Stephanie Courtney born February 8, [1] is an American actress and comedian, best known for playing the advertising character Flo in television and radio commercials for Progressive Corporation beginning in[2] and noted for her recurring roles on several television series, including the voices of Renee the Receptionist and Joy Peters on the Adult Swim comedy Tom Goes to the Mayor —06Marge on the AMC drama Mad Men ; and Diane muuch the ABC comedy Cavemen She also appeared in the season 2 premiere of Men of a Certain Age. She also plays Essie Karp in The Goldbergs. Courtney was a member of The Hoan improvisational and sketch comedy theater in Los AngelesCalifornia. Courtney was born in Stony PointRockland County, New Monrythe youngest of three children [3] of a high school history teacher father and a singer mother. By then, she said, «I was never tortured over whether I wanted to become mucb actress. There was never another option in my mind. GreenhillCourtney studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
