Jennifer Coolidge studied mortuary makeup before acting
Paulette Bonafonté may have been closer to Jennifer Coolidge’s real life than previously expected.
The “Legally Blonde” actress — who starred as the nail tech and makeup guru in the film — recently spoke to Vogue about her new Super Bowl commercial for e.l.f. Cosmetics and along with sharing her love for the retailer’s affordable makeup, she shared that her career almost took a very different path.
“I sort of thought that maybe I’d be a makeup artist, but I was not the best in the class, and who wants to be sort of mediocre at something if you pick that as a career?” Coolidge told Vogue.
She attended the Joe Blasco School in Los Angeles to study “special effects, fashion and beauty” in “a curriculum that included a mortuary makeup class” — though there were no cadavers included in class.
While she didn’t end up going the funeral home route and chose acting instead, the “White Lotus” actress did learn a thing or two during beauty school.
“If you have dark under your eyes, like black or blue, you can actually mix orange makeup in with your concealer, and it will completely cover the blue, or yellow to cover redness,” she shared.
Coolidge — who recently had a ball with her “Shotgun Wedding” co-star Jennifer Lopez at the movie’s after party — said she was attracted to the e.l.f. brand because of her commitment to animal rights, just like Elle Woods’ crusade against animal testing in the sequel to “Legally Blonde.”
“A lot of the lines sort of fake you out, and when you really read between the lines you realize that they aren’t completely cruelty-free,” she said. “The thing I love about the e.l.f. stuff—it really is like, vegan. And it’s extremely affordable.”
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In a teaser for the brand’s Super Bowl ad — which was co-written by Mike White, co-creator of “The White Lotus” — Coolidge tries out the e.l.f. “Power Grip Primer” ($10), saying “get ready for prime time.”
After applying the smoothing, gel-based product, she exclaims, “Oh my God. It looks like I came from the sea! I look like a dolphin … a baby dolphin!” and even makes dolphin noises in the hilarious clip, seemingly a reference to her viral Golden Globes clip declaring her dream role would be to star as the aquatic animal.
It seems life has already imitated art for Coolidge.
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