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Jenna Elfman

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Jenna Elfman
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Jenna Elfman began her career as a professional dancer, appearing in music videos by Depeche Mode and Anthrax, and danced on the 1991 Academy Awards live broadcast, choreographed by Debbie Allen.

She ultimately transitioned to acting, best known for her role as Dharma in the hit television series "Dharma and Greg," for which she garnered a Golden Globe Award, three Emmy Award nominations and two TV Guide Awards.

Most recently on television, Elfman played Alice on ABC's comedy series "Imaginary Mary," which followed on the heels of "Growing Up Fisher" with J.K. Simmons, "1600 Penn" with Josh Gad, and critically-acclaimed guest appearances on "Shameless" and the final season of the award-winning drama "Damages," with Glenn Close and Rose Byrne.

Other notable television credits include a guest appearance on "The Mindy Project," as well as appearances on "Two and a Half Men," "My Name is Earl," and "Royal Pains."

She appeared in the hit comedy feature film Friends with Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, and her film credits also include Keeping the Faith, opposite Ben Stiller and Edward Norton, the cult classic Can't Hardly Wait, Big Stone Gap alongside Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, and Whoopi Goldberg, and Ron Howard's Edtv, opposite Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

As a classically trained ballerina, Jenna has been invited twice to be a guest judge on the hit dance competition show "So You Think You Can Dance". She also proudly serves on the board of trustees of the Dizzy Feet Foundation (founded by producer Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman), whose mission is to support, improve, and increase access to dance education in the United States.

Jenna was born and raised in Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband, Bodhi Elfman, and their two young sons.

She films a video podcast with her husband Bodhi called Kicking and Screaming in which they humorously discuss their 2+ year marriage together.
BornSeptember 30, 1971
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  • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys

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Jenna Elfman in Conan (2010)
Jenna Elfman and Ron Livingston in Townies (1996)
Jenna Elfman and Joseph D. Reitman in Townies (1996)
Jenna Elfman and Joseph D. Reitman in Townies (1996)
Heather Matarazzo, Jenna Elfman, and Eric McCormack in Townies (1996)
Heather Matarazzo, Jenna Elfman, and Eric McCormack in Townies (1996)
Molly Ringwald, Jenna Elfman, and Ian Bohen in Townies (1996)
Heather Matarazzo and Jenna Elfman in Townies (1996)
Heather Matarazzo, Jenna Elfman, and Eric McCormack in Townies (1996)
Molly Ringwald, Jenna Elfman, Dion Anderson, Lee Garlington, and Lauren Graham in Townies (1996)
Molly Ringwald, Jenna Elfman, and Lauren Graham in Townies (1996)
Molly Ringwald, Jenna Elfman, and Lauren Graham in Townies (1996)

Known for

Dharma & Greg (1997)
Dharma & Greg
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TV Series
  • Dharma Finkelstein Montgomery
Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)
Keeping the Faith
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  • Anna Riley
  • 2000
Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake in Friends with Benefits (2011)
Friends with Benefits
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  • Annie
  • 2011
Matthew McConaughey in Edtv (1999)
Edtv
6.1
  • Shari
  • 1999

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Actress

  • Colman Domingo and Lennie James in Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
    Fear the Walking Dead
  • The Twilight Zone (2019)
    The Twilight Zone
  • Jenna Elfman in Imaginary Mary (2017)
    Imaginary Mary
  • Devon Terrell in Barry (2016)
    Barry
  • The Perfect Stanleys
  • Whoopi Goldberg, Ashley Judd, Jenna Elfman, Anthony LaPaglia, Jane Krakowski, John Benjamin Hickey, and Patrick Wilson in Big Stone Gap (2014)
    Big Stone Gap
  • Gigi: Almost American (2011)
    Gigi: Almost American
  • Jenna Elfman, J.K. Simmons, Eli Baker, and Ava Deluca-Verley in Growing Up Fisher (2014)
    Growing Up Fisher
  • Mindy Kaling in The Mindy Project (2012)
    The Mindy Project
  • Mark Feuerstein in Royal Pains (2009)
    Royal Pains
  • Bill Pullman, Jenna Elfman, Martha MacIsaac, Josh Gad, André Holland, Benjamin Stockham, and Amara Miller in 1600 Penn (2012)
    1600 Penn
  • Glenn Close and Rose Byrne in Damages (2007)
    Damages
  • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
  • Bad Mom
  • Matumbo Goldberg (2011)
    Matumbo Goldberg

Producer

  • Jenna Elfman and Jon Foster in Accidentally on Purpose (2009)
    Accidentally on Purpose
  • Jenna Elfman in Courting Alex (2006)
    Courting Alex
  • Touched (2005)
    Touched
  • Dharma & Greg (1997)
    Dharma & Greg

Soundtrack

  • Rage (1987)
    Rage
    • ("Black Lodge")

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'We Are Coming For You' Season 5 Premiere Official Trailer
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Imaginary Mary--Official Trailer
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Love Hurts

Personal details

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  • Official sites
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    • Official Site
    • September 30, 1971
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Bodhi ElfmanFebruary 18, 1995 - present (2 children)
    • Tony Butala(Aunt or Uncle)
  • Other works
    TV commercial for AT&T
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 10 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 17 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    She started taking classical ballet at the age of five, but by nine, she suffered a serious ankle injury, and at age 12, the tendon came off the bone. She later gave up ballet at the age of 16.
  • Quotes
    Creatively, you need to go live life. As an artist, you are representing life. So you have to rub elbows and be out in it.
    • Bubbly cheerful goofy persona
    • Accidentally on Purpose
      (2009)
      $125,000 /episode (2009-10)

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