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Acting

Busy Philipps

Career

Active from 1998 to 2026, busiest in 2016 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cupertino
Cupertino
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Busy Philipps Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.3, average 2.6
  • Mystery
    2.2, average 4.0
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Melancholy
    3.2, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Cringe Humor 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Found Family Dynamics 2
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Horrified
Horrified

Executive Producer

2020s

8 titles · average score 71
Cupertino
Cupertino (2026)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Natalia Boutella

Bad Thoughts
Bad Thoughts (2025)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Suzanne

Stumble
Stumble (2025)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Vicky

Mean Girls
Mean Girls (2024)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mrs. George

DC League of Super-Pets
DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
GoodWatch score 65

as Foofy Dog (voice)

Single Drunk Female
Single Drunk Female (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Darby

Girls5eva
Girls5eva (2021)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Summer

With Love
With Love (2021)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Amanda

2010s

24 titles · average score 62
Vice Principals
Vice Principals (2016)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Gale Liptrapp

Bottom's Butte
Bottom's Butte (2016)

as Beverly

The Gift
The Gift (2015)
GoodWatch score 77

as Duffy

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Sheba Goodman

Jason Nash Is Married
Jason Nash Is Married (2014)
GoodWatch score 31

as Busy

A Case of You
A Case of You (2013)
GoodWatch score 45

as Ashley

Made in Cleveland
Made in Cleveland (2013)

as Shannon

The Reef 2: High Tide
The Reef 2: High Tide (2012)
GoodWatch score 37

as Cordelia (voice)

Revolution
Revolution (2012)

as Emily

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Busy Philipps

New Girl
New Girl (2011)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Connie

Happy Endings
Happy Endings (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Girl (uncredited)

2000s

26 titles · average score 60
Cougar Town
Cougar Town (2009)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Laurie Keller

Community
Community (2009)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Greendale Team Member

Made of Honor
Made of Honor (2008)
GoodWatch score 42

as Melissa

Blades of Glory
Blades of Glory (2007)
GoodWatch score 65

Story

Love, Inc.
Love, Inc. (2005)
GoodWatch score 26

TV show · as Denise Johnson

How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Rachel

American Dad!
American Dad! (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Blanch (voice)

Arrested Development
Arrested Development (2003)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Joan

Home Room
Home Room (2002)
GoodWatch score 52

as Alicia Browning

Spring Break Lawyer
Spring Break Lawyer (2001)
GoodWatch score 40

as Jenny

Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Meghan

The Smokers
The Smokers (2000)
GoodWatch score 35

as Karen Carter

1990s

3 titles · average score 79
Freaks and Geeks
Freaks and Geeks (1999)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show · as Kim Kelly

Dawson's Creek
Dawson's Creek (1998)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Audrey Liddell

ER
ER (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Hope Bobeck