Today's Spotlight story | |  [)](#) [)](#) [)](#) | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [  ](https://time.com/tag/spotlight-story) | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ) [ ) ](#) [ ) ](#) | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Jennifer Coolidge Has Some Life Advice for You](https://time.com/6269205/jennifer-coolidge-interview-time100/) [  ](https://time.com/6269205/jennifer-coolidge-interview-time100/) After winning more awards in the last year than she garnered nominations in her entire career, [Jennifer Coolidge](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269815/jennifer-coolidge/), 61, is offering hope to late bloomers everywhere. “I just find it baffling, absolutely baffling, that this is happening. But guess what? I really like it,” says Coolidge. “It’s like I was like Sleeping Beauty, where I was locked in a box under the bed or something. And now I’m out and it’s like, ‘Well, I’m sure glad they let me out of that box, because this is way better.'” Belinda Luscombe interviewed [Jennifer Coolidge](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269815/jennifer-coolidge/)about being herself, her newfound success, and more. 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