Maggie Wheeler

Margaret Emily Wheeler (née Jakobson; born August 7, 1961) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Janice on the sitcom Friends. She was also a recurring character on Everybody Loves Raymond as Linda as well as Anita Warrell on the sitcom Ellen.
== Personal life ==
Wheeler was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Barbara, a writer, and John Jakobson, who began his career on Wall Street as one of youngest members of the New York Stock Exchange and left an estate worth $100 million.[1][2] She was raised in a secular Jewish household.[3] She married Daniel Borden Wheeler in 1990.[4] They have two children.
== Career ==
In the 1980s, Wheeler (under her maiden name of Jakobson) briefly dabbled in voice acting on the animated series SilverHawks, where she provided all the female voices, specifically the villainess Melodia and the heroine Steelheart/Emily Hart, and on the Karate Kat and Mini-Monsters segments of The Comic Strip.
It was rumored that Wheeler auditioned for the role of Monica Geller, however after many interviews she stated that it was a false rumour,[5] she was however invited to play Janice Goralnik, a recurring character who was a frequent love interest of main character Chandler Bing. She appeared at least once in each season; her 19 episodes tie her with Christina Pickles for Friends’ third most frequent guest actor, behind only Elliott Gould's 20 episodes, and James Michael Tyler's 150 episodes.
She also auditioned for the role of Debra Barone, on the American sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. Although she was the producers' choice, CBS ended up selecting Patricia Heaton. Instead, Wheeler played the recurring role of Debra's friend, Linda.
According to Kathy Griffin's autobiography, Official Book Club Selection, Wheeler was cast in the role of Vicki for the pilot episode of Suddenly Susan and was eventually replaced by Griffin.[6]
She had a star billing in the first season of Ellen. She appeared on the hit comedy Seinfeld in the episode "The Fix-Up", as one of Elaine's friends who is set up with George. She has appeared in many other television programs, including Drake & Josh, ER, The X-Files, The War at Home, Will & Grace, Jack and Jill, How I Met Your Mother and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
In 1997, Wheeler voiced Harley Quinn's replacement in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Joker's Millions".
In 1998, she appeared in the remake of Disney's The Parent Trap, playing the younger of a mother-daughter pair of camp counselors.
In 2005, Wheeler starred opposite David DeLuise on the NBC pilot The Sperm Donor. Wheeler provided the voice of Odile in Barbie of Swan Lake, and in 2010 she voiced Trinette in four episodes of Archer on FX.
In 2011 she guest starred in the Disney Channel Original Series Shake It Up as Dina's Mom.
== Filmography ==
Film roles
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1982	Soup for One 	Nurse 	
1983	Portfolio 	Assistant Choreographer	
1987	Someone to Love 	Attendee 	
1989	Mortal Sins 	Marie 	
1989	New Year's Day 	Lucy 	
1993	Sexual Healing 	Suzanne 	Short film
1998	The Parent Trap 	Marva Kulp, Jr 	
2003	Barbie of Swan Lake 	Odile 	Voice role; direct-to-video film
2006	Dr. Dolittle 3 	Brown Hen / Fluffy Hen 	Voice role; direct-to-video film
2007	Waking Dreams 	Jenny 	
2015	The 3 Tails: A Mermaid Adventure	Maria 	
Television roles
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1984 	The New Show 	Various 	8 episodes
1985 	The Paper Chase 	N/A 	Episode: "The Day Kingsfield Missed Class"
1986 	SilverHawks 	Melodia / Steelheart 	Voice role; main role
1990 	L.A. Law 	Paula Lights 	Episode: "The Good Human Bar"
1991 	Dream On 	Bonnie Decker 	Episode: "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh"
1992 	Seinfeld 	Cynthia 	Episode: "The Fix-Up"
1992 	Civil Wars 	Patricia McDermott 	Episode: "Mob Psychology"
1992 	Doogie Howser, M.D. 	Elena Spencer 	Episodes: "What You See Ain't Necessarily What You Get", "The Patient in Spite of Himself"
1993 	Sexual Healing 	Suzanne 	
1994 	The X-Files 	Det. Sharon Lazard 	Episode: "Born Again"
* 1994–2004	Friends 	Janice Litman-Goralnik (née Hosenstein) 	Recurring role, 19 episodes
1994–1996	Ellen 	Anita Warrell 	Main role (season 1); guest role (season 3); 13 episodes
1995 	Pride & Joy 	Flight Attendant 	Episode: "Terror at 30,000 Feet"
1996–2004	Everybody Loves Raymond 	Linda Gruenfelder 	Recurring role, 11 episodes
1998 	The New Batman Adventures 	Fake Harley (voice) 	Episode: "Joker's Millions"
1998 	Love Boat: The Next Wave 	Cindy 	Episode: "True Course"
1999 	Get Real 	Jennifer 	Episode: Pilot
2001 	Jack & Jill 	Kristen Moss 	Episodes: "Crazy Like a Fox, Hungry Like the Wolf", "Bag Full of Love"
2001 	It's Like, You Know... 	Rachel 	Episode: "Walking Tall"
2002 	Will & Grace 	Polly 	Episode: "Dyeing Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard"
2002 	Justice League 	Antiope / Perfume Lady/ Firefighter / Pilot 	Voice role; episode: "Fury: Parts 1 & 2"
2003 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Stand-Up Comedian 	Episode: "Last Laugh"
2004 	Kim Possible 	Dr. Renton 	Voice role; episode: "Motor Ed"
2005 	Paine Management 	Jeanine Bernsen 	Television movie
2005 	Fat Actress 	Woman Diapering Baby 	Episode: "Charlie's Angels or Too Pooped to Pop"
2005 	Higglytown Heroes 	Street Sweeper Hero 	Voice role; episode: "Higgly Frog Day/Eubie's Ele-Fantastic Adventure"
2005 	E-Ring 	Investigator 	Episode: "Escape and Evade"
2006 	Drake & Josh 	Mindy's 3rd Cousin Denise 	Episode: "Alien Invasion"
2006 	ER 	Amy Kellerman 	Episode: "Ames v. Kovac"
2006 	Friday Night Lights 	Teacher 	Episode: "It's Different for Girls"
2007 	The War at Home 	Mindy 	Episodes: "It's a Lower-Middle-Upper-Middle Class Problem", "The War of the Golds"
2007 	How I Met Your Mother 	Margaret 	Episode: "Dowisetrepla"
2009 	Without a Trace 	Gail Menken 	Episode: "Wanted"
2009 	The Breakdown 	Jennifer 	Unsold television pilot
* 2009–2012,
* 2017	Archer 	Receptionist, Trinette Magoon 	Voice role; 11 episodes
2010 	Glenn Martin DDS 	N/A 	Voice role; episode: "Jackie of All Trades"
2011 	Shake It Up 	Mrs. Garcia 	Episodes: "Twist it Up", "In The Bag it Up"
2011 	Curb Your Enthusiasm 	Ilene Solotaroff 	Episode: "Palestinian Chicken"
2011 	”The Closer” 	Gail’s friend 	Episode: “Road Block”
2013 	Californication 	Ophelia Robbins 	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2014 	Hot in Cleveland 	Rachel (Melanie's Childhood friend) 	Episode: "Murder House"
2015 	I Didn't Do It 	Fortune Teller 	Episode: "The Bite Club"
2016 	Maron 	Steph 	Episode: "Shrink and Kink"
2018 	Shameless 	Fiona's lawyer 	Episodes: "A Gallagher Pedicure", "Sleepwalking"
2018 	The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants	Lunch Lady (voice) / Mrs. Yewh (voice) / T.P. Mummy (voice)	Episodes: "Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Perilous Misfortune of the T.P. Mummy", "Captain Underpants and the Squishy Predicament of the Stanley Peet's Stinky Pits"