In Saving Graces, Busy makes her acting debut as Mindy. She had her breakthrough as Kim Kelly in the NBC series Freaks and Geeks, alongside Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, and Seth Rogen, in the same year.
She went on to star in Malcolm in the Middle, Anatomy of a Hate Crime, Dead Last, and Spring Break Lawyer, among other films. Philipps made her television debut as Audrey Liddell in the adolescent drama Dawson’s Creek in 2001. She starred opposite Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson, and Katie Holmes in the sitcom until 2003.
CAPTION: Philipps with co-stars promoting their new show Girls5eva via Instagram post(SOURCE: Instagram @busyphilipps)
From 2009 through 2015, the ER actor starred in the ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town alongside Courtney Cox, Christa Miller, and Dan Byrd as Laurie Keller. She appeared in a total of 102 episodes throughout this time.
Philipps started hosting a late-night discussion show on E! called Busy Tonight in 2018. She was also an executive producer on the show, which ran till May 16th, 2019. Philipps now plays Donna in the comedic thriller TV series Search Party and Summer in Girl5eva as of 2021.
