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Leslie Mann Biography

Leslie Mann (Leslie Jean Mann) is an American comedian and actress. Mann is known for her roles as The Cable Guy (1996), George of the Jungle (1997), Big Daddy (1999), Timecode (2000), Perfume (2001), Stealing Harvard (2002), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), and 17 Again (2009). 

She has also appeared in Funny People (2009), I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), Rio (2011), The Change-Up (2011), This Is 40 (2012), The Bling Ring (2013), The Other Woman (2014), Vacation (2015), How to Be Single (2016), and Blockers (2018).

Leslie has said that she was “very shy, kind of pent-up” during her youth. Mann attended Corona del Mar High School, and later studied acting at the Joanne Baron / D.W. Brown Acting Studio and alongside comedy improv troupe The Groundlings. She later attended college and studied communications, but she dropped out before graduating.

Leslie Mann Age

Leslie Mann was born on March 26, 1972 in San Francisco, California, U.S. She is 46 years old as of 2018.

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She was born to her mother, a real estate agent who had married three times. She has stated of her father, “My dad is…I don’t really have one. I mean, he does exist, but I have zero relationship with him.” Mann has two siblings. She also has three older step-brothers. Her maternal grandmother, Sadie Viola Heljä Räsänen, was the daughter of Finnish immigrants.

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She married director and producer Judd Apatow on June 9, 1997. She had met him while auditioning for The Cable Guy(1996). Judd, 0ne of the film’s producers, read the lines to auditionig actresses as a stand-in for Jim Carrey. Leslie and Apatow are both longtime supporters of the non-profit organization 826LA. The organization focuses on encouraging and developing the writing skills of disadvantaged youth.

The couple is also involved with the UCLA Rape Treatment Center’s Stuart House, which serves the needs of sexually abused children and their families. Their philanthropic contributions were honored in 2012 by the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program which awarded the couple the 2012 “Children’s Choice Award” for their work with children and families, who are dealing with pediatric cancer. The couple was also recognized by The Fulfillment Fund who honored them at their annual benefit gala in 2009.

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Leslie and Judd have two daughters Iris Apatow and Maude Apatow. The two daughters appeared in the films Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40 as the children of Mann’s characters. Leslie and her elder daughter Maude appeared together in commercials for Jergens Skin Care products.

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Leslie began her career at 18 appearing in a number of television commercials.

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In 1995, she appeared in The Cable Guy (1996) which was followed with performances in Freaks & Geeks, Sam Weisman’s George of The Jungle alongside Brendan Fraser.

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She also appeared in Big Daddy with Adam Sandler, Orange County opposite Jack Black, and also The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell.

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She starred alongside Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd in Judd Apatow’s comedy Knocked Up, which grossed more than $218 million worldwide. Her performance in the film garnered her rave reviews as well as a “Best Supporting Actress” nomination from the Chicago Film Critics Association. The film however won the People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Movie Comedy.” It was named one of AFI’s “Top Ten Films of the Year”, and it received a nomination from the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for “Best Comedy”.

She reunited with her Big Daddy co-star Adam Sandler and Knocked Up co-star Seth Rogen for Apatow’s Funny People in 2009. The film was named to many of the year’s top ten lists including The New Yorker and The New York Times. Elle writer Mickey Rapkin said that “[Mann] owns the second half of 2009’s Funny People, where her character does the most unlikely thing a woman can do in a major studio picture: has an affair with an ex-boyfriend on a whim.” The same year, Leslie also starred in Burr Steers’ successful comedy 17 Again opposite Zac Efron and Matthew Perry. It grossed over $125 million worldwide.

Leslie was also seen in the indie hit I Love You Phillip Morris alongside Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Upon release, it was met with critical acclaim including a nomination for a 2011 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award in the category of “Best Comedy”. Leslie also starred alongside Elizabeth Banks in the film What Was I Thinking? based upon the book by Barbara Davilman and Liz Dubelman which was filmed in 2009 but was never released.

Leslie starred opposite Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman in David Dobkin’s comedy The Change-Up in 2011. She then lent her voice to “Linda”, the main human character in Carlos Saldanha’s animated film Rio. It garnered over $484 million worldwide and also featured vocal performances by Jamie Foxx and Anne Hathaway, as well as to Jonah Hill’s animated FOX television series Allen Gregory, as the title character’s second-grade teacher.

Leslie continued her voice performance work with her role in ParaNorman, an animated 3D, stop-motion film from Chris Butler and Sam Fell in 2012.

Mann appeared opposite Paul Rudd in Judd Apatow’s This Is 40, the sequel to Knocked Up in December 2012. The movie reunited the trio from the film, with Mann and Rudd reprising their characters. The film was written and directed by Judd Apatow, and included their two daughters in the cast. In contrast to Knocked Up, This Is 40 centered squarely on Mann’s character and her family. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy by the Broadcast Film Critics Association for This Is 40.
She also appeared in Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring, with Emma Watson in 2013. Inspired by actual events, the film follows a group of fame-obsessed L.A. teenagers who burgled celebrity homes by tracking their whereabouts on the internet.

She narrated “Women in Comedy”, an episode of season 2 of Makers: Women Who Make America in 2014.

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Published; DECEMBER 16, 2012

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Question: What was the toughest thing, personally, about turning 40, and how did you overcome it?

LESLIE MANN: I think every day is different. Some days, I feel fine, and other days I feel like crying all day. I have lunches with my girlfriends, who just turned 40, and some of those lunches, we’re crying and screaming about our husbands, saying we want to leave them and run away. And then, other lunches, we’re fine and love our husbands and are happy with our lives. So, I’m not sure. I don’t know. I don’t have any answers. I keep asking women who are a little bit older, “When is this going to pass?,” and they’re like, “It doesn’t pass. It just gets worse.”

PAUL RUDD: I remember, as a kid, my dad always told me, “Getting older beats the alternative.” Although, now my father actually is the alternative, so I don’t know what he would say. He’s completely dead.

Leslie, does Pete and Debbie’s relationship feel very much like the relationship between you and Judd?

MANN: It’s what I would fantasize about saying to Judd. Debbie can say these things to Pete, but Leslie can’t really say these things to Judd. It’s fun to have this character to live through.

What was the most difficult scene to get through without laughing?

MANN: Melissa McCarthy was the hardest one to get through. That was impossible. I’ve never experienced that. Maybe one time, I’ll crack up, and then I can hold it together, from then on. But with her, it was hours. We could not keep a straight face. Finally, we just gave up. Judd was using more than one camera, so we could just laugh. And the crew were all laughing. It was ridiculous. She’s just the funniest person, ever.

RUDD: I’ve seen people on tears before, but that was something otherworldly. People were leaving the room. Crew had to leave. It was impossible. And she just kept her composure through all of it.

Paul, your character is struggling with his business, but you seem to be doing better than ever. Have you had moments, where you felt like you really had to struggle with your career?

RUDD: Sure, yeah. Everything is a struggle. Everything is relative, too, so I still feel like I’m struggling, in many aspects. I’m not worried about paying my rent next month, but in about two months, we’ll see.

What is one of the worst jobs you’ve had?

RUDD: One of the worst was that I glazed hams. I did that for about half a year. It doesn’t get worse. I was trying to get money to go to acting school. I was in college and I got a job. It was in Kansas City, before I moved to go to this theater school. I got paid in ham. No. I got paid a little bit more than the minimum wage. It was an all day affair. I would unload a truck at about five in the morning. I’d have to unwrap the ham and put it on a metal spit. There was a propane torch that hung down from the ceiling, and I had wrist guards to protect myself. I’d go back and forth between heating the ham, and then using a sugar sifter. I’ve had several bad jobs.

Paul, how did you prepare to do the very awkward scene that you have, with your legs up over your head, and has there ever been anything Judd Apatow has asked you to do, that you’ve just refused?

RUDD: I’m sure there has been.

MANN: He wouldn’t take off his shirt on the toilet.

RUDD: I’m not excited about any of it. I thought it would be funny. It’s embarrassing and horrifying, but in the context of the movie. What we’re all trying to go for is some kind of reality. If it’s funny, there’s certainly no room for vanity. I was laughing as I was doing it, while I was dying on the inside. The only way you can prepare for something like that is with a bottle of gin.

Leslie, are you pretty much game for anything?

MANN: I’m pretty much game for anything.

Paul, as a husband and father yourself, could you relate to Pete’s frustration about life?

RUDD: Oh, yeah! Obviously, the situations are different, but there are certain aspects of marriage, parenthood, and all of that stuff, that seems relatable. We’ve spent years talking about all of this stuff. My wife and I, and Leslie and Judd have gotten together, had many dinners and talked. We did that going back to Knocked Up, so there are aspects of the character that are very much a part of me.

How do you look back on some of your earlier films, which have stood the test of time, like Clueless?

RUDD: It’s nice to be in anything that anybody sees or likes. If it’s something that has lasted, it’s great. People do still mention Clueless to me. I’m proud and happy that I was in it.

How did you both feel about watching yourselves in this film?

RUDD: Shooting it, I don’t feel too uncomfortable because it’s the character. I think definitely when it’s all done. Then, I’m like, “Oh, wow, that was a little much.” I think I land somewhere in the middle. I don’t have that thing where I’m like, “Oh, I can’t watch myself.” And I think I can be critical, in good ways. But, I don’t do it all that often, once the thing is done. It’s always surreal, the first couple of times.

MANN: I like that [uncomfortable] tone, in a movie. The more uncomfortable, the better. The more truthful, the better. One of my favorite movies of all time is Broadcast News, and I love [Albert Brooks] sitting there sweating while he’s trying to read the news. That’s the greatest thing, ever. It’s so heartbreaking. It’s so uncomfortable to watch, yet so funny. It’s the perfect combination of everything. That’s my dream, to see something like that. That’s fun, to act and to watch.

What actually makes you feel uncomfortable then?

MANN: The only thing that made me feel uncomfortable in this movie is that scene where I’m laying in bed with Iris because it felt a little invasive. I don’t know why. I can do anything else. But that, for some reason, felt a little like it was crossing some boundary, just because everyone was sitting there watching me with my little girl, doing what I do with my little girl. I didn’t like that. But, anything else goes. I’m fine with anything else.