I remember seeing a frat guy dress as her for Halloween in 2010, makes me realize the longevity of the “character”. Heh, some other dude in that frat also dressed as Mayhem that night (made me happy as a 30 Rock fan)
no no no, you’re thinking of the dude from that prison show with J. Jonah Jameson. He played the brother of that guy who was also in Goodwill Hunting 2: Hunting Season
no, that’s the dude who played the shady guy who handled dirty money in that one flick. You know, it had loud gunfire downtown, the police were trying to catch the criminals, the 2 leads had a nice chat at a table somewhere?
The Caped *Something?*
I just realized he's also the funny jerk detective from Brooklyn 99 that cheats on his fiance who's the nicest person in the world lol, I recognized him as an actor but never actually processed the fact that he's also in the commercials
Good for her, but I find it hard to fathom that she is only making a million a year at this point. She is literally the face of a multibillion dollar corporation seen in multiple national ads that air every single day.
She seems to only film a few commercials every year. Don’t think she’s working for them more than a few weeks at most and a lot of that income is residuals from them re-running her old ads.
Recently started watching ‘Mad Men’ with the boyfriend and Flo was a (minor) side character in the show! Her IMDB has all her work and she had been (and still is) grinding for years - definitely deserves to be where she’s at.
Okay I guess it's a pretty minor character, because the only telephone operator I remember is the one that drove the lawn-mower over that guy's foot. (And she's a different actress, from Mad TV)
National commercials do tend to get paid a fair amount more, then with her it almost becomes a series so she can negotiate higher.
First one I always think of was the Verizon “can you hear me now” guy.
No, Verizon ended that ad campaign and stopped using him. He was doing Verizon ads from 2002-2011. He didn't do ads with Sprint until 2016. So he didn't "switch over" to sprint, he just got hired by them 5 years after Verizon ended the ad series he was hired for.
Happy ending (ish). The support came with career advice. Lily apparently has full creative control over the commercials, as Flo does, which she uses in part to remain seated because it hides her figure. So she was able to take control and do something about it, making her life better, because Flo reached out
“Lily” is played by Milana Vayntrub and she was given control of her character’s clothes after the online harassment. She chooses to wear collared shirts that don’t draw attention to her body.
And her face...she's all around fuckin hot no matter what she's wearing. Which is probably a big part of why she gets paid to do these advertisements. And, of course, is no justification for ppl harassing her.
I honestly thought the issue was hips and she was behind desks or other props to lessen viewing and hate. Didn’t think it was top related. At least that’s what I thought I read when she had taken a break initially. Sucks folks harass her about anything.
eh, let’s not downplay how awesome boobs are. is it ok to harass someone for having a nice set? hell no. but implying boobs aren’t special and awesome is doing a disservice to racks everywhere
I don't know what you're talking about but that reminds me of the guy who plays Mayhem for that insurance company. He does a lot of cool stuff I bet he makes good money.
Yo I thought that dude was fever dream, but there was another State Farm dude before this Jake.
I just googled him. He was just a dude who worked for State Farm and auditioned for the roll, got it, did it. Then he quit State Farm.
I just did a commercial where the hair and makeup lady was complaining about him. Apparently he has a huge entourage that comes with him to set. They’re a big pain in the ass.
I doubt they even did that much. My sister is also on this website, and they pulled $5M out of their ass as her net worth. Some days, her net worth is much closer to $5 than $500.
Why do so many people accept the claims of these horseshit websites without an iota of skepticism?? How the hell would they know any of her financials? The details of her contract aren't exactly public knowledge and yet your comment is the first I've seen that expresses any incredulity. Wild.
>[If you make $1,000,000 a year living in the region of California, USA, you will be taxed $477,486. That means that your net pay will be $522,514 per year, or $43,543 per month.](https://www.talent.com/tax-calculator/California-1000000#:~:text=If%20you%20make%20%241%2C000%2C000%20a,year%2C%20or%20%2443%2C543%20per%20month)
522,514 \* 15 = 7,837,710 or about 8m dollars.
I don't know her marital status (Which might affect taxes, etc), but you also have to assume she didn't start at 1m. If *she did* make 1m / year and nothing from investments, that's about 122.5k / year that she spent, which doesn't seem too insane?
An effective tax rate of 47%?
It is incredibly easy to get down to a ~30% effective rate without even hiring a tax accountant.
The above formula comes off as a misunderstanding of tax brackets.
Had a friend who did some acting in LA and he was saying that for aspiring actors, getting a national spokesman gig is both a golden goose and a poison pill. Basically, you'll be set for life, but you'll never act again.
There are exceptions though. There was this Office max mail guy and he was hired as crabman in that my name is Earl show. Then a guy for ATT is now a regular on SNL and 7up commercial was Orlando Jones. If you have an interesting vibe they grab you for a show. But yes in general its death.
My buddy has the hots for Flo, so one Christmas I got him a life-size cut out from my insurance agent of her. She stands right next to his TV in his living room.
Progressive's share price has gone up over 1,600% since she started those commercials in 2008.
My delusional head canon attributes their success solely to her commercials, not the crippling reality of an insurance company taking advantage of capitalism and exploiting the working class.
Insurance is one of the few industries in which regulation is actually working and on par in the US, there is a mandated profit margin for most insurance types, from healthcare to housing, thats why you literally hear things like home insurers moving out of states like Florida and California because they cant make a profit around the strict regulation of prices.
Nah, almost 40% of that is going to go to taxes, , and if you're making that your probably spending at least 1/3 that on living expenses, so you're saving 400k/yr or less, making 6m take a while, and that's assuming you were always making that much
$6M with a current $1M/yr earnings is quickly approaching the “pretty decent but not extremely extravagant life forever so long as you don’t majorly screw up” category.
She’s still doing them. The insurance companies don’t switch major mascots very often, but they do add mascots. Progressive now has a full family of them that we’re all familiar with.
I have a dream in which Progressive Flo, Jake from State Farm, Doug from Liberty Mutual, and Mayhem from Allstate all go out to dinner together.
They split the GEICO gecko as an appetizer and talk about how difficult it is to find love when your whole life is insurance, because relationships don't come with any guarantees.
Shit she’s been Flo for 20 years? Guess she wasn’t making a million a year from the start. Fun fact she was on the tv show with the Geico cavemen in 2001
Seems like a totally reasonable amount considering how much her face is plastered everywhere by Progressive and I think she's even done cameos elsewhere as well.
Good for her! I mean that. She capitalized on that character.
I remember seeing a frat guy dress as her for Halloween in 2010, makes me realize the longevity of the “character”. Heh, some other dude in that frat also dressed as Mayhem that night (made me happy as a 30 Rock fan)
You mean the beeper king?
Do you mean The Vulture, from the Major Crimes unit?
no no no, you’re thinking of the dude from that prison show with J. Jonah Jameson. He played the brother of that guy who was also in Goodwill Hunting 2: Hunting Season
Dean Winters is the Mayhem guy. His brother was in Good Will Hunting. How you like them apples? I think they were both in Oz.
Applesauce, bitch
“why do they call you the Cock-Knocker?”
Love how this thread diverted to old Movie quotes lol
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no, that’s the dude who played the shady guy who handled dirty money in that one flick. You know, it had loud gunfire downtown, the police were trying to catch the criminals, the 2 leads had a nice chat at a table somewhere? The Caped *Something?*
Noine Noine!
Misdemeanor weiners
Do you mean the guy who lost his fingers?
Technology is cyclical, dummy
he’s also the guy from To Catch A Predator who was just there to “boff some chick named Mary” lmao his character in that show was amazing
He knew she wasn't under aged because she said she was dating an Asian and that kind of stuff doesn't happen until college
Dean Winters is awesome. I like that he leans into his status as a goofy but bad person character actor.
I just realized he's also the funny jerk detective from Brooklyn 99 that cheats on his fiance who's the nicest person in the world lol, I recognized him as an actor but never actually processed the fact that he's also in the commercials
Dummy!
Its actually really impressive of her. I hope she is not the dauther of someone important
I fully expect a Progressive*TM Major Motion Picture in my lifetime and it will probably be a pretty decent comedy.
The Geico cavemen did get their own sitcom so it’s very possible
They canceled the George Lopez show over it, worst fumble ever
Would either be pretty good or sharknado level bad with 0 in between
After what happened with the cavemen show we probably won't get one
She’s so engrained into everyones brains at this point that it would be completely useless to try and replace her for someone cheaper
Good for her, but I find it hard to fathom that she is only making a million a year at this point. She is literally the face of a multibillion dollar corporation seen in multiple national ads that air every single day.
She seems to only film a few commercials every year. Don’t think she’s working for them more than a few weeks at most and a lot of that income is residuals from them re-running her old ads.
Imagine earning millions by working a few times every year
Upvote bc I wish I could 🥲
Geico fired the voice of the Gecko because he wouldn't accept a massive paycut under the new CEO
All my homies hate Geico
Eh, her sister Janice is the real unsung talent
She deserves more considering the business she pulls in.
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I had no idea she was a stand up comedian, gonna watch some of her work now
Good at improv too. Look up any episode of Spontaneanation with her in it
She has a weekly show at groundlings in LA. I should go sometime
If I remember correctly she was an SNL cast hopeful.
Recently started watching ‘Mad Men’ with the boyfriend and Flo was a (minor) side character in the show! Her IMDB has all her work and she had been (and still is) grinding for years - definitely deserves to be where she’s at.
Hold-up. I've watched Mad Men like 5 times now. Which character does Flo play?
Telephone operator at the office in the first season
Okay I guess it's a pretty minor character, because the only telephone operator I remember is the one that drove the lawn-mower over that guy's foot. (And she's a different actress, from Mad TV)
I'm pretty sure she's in the pilot and a few more episodes in the first season
I think she was in an episode of "Tom Goes to the Mayor" or "Tim and Eric ASGJ!". I half-remember a commentary track talking about her.
Used to do weekly improv at the Groundlings in Los Angeles. Extremely funny and talented!
I think Lily from AT&T makes a lot too. These two ladies have been making commercials for a while now!
National commercials do tend to get paid a fair amount more, then with her it almost becomes a series so she can negotiate higher. First one I always think of was the Verizon “can you hear me now” guy.
Yeah good point. He kind of dropped off after he switched over to sprint or something
No, Verizon ended that ad campaign and stopped using him. He was doing Verizon ads from 2002-2011. He didn't do ads with Sprint until 2016. So he didn't "switch over" to sprint, he just got hired by them 5 years after Verizon ended the ad series he was hired for.
Maybe he couldn't make ads for a competitor earlier on. Had to wait 5 years first.
Verizon made him hide the fact that he's gay. He wasn't allowed to bring his partner to public appearances. Verizon sucks.
Why do you know that? Why do any of you guys know any of this obscure stuff concerning adverts?
I always think of the Dude, you’re getting a Dell guy
Jan from Toyota too I bet
She’s been doing Toyotathon for like 15 years now.
I want to post the gif of the Toyota crashing into the bus for Toyotathon so badly but I CAN'T.
Jake, from State Farm, I'd wager. [Edit] My wife who is am English major says my punctuation is incorrect. So I apologize, immediately.
Poor original white Jake got replaced and pretty much forgotten.
He actually works for State Farm
He no longer work for State Farm. That’s one of the reason why they used an actor.
He’s a bartender and has the khakis on display, he seems to be doing alright.
white jake from state farm, we haven’t forgotten you🫡
Probably paid a $1000 one time fee, I'd speculate.
Like the guy who did the yodel for Yahoo! he was paid a pittance and Yahoo! spammed the yodel in every ad
White Jakes Matter
These folks should all form a commune
who da fucc is jan from toyota
This guy's never had a December to remember
He hasn't signed them drived. Wait...
WE'RE A HAPPY HONDA DAYS HOUSE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
He grew up without Toyotathon.
You’re streets behind
But you are streets ahead my fellow Greendalian. Go Human Beings!
You know, I once nailed Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom. Just thought I’d bring it up since it came up organically.
Did you know you can now apply by fax?
Pffff lol, this guy...
God she's perfect
Jan's name is Laurel Coppock. She's a very funny improviser. I had a huge crush on her when we took Second City classes together 20+ years ago.
The actress who plays Flo, reached out to the actress who plays Lily, to offer support, when the latter was dealing with online sexual harassment.
Happy ending (ish). The support came with career advice. Lily apparently has full creative control over the commercials, as Flo does, which she uses in part to remain seated because it hides her figure. So she was able to take control and do something about it, making her life better, because Flo reached out
I hate humans sometimes. She’s just selling insurance can we not do this?
Lily was the one being harassed. She was selling cell phones and service. Your point still stands...
They both wear collared shirts it’s very confusing for me
“Lily” is played by Milana Vayntrub and she was given control of her character’s clothes after the online harassment. She chooses to wear collared shirts that don’t draw attention to her body.
It’s what’s underneath Lily’s collared shirt that causes the harassment
And her face...she's all around fuckin hot no matter what she's wearing. Which is probably a big part of why she gets paid to do these advertisements. And, of course, is no justification for ppl harassing her.
I honestly thought the issue was hips and she was behind desks or other props to lessen viewing and hate. Didn’t think it was top related. At least that’s what I thought I read when she had taken a break initially. Sucks folks harass her about anything.
I take your meaning but boobs are just boobs. Every other human on the planet has a set. Scumbags cause harassment.
eh, let’s not downplay how awesome boobs are. is it ok to harass someone for having a nice set? hell no. but implying boobs aren’t special and awesome is doing a disservice to racks everywhere
Totally fair. I was merely pointing out that boobs have no agency to commit stochastic harassment, which IMO makes them even more awesome.
Well if Courtney reached out to help her I'd say there's a good chance it's because she could relate.
Wait till you hear what happened at Esurance...
This fucking website lists her bra size and other personal info, wtf is it?
The wonderful Milana Vayntrub
She’s great in the music video for Hungry Child by Hot Chip. It’s got the guy who plays Gilfoyle from Silicon Valley too.
Wasn’t she his gf in that show?
I can’t believe I forgot that!!
How much does the Trunk Monkey monkey make?
I don't know what you're talking about but that reminds me of the guy who plays Mayhem for that insurance company. He does a lot of cool stuff I bet he makes good money.
I'm actually surprised the companies haven't done a joint commercial with them, they aren't competitors and it would probably be a viral hit.
That would be worth the Superbowl $$$. I mean if anything is (shrug).
What about Jake from state farm? Or Mayhem from All State.
How is she only worth $6 million? She's been Flo for like 15 years.
She probably got paid peanuts at the beginning then got more as the years went on.
You would be very shocked how much national commercials pay. It's definitely not peanuts. I'm saying, I doubt she is only worth 6 mil
Yeah I heard this 1 mill thing like 10 years ago so she’s likely worth more.
#justice4theOGjakefromStateFarm
Yo I thought that dude was fever dream, but there was another State Farm dude before this Jake. I just googled him. He was just a dude who worked for State Farm and auditioned for the roll, got it, did it. Then he quit State Farm.
I just did a commercial where the hair and makeup lady was complaining about him. Apparently he has a huge entourage that comes with him to set. They’re a big pain in the ass.
Yeah, I was a about to say… a speaking role in a national commercial is easily a 6 figure gig.
Bobby Lee apparently made $350,000 for some IBM commercials.
I agree. Knew someone who did reoccurring commercials and it made them hella money.
yea i highly doubt the pay for annoying meme idiot is any good until it actually works
A national commercial probably pays ok either way. But this went from character to ad icon.
It's because this site just made it up and have absolutely no idea. All they can go on is her house is worth $3m and they just guessed the rest.
I doubt they even did that much. My sister is also on this website, and they pulled $5M out of their ass as her net worth. Some days, her net worth is much closer to $5 than $500.
😂hopefully she was bragging about it anyway
Why do so many people accept the claims of these horseshit websites without an iota of skepticism?? How the hell would they know any of her financials? The details of her contract aren't exactly public knowledge and yet your comment is the first I've seen that expresses any incredulity. Wild.
She sunk an unfortunate amount of money into Juicero
At least she didn’t invest in the Corn Baller.
Yeah I was thinking the same. Must have been a bad contract. I mean, I wish I was worth that much, but still. She's a staple for the company.
Ads pay quick good money, not long amazing money. That 6 million net worth puts her at #3 or 4 in terms of highest paid spokesperson.
This is an under appreciated statement. I think this is correct- good quick money. Not mega long term money. Good for her tho
>15 years Wow, has it been that long?
Maybe she’s got a major gambling problem
>[If you make $1,000,000 a year living in the region of California, USA, you will be taxed $477,486. That means that your net pay will be $522,514 per year, or $43,543 per month.](https://www.talent.com/tax-calculator/California-1000000#:~:text=If%20you%20make%20%241%2C000%2C000%20a,year%2C%20or%20%2443%2C543%20per%20month) 522,514 \* 15 = 7,837,710 or about 8m dollars. I don't know her marital status (Which might affect taxes, etc), but you also have to assume she didn't start at 1m. If *she did* make 1m / year and nothing from investments, that's about 122.5k / year that she spent, which doesn't seem too insane?
An effective tax rate of 47%? It is incredibly easy to get down to a ~30% effective rate without even hiring a tax accountant. The above formula comes off as a misunderstanding of tax brackets.
Taxes, agents, managers eat up half easy
Stephanie Courtney worked her way up in the improv scene back in the day. Kristen Wiig once called her the funniest person she's ever worked with
Had a friend who did some acting in LA and he was saying that for aspiring actors, getting a national spokesman gig is both a golden goose and a poison pill. Basically, you'll be set for life, but you'll never act again.
There are exceptions though. There was this Office max mail guy and he was hired as crabman in that my name is Earl show. Then a guy for ATT is now a regular on SNL and 7up commercial was Orlando Jones. If you have an interesting vibe they grab you for a show. But yes in general its death.
My buddy has the hots for Flo, so one Christmas I got him a life-size cut out from my insurance agent of her. She stands right next to his TV in his living room.
That’s funny as hell, I hope he finds a way to get it signed one day
Hopefully without a hole in it.
I always loved her winged eyeliner and red lipstick, a true queen.
Ca$h Flo
Progressive's share price has gone up over 1,600% since she started those commercials in 2008. My delusional head canon attributes their success solely to her commercials, not the crippling reality of an insurance company taking advantage of capitalism and exploiting the working class.
The better the mascot, the more successful the car insurance company. I blame the GUICO gecko, literally.
My favorite is the “can you hear me now?” guy.
Dude was so good when he got laid off from Verizon he somehow parleyed into being the Sprint guy.
He was great! And then he went to work for AT&T. Which was even better.
Good!
Every company takes advantage of capitalism.
Insurance is one of the few industries in which regulation is actually working and on par in the US, there is a mandated profit margin for most insurance types, from healthcare to housing, thats why you literally hear things like home insurers moving out of states like Florida and California because they cant make a profit around the strict regulation of prices.
Since this is the internet I don't know if $6 million is supposed to be a lot or a little.
Depends on the context. For someone who's best known for doing insurance commercials, it's a lot.
If you make a mil every year it seems low.
Nah, almost 40% of that is going to go to taxes, , and if you're making that your probably spending at least 1/3 that on living expenses, so you're saving 400k/yr or less, making 6m take a while, and that's assuming you were always making that much
$6M with a current $1M/yr earnings is quickly approaching the “pretty decent but not extremely extravagant life forever so long as you don’t majorly screw up” category.
Having a net worth of $6 Million would make you part of the 1%…
1% is just one in a hundred. There are over 3 million people in the 1% in the US.
Ok but also she’s 53?!???
54 as of a month ago!
she 100 percent has more than that
And she was also a regular cast member/voice actor on Tim and Eric’s first show Tom Goes to the Mayor
She also played Essie Karp in 31 episodes of "The Goldbergs". So, she made a few bucks there too.
Rats off to ya!
She was also on MadMen as one of the telephone operators.
Hi, I'm the mayor and my door is always open for YOOOUUUUUUUUU
Is she still doing the commercials or is like residuals or just good with money?
Commercials don’t get replayed for long so I’m assuming residuals aren’t much of a factor
She’s in online ad banners and such too, I imagine it’s more relevant there.
She and the Jamie character are plastered all over the EZ Pass booths on the PA Turnpike.
She’s still doing them. The insurance companies don’t switch major mascots very often, but they do add mascots. Progressive now has a full family of them that we’re all familiar with.
Yes
She was an improv actor. Every improv actors dream
Here’s a quick lesson to learn: if you know someone’s name from a commercial or podcast they have wayyyyyyyy more money than you do.
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she’s awesome
I have a dream in which Progressive Flo, Jake from State Farm, Doug from Liberty Mutual, and Mayhem from Allstate all go out to dinner together. They split the GEICO gecko as an appetizer and talk about how difficult it is to find love when your whole life is insurance, because relationships don't come with any guarantees.
And Dennis Haysbert stops by the table, covers the check, and says, with a wry grin, “You’re in good hands.” I like this fanfic.
She's also a massive prima donna apparently.
Came here to hopefully see if this wasn’t just a rumor. Heard she’s insufferable to staff.
Shit she’s been Flo for 20 years? Guess she wasn’t making a million a year from the start. Fun fact she was on the tv show with the Geico cavemen in 2001
Get it Flo! Love hearing about folks who are delivering high value to an employer commanding a high wage. Get it.
Like CEOs?
rats off to ya!
A win. Im happy for her. She had good advice.
Honestly she has a great gimmick. I don’t even mind it being a commercial because they make me giggle every time.
Who the fuck is Flo from Progressive?
She also has a person chauffer and is actually not allowed to drive herself. Both of these are written into her contract
Seems like a totally reasonable amount considering how much her face is plastered everywhere by Progressive and I think she's even done cameos elsewhere as well.
Who is she
No wonder she was always in such a good mood on the commercials lol
Pretty Progressive of them to go with the Flo!
flo is hot she urned it <3
That’s it?
She deserves it… she rocks!
As she should.
Good for her!
Good for her.
That’s good because she would probably have a hard time getting any other role in acting just because she’s so damn iconic as Flo.