Years active: 1995 - present (started around 24 years old; 29 years in the business)
About Mary Lynn Rajskub
Mary Lynn Rajskub (/raskb/) is an American actress and comedian who is best known for her roles as Chloe O’Brian in 24 and Gail the Snail in It is Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Rajskub has acted in films such as Dude, Where is My Car?, Sweet Home Alabama, Punch-Drunk Love, Mysterious Skin, Little Miss Sunshine, Sunshine Cleaning, Safety Not Guaranteed, and The Kings of Summer, among others.
Rajskub grew up in Trenton, Michigan, after moving there from Detroit as a child. Betty and Tony Rajskub are her parents, and she has two older sisters.
Mary Lynn was a clarinettist in a high school band and starred in the musical Grease as Frenchie. The television show Moonlighting was a source of inspiration for her as a child. Later, she relocated to Los Angeles, where she worked as a server at a Hard Rock Cafe and as a ticket taker at the Beverly Center movie theater.
Mary Lynn’s first role was as an Oompa-Loompa in a community theatre performance of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and her first starring role was as Raggedy Ann in a community theatre production of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. She appeared in music videos for Weezer’s “The Good Life” and Beck’s “The New Pollution” in 1996.
She had a regular role as booking assistant Mary Lou Collins on HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show from 1996 to 1998.
