Maggie Wheeler

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Maggie Wheeler (born Margaret Emily Jakobson on August 7 1961, in New York City, New York) is an American actress.

She auditioned for the role of Monica Geller on the American sitcom Friends; although she did not land that role, she was invited to play Janice Litman, a recurring character who is a parody of Fran Drescher.

She also auditioned for the role of Debra Barone in the American sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. Although she was the producers' choice, CBS ended up selecting Patricia Heaton. Instead, Wheeler played the recurring role of Debra's friend, Linda.

She had a star billing in the first season of Ellen. She appeared on the hit comedy Seinfeld as one of Elaine's friends who is set up with George. She has appeared in many other TV roles, including Drake & Josh, ER, The X Files, The War at Home, Will and Grace Jack and Jill and How I Met Your Mother.

In 1998, she appeared in the remake of Disney's The Parent Trap, playing the younger of a mother-daughter pair of camp counselors.

In 2005, Wheeler starred opposite David DeLuise on the NBC pilot The Sperm Donor. Wheeler also provided the voice of Odile in Barbie's Swan Lake.

Fran Drescher and Rosie O'Donnel are planning to make a new sitcom, with Wheeler joining them. This is ironic, as Wheeler parodied Drescher on Friends.

Personal life

She was David Duchovny's long-time girlfriend, before he married Tea Leoni.

She and her husband Daniel Wheeler have two daughters.

External links

• 0923909 Maggie Wheeler at the Internet Movie Database

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