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Jenna Ushkowitz

Jenna Ushkowitz (Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz), Korean-born American actress, singer, producer, and podcast host born 1986 in Seoul. Known as Tina Cohen-Chang on Glee and a two-time Tony-winning Broadway producer of Once on This Island and The Inheritance.

Jenna von Oÿ

Jenna von Oÿ (Jennifer Jean von Oy, born 1977) is an American actress, singer, and writer known as Six LeMeure on Blossom, Stevie Van Lowe on The Parkers, and for voice work in A Goofy Movie and Pepper Ann.

Jennette McCurdy

Jennette McCurdy (born 1992), American writer and former actress, played Sam Puckett on Nickelodeon's iCarly and Sam & Cat, then quit acting to write the bestselling memoir I'm Glad My Mom Died and the novel Half His Age.

Jenni Falconer

Jenni Falconer (born 1976, Glasgow) is a Scottish TV and radio presenter, GMTV Entertainment Today anchor, Smooth Radio breakfast host since 2020, RunPod podcast creator, and Kollo Health co-founder.

Jenni Konner

Jenni Konner, American TV writer, producer, and director born 1971 in Brooklyn; co-showrunner of HBO's Girls with Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow, co-founder of Lenny Letter, and co-showrunner of Netflix's Nobody Wants This.

Jennie Eisenhower

Jennie Eisenhower (Jennie Elizabeth Eisenhower, born 1978) is an American actress, director, and realtor, granddaughter of Richard Nixon and great-granddaughter of Dwight Eisenhower, a two-time Barrymore Award winner in Philadelphia theater.

Jennie Garth

Jennie Garth (Jennifer Eve Garth, born 1972, Urbana, Illinois) is an American actress best known as Kelly Taylor on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000); later What I Like About You, TV movies, HGTV's The Jennie Garth Project, BH90210, and the I Choose Me podcast and memoir.

Jennie Jacques

Jennie Jacques (born 1989, Coventry) is an English actress known as Annie Miller in Desperate Romantics, WPC Gina Dawson in WPC 56, and Queen Judith in Vikings (2015-2019, 40 episodes).

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston (born 1969, Sherman Oaks, California) is an American actress, Emmy winner as Rachel Green on Friends, film star of Bruce Almighty, The Break-Up, and Cake, and star and executive producer of Apple TV+'s The Morning Show.

Jennifer Aspen

Jennifer Aspen (born 1973, Richmond, Virginia) is an American actress, producer, and writer known for Party of Five, Rodney, Glee, GCB, and Hallmark Christmas movies.

Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals (born 1963, Chicago) is an American actress, star of Flashdance (1983) as Alex Owens and Bette Porter on The L Word and Generation Q, now in NCIS: New York.

Jennifer Carpenter

Jennifer Leann Carpenter (born 1979, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American actress known as Debra Morgan on Dexter (2006–2013, New Blood) and for The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005); Juilliard-trained, Saturn Award nominee, married to Seth Avett.

Jennifer Cheon Garcia

Jennifer Cheon Garcia, also credited as Jennifer Cheon, is a Vancouver-born Canadian actress of Indigenous Mexican and Korean heritage, known for Ivory in Van Helsing and Leane Sharif in The Wheel of Time, and a 2016 Leo Award winner for The Drive.

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) is an American actress, Oscar winner for A Beautiful Mind, also a Golden Globe and BAFTA winner; from Labyrinth to Top Gun: Maverick, Snowpiercer, and Dark Matter.

Jennifer Coolidge

Jennifer Coolidge (born 1961, Boston) is an American comedic character actress known as Stifler's mom in American Pie, Paulette in Legally Blonde, and Emmy-winning Tanya McQuoid in The White Lotus.

Jennifer Coppen

Jennifer Coppen (Jennifer Rochelle Coppen, born 2001, Denpasar) is an Indonesian actress, singer, and content creator, famous as Caca in Rohaya & Anwar: Kecil-Kecil Mikir Jadi Manten; married footballer Justin Hubner in 2026, lives in the Netherlands.

Jennifer Ehle

Jennifer Ehle (born 1969, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American actress, daughter of Rosemary Harris and John Ehle, known for Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice, two Tony Awards, and films including The King's Speech and Saint Maud.

Jennifer Elise Cox

Jennifer Elise Cox (born 1969, New York City) is an American actress, also credited as Jennifer Cox, best known as Jan Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel and for improv comedy roles on Web Therapy, Lovespring International, and 10 Items or Less.

Jennifer Ellison

Jennifer Ellison, English actress, dancer, and TV personality born 1983 in Liverpool; known for Brookside's Emily Shadwick, The Phantom of the Opera, winning Hell's Kitchen, and founding Jelli Studios.

Jennifer English

Jennifer English is an English actress known for her voice and performance capture work. She won major awards for her role as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Jennifer Esposito

Jennifer Esposito, American actress born 1973 in Brooklyn, known for Spin City, Crash, Samantha Who?, and Blue Bloods, celiac advocate, author of Jennifer's Way, and writer-director of Fresh Kills.

Jennifer Finnigan

Jennifer Christina Finnigan (born 1979, Montreal) is a Canadian actress who won three consecutive Daytime Emmys as Bridget Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful and later starred in Tyrant, Salvation, and CBC's Moonshine.

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner (born 1972, Houston) is an American actress, Golden Globe winner for Alias (2001–2006), star of 13 Going on 30 and Dallas Buyers Club, and cofounder of Once Upon a Farm.

Jennifer Gibney

Jennifer Gibney (born 1964, Dublin) is an Irish actress, wife of Brendan O'Carroll, who plays his on-screen daughter Cathy Brown across all Mrs. Brown's Boys versions since 2002, and is an executive producer from Series 4.

Jennifer Grant

Jennifer Grant (born 1966, Burbank, California) is an American actress and author, only child of Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon; known for Beverly Hills 90210, Movie Stars, Babylon, the memoir Good Stuff, and producing the miniseries Archie.

Jennifer Grey

Jennifer Grey (born 1960) is an American actress, daughter of Joel Grey, known as Baby in Dirty Dancing (1987) and Jeanie in Ferris Bueller's Day Off; two 1990s rhinoplasties derailed her career; she won Dancing with the Stars in 2010.

Jennifer Hale

Jennifer Hale is a Canadian-American voice actress, Guinness record holder as most prolific female video game voice actor, known as Mass Effect's female Commander Shepard, Bastila Shan, Naomi Hunter, and X-Men '97's Jean Grey.

Jennifer Hawkins

Jennifer Hawkins (Jennifer Louise Hawkins, born 1983) is an Australian model and TV presenter, Miss Universe 2004 from Quito, the second Australian winner after Kerry Anne Wells 1972, later Myer ambassador and host of Australia's Next Top Model.

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones (1919–2009), born Phylis Lee Isley in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was an American Oscar-winning actress; five-time nominee, first Golden Globe Best Actress, wife of Selznick and Norton Simon.

Jennifer Kendal

Jennifer Kendal (Jennifer Kendal Kapoor), British-born actress (1933/1934–1984) who lived in India, toured with Shakespeareana, married Shashi Kapoor in 1958, co-founded Prithvi Theatre in 1978, and earned a BAFTA nomination for 36 Chowringhee Lane.