfather Thomas was born in North Dakota, the son of Canadian parents, Thomas Regan Coughlan, who was born in Gloucester, New Brunswick, to Irish parents; and Winifred Jones Chesser, who was born in Ristigouche, Bonaventure, Québec, and whose mother was English. Marisa’s great-grandmother Katherine was born in Sundown Township, Minnesota, the daughter of Patrick Paul O’Callaghan, an Irish emigrant, from Cork, and of Mary Wandrey, a German emigrant, from Pinne, Posen.
Marisa’s paternal grandmother was Helen Elizabeth Moore (the daughter of Frank/Francis Joseph Moore and Aquinetta/Aguenetta Leary). Helen was born in Minnesota. Frank was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the son of Samuel William Moore and Amy Jane Vanderburg, who was born in Meaford, Grey, Ontario, Canada. Aquinetta was born in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, the daughter of James Bernard Leary and Ella Helen Brady, who were the children of Irish immigrants, with Ella’s father being from County Cavan.
Marisa’s maternal grandfather was Harvey Ernest Petersen (the son of Harry Christian Petersen and Emily Ella Seland). Harvey was born in Minnesota. Harry was the son of Christian Petersen, who was born either in Denmark or Minnesota, and of Anna Clara Andersen, who was born in Rochester, Minnesota, to Danish parents, from Svendborg. Emily was born in Minneapolis, to Norwegian parents, Theodore Thompsen, from Skailand, and Thonette Tonneson, from Lavold.
Marisa’s maternal grandmother was LaVerne Eleanor Danielson (the daughter of Frederick A. Danielson and Christine J. Pearson). LaVerne was born in Minnesota, the daughter of Swedish parents.
Source: Genealogy of Marisa’s father – https://www.familysearch.org