Mary Lynn Rajskub

Mary Lynn Rajskub (/ˈrskəb/; born June 22, 1971) is an American actress and comedian, best known for portraying Chloe O'Brian in the Fox action thriller series 24.

Early life

Rajskub was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in nearby Trenton, the daughter of Betty and Tony Rajskub. Her father is a pipefitter of Czech descent, and her mother worked as a pharmacist's assistant. Rajskub played the clarinet in a school band and portrayed Frenchie in the musical Grease. One of her childhood inspirations was the television series Moonlighting. She later moved to Los Angeles, California, where she worked as a waitress in a Hard Rock Cafe and a ticket-taker at the Beverly Center movie theater.

Career

Rajskub's first part was as an Oompa-Loompa in a community theater production of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and her first starring role was Raggedy Ann. Her most notable role is CTU systems analyst Chloe O'Brian on 24, which she joined in 2003 at the start of the show's third season. Her character was a hit with viewers and critics and was one of the few cast members to return in the show's fourth season. After being a regular guest star for two seasons, Rajskub became a main cast member in the show's fifth season. By the end of the series, she was the lead female, with top billing second only to Kiefer Sutherland. Her character also had the honor of saying the final words of the series in the season 8 series finale. Rajskub and Sutherland appeared briefly as their 24 characters in a 2007 episode, "24 Minutes", of the Fox animated series The Simpsons. In August 2013, it was announced that she would reprise her Chloe O'Brian role in the 2014 limited series 24: Live Another Day.

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Mary Lynn

by: Michael Penn

Hold my head up
Turn around Mary Lynn
Hold my head up
Turn around Mary Lynn
And if you'd only stay the night
You?d see it's not so black and white
And on a hard day put your cares away




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ALREADY ON ... MARCH 26 ... Could this be TV's first-ever sitcom set in an Inuk community? Stars Inuk actress Anna Lambe as Siaja, a mom who wants more out of life than her tiny town has to offer; "24's" Mary Lynn Rajskub is in this too.
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