Marisa Coughlan

LOS ANGELES – APR 11: Coughlan at the “Super Troopers 2” Premiere at ArcLight Hollywood on April 11, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA, kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Marisa Christine Coughlan

Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

Date of Birth: March 17, 1974

Ethnicity:
*father – Irish, smaller amounts of German, English and Dutch
*mother – one half Swedish, one quarter Danish, one quarter Norwegian

Marisa Coughlan is an American actress and writer. Her roles include Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Gossip, Super Troopers, Pumpkin, Meet Bill, and Infamous (2020).

She is married to Stephen Wallack, with whom she has four children.

Marisa’s paternal grandfather was Thomas Patrick Coughlan (the son of Thomas Merritt Coughlan and Katherine Leona O’Callaghan). Marisa’s great-grandfather Thomas was born in North Dakota, the son of Canadian parents, Thomas Regan Coughlan, who was born in Gloucester, New Brunswick, to Irish parents; and Winifred Jones Chesser, who was born in Ristigouche, Bonaventure, Québec, of English and Irish descent. Katherine was the daughter of Patrick Paul O’Callaghan, an Irish emigrant, from Cork, and of Mary Wandrey, a German emigrant, from Pinne, Posen.

Marisa’s paternal grandmother was Helen Elizabeth Moore (the daughter of Frank/Francis Joseph Moore and Aquinetta Leary). Helen was born in Minnesota. Frank was the son of Samuel William Moore and Amy Jane Vanderburg, who was born in Meaford, Grey, Ontario, Canada. Aquinetta was the daughter of James Bernard Leary and Ella Helen Brady, who were the children of Irish immigrants, with Ella’s father being from County Cavan.

Marisa’s maternal grandfather was Harvey Ernest Petersen (the son of Harry Christian Petersen and Emily Ella Seland). Harvey was born in Minnesota. Harry was the son of Christian Petersen, who was born either in Denmark or Minnesota, and of Anna Clara Andersen, who was born in Rochester, Minnesota, to Danish parents, from Svendborg. Emily was born in Minneapolis, to Norwegian parents, Theodore Thompsen, from Skailand, and Thonette Tonneson, from Lavold.

Marisa’s maternal grandmother was LaVerne Eleanor Danielson (the daughter of Frederick A. Danielson and Christine J. Pearson). LaVerne was born in Minnesota, the daughter of Swedish parents.

Source: Genealogy of Marisa Coughlan – https://www.familysearch.org