Maggie Wheeler - Janice

Maggie Wheeler - Janice



Maggie Wheeler was born and raised in New York City. As a summer student at The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, Maggie was fortunate to have as her teacher the great Anna Deavere Smith, with whom, Maggie continued to study and perform within New York City.

In the mid 80's Maggie landed a role in the ensemble cast of “The New Show,” a prime time sketch comedy show for NBC, directed by Lorne Michaels of SNL. The show gave Maggie the opportunity to work with great talents such as, Steve Martin, Raul Julia, John Candy, Kevin Kline, Penny Marshall and many more.

During the time that Maggie was recording episodes of a cartoon called “Silver Hawks,” she met director Henry Jaglom. They made the movie NEW YEAR’S DAY that went on to represent the U.S. at the Venice Film Festival. Maggie won the Best Actress Award at the Cinetex Comedy Festival in Las Vegas for her performance in the film. As a result, she also had the great honor of appearing on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” and made many appearances on TV shows including “L.A. Law,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.” and “Seinfeld.”

Maggie then landed the role of Janice on “Friends,” for which she is probably best known. What started out as a guest spot on a single episode turned into a ten season recurring role that has made its way into TV history. Simultaneously she was filming episodes in another recurring role on the CBS hit “Everybody Loves Raymond,” as Linda Gruenfelder opposite Tom McGowen.

Maggie currently lives in Los Angeles with her two children and artist husband and continues to work steadily in television, film and voice-over.

Janice



Il suo inconfondibile Oh Mio Dio è diventato col tempo il tormentone
e una delle frasi più citate di Friends.
Janice entra nella prima serie come fidanzata lagnosa
e insopportabile di Chandler.
Fin dal primo istante Chan e' deciso a lasciarla,cosa che avverra' spesso..
Dopo vari ritorni di fiamma,uno duraturo nella terza serie,
Janice sparisce dalla vita di Chandler..ma si incontreranno in un centro estetico,
e lui per chiudere con lei fingerà di dover partire per lo Yemen..
e lei potrà scrivergli ogni giorno a 15 Yemen Road,Yemen.
Un anno dopo scatterà la scintilla tra lei e Ross,
e udite udite sarà lei a lasciarlo perchè è troppo lagnoso..
Ancora vari incontri e scontri faranno di lei una delle guest star preferite dal pubblico,
in un modo o nell'altro,in quasi tutte le stagioni
(in una addirittura si sente solo la sua voce su di una compilation).