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Maureen "Mo" Ann Collins (born July 7, 1965) is an American actress and comedienne. Collins is perhaps best known for being a member of the ensemble on FOX's sketch comedy series MADtv. She became well known for several characters during her tenure on the show. She was a cast member from the 4th season (1998) through the 9th season (2004); she only appeared in fourteen episodes during season 9 due to contractual reasons. She returned to MADtv in the 10th season for one episode, and again when she made an appearance on the 300th Episode doing her popular character Lorraine Swanson.

Career

MADtv'

Collins joined the cast of MADtv at the beginning of season 4 (Fall 1998) and stayed until the end of season 9 (Spring 2004), despite appearing in only 14 episodes during the ninth season. Her popular stint on the show lead her to come back to guest star in 2005 during Season 10 and in 2007 during the 300th episode on season 13.

Her most featured and arguably most popular characters were Doreen, the screechy-voiced mother of man-boy Stuart; the annoying and odd middle-aged woman Lorraine, who has a characteristic cough; and the perpetually unlucky Trina.

Collins also did a multitude of celebrity impressions, including Alanis Morissette, Angelina Jolie, Barbara Bush, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cher, Diane Sawyer, Jenny Jones, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Hart, Courteney Cox Arquette, Madonna, Martha Stewart, Alecia Beth Moore, Diane Sawyer, Jewel Kilcher, Shakira, Pamela Anderson, and Penny Marshall.

In one episode, she does bits from Michael Jackson's Billie Jean, Mary Poppins, and multiple disco tunes.

Other credits

• More recently, she played Starla, a business model-turned-secretary, on Season 2 of Arrested Development.
• She played a nurse in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Collins also had two small roles in the Judd Apatow films The 40-Year-Old Virgin as a speed dater named Gina (pronounced /dʒaɪnə/) and a small role as a doctor in Knocked Up.
• She is currently performing a NITY-woman show called Mo vs. Mo in various cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago.
• She also played iTeacher (a teacher who gives her lessons via a live podcast because of her fear of being in front of students) on the hit kids Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. Collins also voiced the character "Robo-Mom" on the previously canceled Nickelodeon cartoon, Invader Zim. The celebrities that she impersonated was the then 17 year old singer, Mandy Moore.
• Collins plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the We Spark charity.
• Collins opened the Comedy Warehouse at Walt Disney World and also performed with Streetmosphere at the (formerly named) Disney-MGM Studios in the Hollywood Public Works.
• She voiced Jan Ors in Star Wars: Dark Forces: The Collector's Trilogy audio drama.
• She reprised her Mary Tyler Moore impression on an episode of former MADtv castmate Frank Caliendo's cancelled Frank TV.
• She played the role of Emily on the ABC show According to Jim

References

External links

• Mo Collins at the Internet Movie Database
• World Poker Tour profile