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Jennifer Lynch

Jennifer Chambers Lynch (born 1968, Philadelphia), daughter of David Lynch, directed Boxing Helena (1993), Surveillance (2008), Chained (2012), and 12 American Horror Story episodes (2016–2024).

Jennifer M. Puck

Jennifer M. Puck is an American pediatric immunologist and medical geneticist, Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF, known for developing the newborn screening test for SCID.

Jennifer M. Schomaker

Jennifer M. Schomaker is an American synthetic organic chemist who is the Edward and Nancy Fody Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, known for tunable silver-catalyzed C–H amination.

Jennifer Maia

Jennifer Maia, Brazilian women's flyweight MMA fighter (born 1988), former two-time-defended Invicta FC champion, UFC 2018-2023, challenged Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 255, now back in Invicta FC.

Jennifer Makowiec

Jennifer Makowiec, CFA, is a Chicago finance executive who, per PEAK6's 2001 SEC filing, was CEO and President of the options market-making firm founded in 1997.

Jennifer Mariska

Jennifer (Jenn) Mariska is Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Forerunner Ventures in San Francisco, where she announced the firm's $500 million seventh fund in November 2024.

Jennifer Martinez (immunologist)

Jennifer Martinez is an American immunologist who led the Inflammation and Autoimmunity Group at NIH's NIEHS, known for autophagy research and a 2017 PECASE award.

Jennifer Mascott

Jennifer Lee Mascott, American judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (confirmed October 9, 2025, 50-47); former Scalia Law and Catholic University professor, Kavanaugh and Thomas clerk, Appointments Clause scholar.

Jennifer Matthews

Jennifer Lynne Matthews (1964–2009), CIA officer and one of the agency's top al-Qaeda experts, Alec Station targeting chief and Khost base chief, killed in the December 30, 2009 FOB Chapman suicide bombing.

Jennifer Mazzuckelli

Jennifer Mazzuckelli is an American politician and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Ohio's 2nd District in 2026, after winning the May primary.

Jennifer McClellan

Jennifer McClellan is an American Democratic politician, the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 4th district since 2023 and the first Black woman elected to Congress from Virginia.

Jennifer Melfi

Dr. Jennifer Melfi, also Dr. Melfi, is the fictional psychiatrist played by Lorraine Bracco in all six seasons of The Sopranos, treating mob boss Tony Soprano after his panic attacks and serving as the series' moral center.

Jennifer Metcalfe

Jennifer Metcalfe (Jennifer Joanne Metcalfe, born 1983, Bradford) is an English actress who has played Mercedes McQueen in Channel 4's Hollyoaks since June 2006, with earlier roles in Emmerdale and Dancing on Ice.

Jennifer Meyer

Jennifer Meyer is an American fine jewelry designer who founded her eponymous Los Angeles brand in 2005; self-taught, known for 18k gold leaf motifs, Good Luck necklaces, 2012 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund runner-up, fragrance since 2022.

Jennifer Morrison

Jennifer Morrison (born 1979, Chicago) is an American actress and director known as Dr. Allison Cameron on House and Emma Swan on Once Upon a Time; she debuted as a director with Sun Dogs and directs TV drama.

Jennifer Moyle

Jennifer Moyle (born 1921) is a British biochemist who, as Peter Mitchell's experimental partner from 1948 to 1983, did most of the laboratory work establishing the chemiosmotic hypothesis.

Jennifer Murphy

Jennifer Murphy (born 1979, Medford, Oregon) is the Miss Oregon USA 2004 titleholder and Miss USA 2004 Top 10 finalist who competed on The Apprentice season 4, founded GoGirl Worldwide in 2008, and created the viral song and 2024 film I Want to Be Neenja.

Jennifer Nettles

Jennifer Odessa Nettles, born 1974 in Douglas, Georgia, is an American singer-songwriter and actress, lead vocalist of country-pop duo Sugarland with Kristian Bush, three-time Grammy winner for "Stay" and "Who Says You Can't Go Home," and a solo artist and Broadway performer since 2014.

Jennifer Nuzzo

Jennifer B. Nuzzo is an American epidemiologist, Professor at Brown University's School of Public Health, and Director of its Pandemic Center, elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2024.

Jennifer O'Neill

Jennifer O'Neill (born 1948), Brazilian-born American actress and model, played Dorothy in Summer of '42 (1971) and was CoverGirl's spokeswoman for 30 years; also starred in Rio Lobo, The Innocent, and Scanners.

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, American-born UK-based cultural historian and author of Why Vinyl Matters, Being Britney, the Nico biography, and Eternal Flame: The Authorised Biography of The Bangles; former Interscope executive, BIMM Global Music Ambassador.

Jennifer P. Wilson

Jennifer P. Wilson, also known as Jennifer Philpott Wilson (born 1975), is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania since 2019.

Jennifer Paige

Jennifer Paige (born 1973, Atlanta; birth name Jennifer Scoggins) is the American pop singer behind the 1998 hit "Crush," which sold 11 million copies and topped charts in 16 countries; later albums include Starflower (2017).

Jennifer Palmieri

Jennifer Palmieri (born 1966, Pascagoula, Mississippi) is an American political communications strategist, Obama White House communications director (2013-2015), communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, and author of Dear Madam President and She Proclaims.

Jennifer Paterson

Jennifer Mary Paterson (1928–1999), British self-taught cook, Spectator columnist, and television presenter, co-star of BBC2's Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999) with Clarissa Dickson Wright, riding the Triumph Thunderbird; died of lung cancer during the third series.

Jennifer Peedom

Jennifer Peedom, Australian documentary filmmaker from Canberra, director of Sherpa (2015), Mountain (2017), River (2021) and the Apple Original Film Tenzing (2026), her first narrative feature; runs Stranger Than Fiction Films.

Jennifer Peña

Jennifer Peña (Jennifer Marcella Peña Cantú, born 1983) is an American tejano and Latin pop singer from Texas who fronted Jennifer y los Jetz, scored with Libre (2002) and El Dolor de Tu Presencia, earned three Grammy nominations, and returned in 2025 with Superación.

Jennifer Pritzker

Jennifer Natalya Pritzker, formerly James Pritzker, is an American investor and retired Army officer who founded TAWANI Enterprises and became the first openly transgender billionaire in 2013.

Jennifer R. Brown

Jennifer R. Brown is an American physician-scientist who directs the CLL Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and led the ALPINE and AMPLIFY trials that shaped targeted CLL treatment.

Jennifer R. Grandis

Jennifer R. Grandis is an American otolaryngologist and head and neck cancer researcher at UCSF, known for her work on EGFR and STAT3 signaling in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.