Jenna Lamia

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Jenna Lamia
Born
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actress, writer, voice performer
Years active1998–present

Jenna Lamia is an American actress, writer, and audiobook narrator.

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Career

Acting

Lamia began her acting career in New York City, where she appeared on Broadway [1] in Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! at Lincoln Center. [2] She soon moved on to television and film appearances, and is best known for her roles as Sherri Ward in The Fighter [3] with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, [4] Siobhan Miller in Law and Order: SVU , Carrie Schillinger in Oz , and as Poppy Downes in Comedy Central's Strangers With Candy , with Amy Sedaris. Over the span of her career, she has appeared on and off-Broadway, in over 30 television shows and feature films, and voiced video games and animated characters for film and television. [5] As of 2021, she appears as Judy Cooper in the Syfy television series Resident Alien , starring Alan Tudyk.

Audiobook narration

As an audiobook narrator, Lamia has won several golden earphones awards from AudioFile magazine, [6] and was named Female Narrator of the Year in 2010 by the Audio Publishers Association. [7] Also in 2010, she won Best Solo Narration - Female for The Chosen One . [8] She voiced Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan in The Help , which won best fiction audiobook of the year in 2010. [8] In 2020, she won another Audie Award as part of the ensemble cast of Jarrett Krozocska's Hey, Kiddo.

Writing and producing

Lamia is also a writer and producer of television and films. After selling her first feature script, All About Me, to New Line Cinema in 2006, [9] she joined the writing staff of The CW's 90210 . After 90210, Lamia went on to write, produce, and act in Awkward .

She began writing and producing the dramedy No Tomorrow in 2016. In 2017, she began writing and co-executive producing the crime comedy-drama Good Girls for NBC.

In December 2019, it was announced that she would write and executive produce an adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand's novel The Perfect Couple, for the Fox network. [10]

In April 2021, production began on the feature film My Best Friend's Exorcism , which Lamia adapted from the 2016 novel by Grady Hendrix. [11]

In August 2022, Netflix announced it would produce the limited series The Perfect Couple , which Lamia will write and executive produce. The series is an adaptation of The New York Times bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand. [12] [ clarification needed ]

Filmography

Acting

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998Hi-LifeGirl Teen
1999 Strangers With Candy Poppy DownesEpisode: "Old Habits - New Beginnings"
1999 The Guiding Light Ali
1999FANaticAnnouncer (all episodes)
2000 Brutally Normal AliEpisode: "Damaged Goods"
2000 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Siobhan MillerEpisode: "Taken"
2001 Corkscrew Hill Paddy McMooney
2000–2002 Oz Carrie Schillinger8 episodes
2003 Happy End Sparkle
2004 Without a Trace Alice BlossomEpisode: "Hawks and Handsaws"
2004 NYPD Blue Gina BellEpisode: "Old Yeller"
2004The JuryChristine Britton
2008 Something's Wrong in Kansas Shelby
2009 The Box Diane Carnes
2010 The Fighter Sherri Ward
2012 The Polar Bears Polar Girl 1
2013 The Call Brooke
2013–2016 Awkward. Lesley Miller10 episodes
2016 Family Guy Mrs. WongEpisode: "The Boys In The Band"
2018 Dirty John LaurelEpisode: "One Shoe"
2019 Legend Quest: Masters of Myth Marcella
2021–Present Resident Alien Judy Cooper
2021 Small Engine Repair Patty Swaino

Writing

Television

YearWorkRole
201090210Writer, "They're Playing Her Song", First Aired Nov. 15, 2010 [13]
201190210Writer, "Women on The Verge", First Aired May 2, 2011 [13]
201190210Writer, "Let The Games Begin", First Aired October 4, 2011 [13]
201290210Writer, "Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?", First Aired January 17, 2012 [13]
201290210Writer, "A Tale of Two Parties", First Aired May 8, 2012 [13]
2012-201390210Executive Story Editor
2014 Awkward. Writer, "Touched By An Angel", First Aired April 29, 2014
2014 Awkward. Writer, "Girl Rules"
2015 Awkward. Writer, "Say Yes To The Dress", First aired October 26, 2015
2015 Awkward. Writer, "Reality Does Not Bite", First Aired November 2, 2015
2016 No Tomorrow Writer, "No Holds Barred", First aired October 25, 2016
2018 Good Girls Writer, episode #3: "Borderline", First aired March 12, 2018
2019 Good Girls Writer, episode #14: "Pick Your Poison", First aired March 24, 2019
2019 Good Girls Writer, episode #21: "Hunting Season", First aired May 12, 2019
2019 Good Girls Writer (with Mark Wilding), episode #22: "Jeff", First aired May 19, 2019
2021 Good Girls Writer, episode #44: "Strong Hearts Strong Sales"
2022 Resident Alien Writer, episode #3: "Girls' Night", First aired February 9, 2022
2022 Resident Alien Writer, episode #13: "Harry, A Parent", First aired September 7, 2022

Film

YearWorkRole
2022 My Best Friend's Exorcism Screenwriter

Awards and nominations

YearAwardNominated workResult
2003 Audie Award The Secret Life of Bees Nominated [14]
2010 Audie Award for best solo narration The Chosen One Won [15]
2011 MTV Movie Award for Best Fight The Fighter Nominated[ citation needed ]
2020 Audie Award for best young adult recording. Full cast. Hey, Kiddo Won

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References

  1. ↑ "Jenna Lamia Theatre Credits". Broadwayworld.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  2. ↑ Chris Jones (1998-03-18). "Ah, Wilderness!". Variety. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  3. ↑ "The Scene-Stealers of 'The Fighter' - Blog Stage - Acting in Film, TV, Theatre - Backstage". Backstage.blogs.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  4. ↑ (USA) Entertainment Weekly, 7 January 2011, pg. 47, by: Chris Nashawaty, "Knockout Women!"
  5. ↑ "The Amherst Student | Jenna Lamia '00E leaps from Gad's to Broadway". Amherststudent-archive.amherst.edu. 2003-12-03. Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  6. ↑ "Jenna Lamia | Narrators". AudioFilemagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-09. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  7. ↑ The Wall Street Journal, 28 May 2010, pg. A26, by: Marshall Heyman, "At the Audies: Judging a Book by Its Reader"
  8. 1 2 "Voice Over Xtra". Voiceoverxtra.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  9. ↑ Variety, 1 December 2006, p. 4, by: Pamela Mcclintock, "Pair team for teen comedy"
  10. ↑ "Jenna Lamia To Pen 'The Perfect Couple' Adaptation Based On Elin Hilderbrand Book In The Works At Fox". DeadlineHollywood.com. 2019-12-11. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  11. ↑ Kit, Borys (9 April 2021). "Elsie Fisher, Amiah Miller, Cathy Ang, Rachel Ogechi Kanu to Star in 'My Best Friend's Exorcism' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  12. ↑ Cordero, Rosy (25 August 2022). "Elin Hilderbrand Novel 'The Perfect Couple' Being Adapted Into Limited Series By 21 Laps At Netflix; Jenna Lamia Set As Showrunner & EP". Deadline Hollywood Daily . Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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