Phyllis Smith


Actor

Biography

Life Events

2005

Cast as Phyllis Lapin on the NBC comedy series, "The Office"

2005

Had a small role as Steve Carell's mother in "The 40 Year Old Virgin"

2005

Made TV debut in an episode of the Fox series, "Arrested Development"

2006

Cast in actor Jeff Garlin's feature writing and directing debut, "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With"

2011

Played Cameron Diaz's co-worker in Jake Kasdan's "Bad Teacher."

2013

Played a beleaguered school teacher in the ABC situation comedy "Trophy Wife."

2015

Co-starred as the personification of the emotion Sadness in the mind of a young girl in the Pixar comedy "Inside Out."

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