Jen Ponton | |
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Born | Bridgewater, New Jersey, U.S. | June 27, 1984
Alma mater | Ramapo College of New Jersey |
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Years active | 2009–present |
Height | 5 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 .
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]
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]
Ponton and her husband have been residents of the Budd Lake section of Mount Olive Township, New Jersey. [23]
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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King Kelly | 2012 | Angela | Official selection of 2012 SXSW [24] |
Jack & Diane | 2012 | Stacy | Official selection of 2012 Tribeca Film Festival [25] |
Free the Nipple | 2014 | Charlie | Distributed by Sundance Selects and IFC [26] |
Enchantments | 2015 | Nancy | |
Wiener-Dog | 2016 | Kristy | Official selection of 2016 Sundance [27] |
Love on the Run | 2016 | Franny | |
Split | 2016 | Maria | |
Occupy, Texas | 2016 | Harley | |
Chuck | 2016 | PA | Official selection of 2016 Tribeca Film Festival [28] |
Going in Style | 2017 | Newlywed Wife | |
Come on In | 2018 | Beverly | Bitch Pack Best in Show, Bluestocking Film Festival 2018 [29] |
Beckys Through History | 2019 | Becky | |
Queens of Daytime | 2019 | Sara Jo 'Addy' Adderson | TV movie |
Pizza Party | 2020 | #1 | |
She Came to Me | 2023 | Elodie | |
Love Magick | 2023 | Nancy |
Title | Year | Role | Channel | Notes | |
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Primetime: What Would You Do? | 2009 | Bride | ABC | Episode: "Momzilla" | |
30 Rock | 2010 | Brenda | NBC | Episode: "Reaganing" | Nominated for an Outstanding Writing Emmy [30] |
Law & Order: SVU | 2010 | Mia | NBC | Episode: "Gray" | |
The Heart, She Holler | 2011 | Grinder | Adult Swim | 2 episodes | |
Boardwalk Empire | 2012 | Student | HBO | Episode: "You'd Be Surprised" | |
The Good Wife | 2014 | Emily Balsam | CBS | Episode: "We, the Juries" | |
Believe | 2014 | Hallway Nurse | NBC | Episode: Pilot | |
Blue Bloods | 2014 | Kasia Mazurski | CBS | Episode: "Exiles" | |
The Slap | 2015 | Janice | NBC | 3 episodes | |
Law & Order: SVU | 2015 | Layla | NBC | Episode: "Daydream Believer" | |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | 2016 | Debbie Wells | Netflix | Episode: "Kimmy Meets a Celebrity!" | |
Deadbeat | 2016 | Duchess Beatrix | Hulu | Episode: "The Duchess of Stourbridge" | |
Orange Is the New Black | 2016 | Correcticon Check-In Girl | Netflix | Episode: "We'll Always Have Baltimore" | |
The Blacklist | 2016 | Maisy | NBC | Episode: "Mato" | |
Dietland | 2018 | Rubi | AMC | 3 episodes | |
Helpsters | 2020 | Cindy Circle | Apple TV+ | Episode: "Scatter/Sid Square" | |
Scratch This | 2021 | Angelica | Episode: "Ommm My God" | ||
Dickinson | 2021 | Body Healer | Apple TV+ | Episode: "Forever - Is Composed of Nows" | |
Three Women | 2023 | Barbara | Starz | 2 episodes |
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