Jen Ponton

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Jen Ponton
Born (1984-06-27) June 27, 1984 (age 39)
Bridgewater, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater Ramapo College of New Jersey
Occupations
  • Actress
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active2009–present
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Website JenPonton.com

Jennifer Ponton (born June 27, 1984) is an American actress, screenwriter and producer, best known for portraying Rubi in the AMC series Dietland .

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Early life

Ponton is an only child raised in Bloomsbury, New Jersey; there she was a 2002 graduate of Phillipsburg High School, where she was active in the New Jersey Speech and Debate Forensics League, as well as drama club and musical groups. [1] [2] She is a 2006 graduate of Ramapo College of New Jersey, where she earned her BA in Theatre. [3]

Career

Ponton began her career in 2010 with a guest role on the episode "Reaganing" [4] on 30 Rock opposite Kelsey Grammer. [2] She went on to make recurring appearances on Law & Order: SVU, The Heart She Holler, and The Slap, as well as guest appearances on Boardwalk Empire , The Good Wife , The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, [5] [6] Blue Bloods, Deadbeat and The Blacklist. In 2018 she portrayed body positive activist Rubi on the AMC drama Dietland. [7] [8] Ponton also starred in the 2016 film Love on the Run opposite Steve Howey and Frances Fisher, and she has narrated Jennifer Weiner's The Littlest Bigfoot audiobook series. [9] On stage, she originated the role of Dorrie in Halley Feiffer's How to Make Friends and then Kill Them at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. [10] She is a member of the Television Academy.[ citation needed ]

She is a body positivity and fat acceptance activist, [11] having spoken at length about the importance of size inclusion in entertainment. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] She was also a featured activist and speaker at the 2018 TCF Style Expo and the 2018 CurvyCon. [20] [21]

Ponton is also the co-creator and star of the puppet-led web series The Weirdos Next Door. [22]

Personal life

Ponton and her husband have been residents of the Budd Lake section of Mount Olive Township, New Jersey. [23]

Filmography

Film
TitleYearRoleNotes
King Kelly 2012AngelaOfficial selection of 2012 SXSW [24]
Jack & Diane 2012StacyOfficial selection of 2012 Tribeca Film Festival [25]
Free the Nipple 2014CharlieDistributed by Sundance Selects and IFC [26]
Enchantments2015Nancy
Wiener-Dog 2016KristyOfficial selection of 2016 Sundance [27]
Love on the Run2016Franny
Split2016Maria
Occupy, Texas2016Harley
Chuck 2016PAOfficial selection of 2016 Tribeca Film Festival [28]
Going in Style 2017Newlywed Wife
Come on In2018BeverlyBitch Pack Best in Show, Bluestocking Film Festival 2018 [29]
Beckys Through History2019Becky
Queens of Daytime2019Sara Jo 'Addy' AddersonTV movie
Pizza Party2020#1
She Came to Me 2023Elodie
Love Magick2023Nancy
Television
TitleYearRoleChannelNotes
Primetime: What Would You Do? 2009BrideABCEpisode: "Momzilla"
30 Rock 2010BrendaNBCEpisode: "Reaganing"Nominated for an Outstanding Writing Emmy [30]
Law & Order: SVU 2010MiaNBCEpisode: "Gray"
The Heart, She Holler 2011GrinderAdult Swim2 episodes
Boardwalk Empire 2012StudentHBOEpisode: "You'd Be Surprised"
The Good Wife 2014Emily BalsamCBSEpisode: "We, the Juries"
Believe 2014Hallway NurseNBCEpisode: Pilot
Blue Bloods 2014Kasia MazurskiCBSEpisode: "Exiles"
The Slap 2015JaniceNBC3 episodes
Law & Order: SVU 2015LaylaNBCEpisode: "Daydream Believer"
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 2016Debbie WellsNetflixEpisode: "Kimmy Meets a Celebrity!"
Deadbeat 2016Duchess BeatrixHuluEpisode: "The Duchess of Stourbridge"
Orange Is the New Black 2016Correcticon Check-In GirlNetflixEpisode: "We'll Always Have Baltimore"
The Blacklist 2016MaisyNBCEpisode: "Mato"
Dietland 2018RubiAMC3 episodes
Helpsters 2020Cindy CircleApple TV+Episode: "Scatter/Sid Square"
Scratch This2021AngelicaEpisode: "Ommm My God"
Dickinson 2021Body HealerApple TV+Episode: "Forever - Is Composed of Nows"
Three Women 2023BarbaraStarz2 episodes

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  7. ↑ Loeb, Ashley Nguyen, Aviva. "Lily Lines: Nicole Maines to play a transgender superhero on the CW's 'Supergirl'" . Retrieved 2018-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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