Stephanie Courtney

That overly hyper super sassy sexy chick, "Flo," in the Progressive commercials is the real-life comedian-cum-actress, Stephanie Courtney. Stephanie Courtneyis the hottest commercial star since the Geico Cavemen, the Geico Gecko, and the AFLAC Duck.
According to her professional bio at: IMBD, she was born February 8, 1970 in Stony Point, New York. She always knew that she wanted to be an actress and began doing Stand-Up comedy before moving to LA and joining the Grounding Theater. Stephanie graduated from Birmingham University in 1992.

In 2003, Courtney won the prestigious Copper Wing Award at the Phoenix Film Festival for the acclaimed film, "Melvin Goes to Dinner."

To her credit, Courtney has appeared in 35 feature films and four pieces with behind the scene clips as herself. Among her accomplishments are: 'The Come Back,' 'Tim and Eric Awesome Show,' 'Great Job,' and 'Mad Men.'

She has been invited to the Aspen Film Festival twice for her work at the Grounding, and has appeared once for a piece that she co-wrote and performed with her sister, Jennifer Courtney.

Sorry fellas, she is currently married to Scott Kolanach, the Lighting Director at the Grounding-whom, she is quoted as saying, that when she first started , for some odd reason the lights were always very kind to her in her performances [Because he liked her].

In an interview with People, she says that the real Stephanie is nothing like Flo. She is a low key person who prefers navy blue and quiet. She admits that the character of Flo is based on her mom [But amplified a thousand times]. Hide