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<a href="/biography/caroline-rhea">Caroline Gilchrist Rhea</a> is a Canadian actress and standup comedian best known for her portrayal as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Spellman">Hilda Spellman</a> on Sabrina the Teenage Witch on ABC.

She has appeared in various comedy specials, including three one-hour standup specials for HBO, Showtime, and Bravo. She is well renowned for her role as Linda Flynn-Fletcher on the Disney Channel comedy Phineas and Ferb and her appearances on Hollywood Squares with <a href="/biography/whoopi-goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a>. Rhea was named the new hostess of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O'Donnell">Rosie O'Donnell's</a> syndicated talk show (renamed The Caroline Rhea Show) and presented The Biggest Loser's NBC reality show for the first three seasons. She is repeating her roles as Eugenia Scrimmage in the Bruno & Boots film trilogy and Noleta Nethercott in A Very Sordid Wedding on ABC's Match Game with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Baldwin">Alec Baldwin</a>. She then reprised her role as Grandma Judy in the Disney Channel sitcom Sydney to the Max.

<h2>Background</h2>

Caroline Rhea was born on April 13, 1964, in Westmount, Canada. Caroline's parents are Margery and David Rhea. Her father worked in the medical field as an obstetrician and gynecologist. She has two siblings, Celia and Cynthia. When Caroline was younger, she attended an all-girls private school in Westmount, Quebec. She also attended Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia before heading to the United States to attend the University of Arizona.

<h2>Relationships</h2>

In 2009, there was a rumor that she and fellow <a href="/biography/marc-maron">comedian</a> <a href="/biography/marc-maron">Marc Maron</a> were having a sexual relationship. She was dating her longtime boyfriend Costaku Economopoulos when this rumor came out. She talked about her threesome experience with <a href="/biography/marc-maron">Marc</a> on his podcast, WTF. People started to speculate about who the third person in the threesome was. <a href="/biography/marc-maron">Marc</a> and Caroline quickly shut the rumor down.

In 2011, there was news that Caroline and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Brett_Wilson">Brett Wilson</a>, a Dragon's Den <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Brett_Wilson">panelist</a>, were in a relationship. They were seen kissing each other.

She and a fellow comedian, Costaku Economopoulos, have a daughter together. Costaku was Caroline's longtime boyfriend; they started dating in 2007 but have since broken up. When she announced that she was pregnant with Costaku's child, she said she was happy that she conceived naturally without any medications and needles.

After their relationship ended, Costaku allegedly said they regretted some big arguments that ruined their relationship. Caroline said that she lost almost 5 pounds when she suspected Costaku was cheating on her in an interview. She eventually got over the broken relationship and cared about raising her daughter. As a successful, strong-willed woman, a single mother raising a daughter by herself, she inspires many worldwide.

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<h2>Career</h2>

<h2>Comedy Career</h2>

Caroline moved to New York City in 1986 to pursue a career as a comedian and an actress. She began performing at small comedy venues alongside future comedian superstars such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rock">Chris Rock</a>, <a href="/biography/louis-ck">Louis C.K.</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Attell">Dave Attell</a>, and <a href="/biography/marc-maron">Marc Maron</a>.

Caroline Rhea has filmed several successful comedy specials for various networks. She taped a one-hour special for HBO, called One Night Stand, which turned out to be very successful for her. She followed that with another one-hour special called Rhea's Anatomy, which aired on the Bravo network. She also had a comedy special on Showtime called Give Me My Remote.

<a href="https://www.broadway.com/buzz/146290/whats-up-caroline-rhea-the-comedy-queen-gets-in-the-mood-for-love/" target="_blank">In an interview with Broadway, Caroline spoke about her comedy heroes</a>, "Oh, yes. Beloved <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bea_Arthur">Bea Arthur</a>, who I'm very sorry I never got to meet, to tell her how much I loved her. Also, <a href="/biography/rue-mcclanahan">Rue McClanahan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Burnett">Carol Burnett</a>. There are a lot. I just saw that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Harper">Valerie Harper</a> is going to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallulah_Bankhead">Tallulah Bankhead</a> in Looped on Broadway. I love her, too. And <a href="/biography/carol-kane">Carol Kane</a>! Sometimes I have this out-of-body experience where I go, "Is <a href="/biography/carol-kane">Carol Kane</a> really on stage with me? Oh my God! How did that happen?"

<h2>Acting Career</h2>

She made her debut as an actress alongside famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Piven">actor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Piven">Jeremy Piven</a> in Pride & Joy. After her debut, she later joined a show that would put her on the Sabrina the Teenage Witch map alongside actors <a href="/biography/melissa-joan-hart">Melissa Joan Hart</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Broderick">Beth Broderick</a> on the ABC network. Caroline played the role of a 600-year-old witch named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Spellman">Aunt</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Spellman">Hilda</a>. The part became the most successful and popular role that she ever portrayed. On September 27, 1996, the show premiered on ABC to over 17 million viewers in its famous "TGIF" lineup. The first four seasons aired on ABC from September 27, 1996, to May 5, 2000, and the final three seasons ran on The WB network from September 22, 2000, to April 24, 2003.

The show was so popular that fans still recognized her years after the last season aired. <a href="https://jenmonthen.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/interview-with-comedian-caroline-rhea/" target="_blank">In an interview with Jen Monthen, Caroline described one of her fan encounters</a>, "I think the boy who came up to me and said: 'You were in my wank bank when I was 15.' would have to be a favorite. I didn't know what he meant at first or why <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costaki_Economopoulos">Costaki</a> [Economopoulos, Rhea's fiancé and fellow standup] was laughing so much beside me. Then I was horrified, then flattered, in that order. Then there was the girl who put me in a headlock to take me over to see her friends cause I was on Sabrina."

Rhea also has had many other television roles. She was on a Disney show called Phineas and Ferb. She even had her own syndicated daytime talk show, The Caroline Rhea Show. She was the original <a href="/biography/caroline-rhea">host</a> of a reality show called The Biggest Loser on NBC for three seasons.

Rhea has appeared in many movies as well. She was in films like Christmas with the Kranks, Disney's Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire, The Perfect Man, and the Lifetime Television movie To Be Fat Like Me.

She also decided to act on stage. <a href="https://www.broadway.com/buzz/146290/whats-up-caroline-rhea-the-comedy-queen-gets-in-the-mood-for-love/" target="_blank">She spoke to Broadway about her experience</a>, "I have had so many emotional ups and downs because this piece covers everything. It's so relatable. This is the first thing I've done since I had the baby. I toured a little bit [doing standup] last year, but I wouldn't do more than one night away."

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