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In an episode of Family Guy entitled "Don't Make Me Over", an animated version of Ms. Swan made a brief appearance and was voiced by her as well.
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She plays the harp, as she demonstrated on Gilmore Girls.
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She aspired to be an Olympic gymnast before her breasts grew too big for her to continue.
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She attended San Francisco State University.
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Her father is named Irv and her mother is named Judy.
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She has two brothers.
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She impressed her MADtv audience with her dead-on impersonation of Rosie O'Donnell.
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In 2006, she briefly appeared in the Wayans Brothers film Little Man.
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She has made three guest appearances on Drawn Together, once as her character from Family Guy, Lois Griffin.
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She speaks fluent Spanish.
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She is Jewish.
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She is currently writing on a new TV series called Angry Little Girls which is due out in 2007.
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In 2004, she appeared on a nationwide stand-up comedy tour.
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Her most famous MADtv character Ms. Swan, was based on a combination of her real-life grandmother and Björk.
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She was the original choice for Sookie St. James in Gilmore Girls. After she declined the role, it went to Melissa McCarthy.
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She became engaged when her boyfriend Jackson Douglas proposed to her during the taping of a MADtv skit.
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She left the MADtv at the end of the 2001-2002 season, due to conflicts with the producers.
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In 2005, she appeared in the film Good Night, and Good Luck as Natalie.
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She was uncredited for her role in the movie Kicking and Screaming as "Obnoxious Hummer Lady".
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She met her future husband while taking improv classes at the Acme comedy theatre.
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She founded a production company called "Crackerpants, Inc."
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John Malkovich was her school bus driver.
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Her husband is Jackson Douglas, who is best known for playing the role of Jackson Belville on Gilmore Girls.
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She has twin daughters.
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She is 5'0" in height.