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It's Friday, August 5th, 2022. It's Emmy season, and for the next couple of weeks, we're featuring interviews with nominees from our sister podcast, The Envelope. Today, we're sharing a conversation with Jennifer Coolidge. For her role as Tanya McQuad in the HBO series, The White Lotus, Coolidge is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series.

The show was awesome. For her role as Tanya McQuad in the HBO series, The White Lotus, Coolidge is nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series.

The show was awesome, and Tanya in particular was such a great character.

She's this extremely wealthy woman who goes to a luxury resort in Hawaii to spread her mother's ashes,

but she ends up on a hilarious and heartbreaking journey.

Mike White, the creator of the show,

wrote this role with Coolidge and mind,

and she definitely delivered on the social satire aspect of it all.

Hello, I'm Mark Olson.

And I'm Yvonne Villariel.

We're back with another episode of The Envelope, the LA Times podcast where we dive in deep with your favorite stars in TV and film.

And Mark, you already know this from my Slack messages, but I'm very excited about today's guests.

You know, she's best known for her scene-stealing work in both sitcoms and films.

And as I'm sure you know, as of late,

she's become a TikTok sensation of sorts

for the sheer volume of people imitating the unmistakable way

that she can say something like hi.

Hi.

How are you?

Hi.

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