Guide Note

Comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo began performing at comedy clubs in the late 1980s and was a cast member on The Ben Stiller Show in 1992. She has signed on to join the cast of 24 in the show's seventh season as a CTU systems analyst.

Fast Facts

1. Born: September 28, 1964
2. Birth place: Newton, New Jersey
3. Height: 5'1"
4. Married actor Robert Cohen in Las Vegas as a joke. She is still technically "married" to him
5. 1984: Had breast reduction surgery
6. Was originally offered two roles that went to Courtney Cox: Gale Weathers in Scream and Monica in Friends

Garofalo is an outspoken atheist and liberal, appearing frequently on cable news networks in 2003 to express her views on the Iraq War and the administration of George W. Bush.

As co-host of Air America radio's The Majority Report, Garofalo continued to express her views alongside Sam Seder. She left the show on July 2006 after a series of on-air arguments with Seder. She continues to call into Seder's show on a sporadic basis.

In the late 1990s and 2000s, Garofalo has had a series of prominent film and television roles, including a recurring character on The West Wing and the voice of Colette in Ratatouille. She appears in the entirety of the seventh season of 24 as Janis Gold.