14 Stars from Commercials – Who Are They Really?

4. Laurel Coppock – Toyota’s Jan

Jan, the perky and welcoming receptionist in a long-running campaign of Toyota commercials, was more than a mere pitchwoman, she was like the company mascot. Her popularity increased when she became pregnant in real life and that detail was worked into the storyline of the ads. Her resume includes appearances in The Office, Modern Family, Arrested Development and Crazy, Stupid, Love. She’s also a member of The Groundlings, a popular improv group based in LA.

5. Beck Bennet – AT&T’s “It’s Not Complicated” Guy

Beck Bennet is a comedian who once had a fake news show called Fresh Perspectives. This lead to his casting in some popular AT&T commercials where he interviewed children to make the point that “it’s not complicated.” He played the straight man in a suit while surrounded by candid kids babbling on about why “more is better than less” and “bigger is better than smaller”. It was mostly all improvised and delivered in a wry deadpan tone. Bennet worked on Arrested Development and he is also a current cast member of SNL.

6. Diane Amos – The Pine Sol Lady

Bet when you think of Pine Sol (as one does), you think of Diane Amos. Maybe you don’t know her name, but you surely know her face and voice. After all, she’s been the product spokeswoman for over 20 years, since 1993. You could say she’s cleaned up with that commercial role. “That’s the power of Pine-Sol, baby!” She’s also a comedienne, actress and occasional game show contestant, but she makes enough with her Pine-Sol gig to have someone else mop her floors.