Caroline Gilchrist Rhea (born April 13, 1964) is a Canadianâ€"American
actress, voice artist, and stand-up comedian, who is best known for
her role as Hilda Spellman on the ABC show Sabrina the Teenage
Witch.She has performed numerous comedy specials, including three
one-hour standup specials for HBO, Showtime, and Bravo. She is also
known as the voice of Linda Flynn-Fletcher on the Disney Channel
series Phineas and Ferb and as a regular on Hollywood Squares with her
friend Whoopi Goldberg. Rhea was chosen by Rosie O'Donnell as the new
hostess of her syndicated talk show (renamed The Caroline Rhea Show)
and hosted the reality television show The Biggest Loser on NBC for
the first three seasons. She appears regularly on ABC's Match Game
with Alec Baldwin and is reprising her roles as Eugenia Scrimmage in
the Bruno & Boots movie franchise and Noleta Nethercott in A Very
Sordid Wedding. She later returned to Disney Channel on the series
Sydney to the Max playing the role of Judy.Rhea was born and raised in
Westmount, Quebec, the daughter of Margery and David Rhea, an
obstetrician and gynecologist. She has two sisters, Cynthia and Celia.
She attended The Study, an all-girls private school in Westmount,
Quebec; Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia; and the University of
Arizona.Rhea moved to New York in 1986 to pursue a career as a
comedian and actress. She began performing at venues like Catch a
Rising Star and The Comic Strip, where she performed along with
comedians including Chris Rock, Louis C.K., Dave Attell, Marc Maron,
and Jim Gaffigan. Rhea made her first filmed standup appearances on
MTV's Half-Hour Comedy Hour, Comic Strip Live and Caroline's Comedy
Hour.
actress, voice artist, and stand-up comedian, who is best known for
her role as Hilda Spellman on the ABC show Sabrina the Teenage
Witch.She has performed numerous comedy specials, including three
one-hour standup specials for HBO, Showtime, and Bravo. She is also
known as the voice of Linda Flynn-Fletcher on the Disney Channel
series Phineas and Ferb and as a regular on Hollywood Squares with her
friend Whoopi Goldberg. Rhea was chosen by Rosie O'Donnell as the new
hostess of her syndicated talk show (renamed The Caroline Rhea Show)
and hosted the reality television show The Biggest Loser on NBC for
the first three seasons. She appears regularly on ABC's Match Game
with Alec Baldwin and is reprising her roles as Eugenia Scrimmage in
the Bruno & Boots movie franchise and Noleta Nethercott in A Very
Sordid Wedding. She later returned to Disney Channel on the series
Sydney to the Max playing the role of Judy.Rhea was born and raised in
Westmount, Quebec, the daughter of Margery and David Rhea, an
obstetrician and gynecologist. She has two sisters, Cynthia and Celia.
She attended The Study, an all-girls private school in Westmount,
Quebec; Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia; and the University of
Arizona.Rhea moved to New York in 1986 to pursue a career as a
comedian and actress. She began performing at venues like Catch a
Rising Star and The Comic Strip, where she performed along with
comedians including Chris Rock, Louis C.K., Dave Attell, Marc Maron,
and Jim Gaffigan. Rhea made her first filmed standup appearances on
MTV's Half-Hour Comedy Hour, Comic Strip Live and Caroline's Comedy
Hour.
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