Jennifer Barnhart

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Jennifer Barnhart
Jennifer Barnhart UCONN 1992.jpg
Barnhart at UCONN in 1992
Born (1972-03-11) March 11, 1972 (age 53)
Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater University of Connecticut (BFA)
Occupation(s)Actress, puppeteer
Years active1994–present
Notable work Avenue Q , Law & Order: SVU , Johnny and the Sprites , Exposing the Order of the Serpentine

Jennifer Barnhart (born March 11, 1972) is an American actress and puppeteer, with a portfolio of television and theatre performances. [1] [2]

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Early life

Barnhart was born and grew up in Hamden, Connecticut. She graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting with a concentration in puppetry. [1] [3] [4]

Career

Puppetry career

In 1996, Barnhart began her puppeteer career performing on Once Upon a Tree performing Mara the Beaver and Mrs. Peeper the Owl. [5] She made her Broadway debut in 2003 and is a featured performer in the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q , in which she also appeared Off-Broadway. [6] [7] She was a regular puppeteer on the Nickelodeon series Oobi , playing Mrs. Johnson and various incidental characters. She also stars as Cleo on PBS's literacy education series, Between the Lions , and performed the puppetry for Kanga and Owl on Disney Channel's The Book of Pooh . [1] [2] She is a Sesame Street Muppet performer who took over the roles of Mama Bear in 2001 and Gladys the Cow in 2002. [1] [2]

Barnhart also worked as a puppeteer in Johnny and the Sprites , a Disney Channel children's show created by her Avenue Q co-star John Tartaglia. [2]

As of season 46 of Sesame Street , she performs the role of Zoe, following the retirement of Fran Brill in 2014.

Acting career

She appeared on screen as a puppeteer in the "Web" episode of Law & Order: SVU in May 2006. [2] In regional theatre, she played the angel in Angels in America (Gallery Players), Olivia in Twelfth Night , and Cassie in Rumors (Connecticut Repertory Theatre). In 2011 she appeared as police officer Randy Osteen in Tracy Letts's new play "Superior Donuts" at the Arden Theatre in Philadelphia. [8] In 2010, she portrayed Chicago Police Department detective Lorna Diamond in the Law & Order: SVU episode, "Behave". [2]

TV credits

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Playbill interview Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , September 10, 2004, retrieved on July 24, 2008
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IMDb, Jennifer Barnhart, retrieved on June 23, 2006
  3. ↑ "Jen's Biography". Sesame Street. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Endless Possibilities with Puppets". Department of Theatre. University of Utah. Archived from the original on January 31, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Once Upon a Tree - That's Tremendous, Who's Who". Archived from the original on June 27, 2002. Retrieved June 27, 2002.
  6. ↑ Internet Broadway Database, Jennifer Barnhart, retrieved on August 8, 2006
  7. ↑ Avenue Q Archived January 12, 2018, at the Wayback Machine , cast, retrieved on July 24, 2008
  8. ↑ Zinman, Toby. "Superior Doughnuts: Worth a Dunk". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
Preceded by Performer of Mommy Snuffleupagus
2000s - present		Succeeded by
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Preceded by Performer of Gladys the Cow
2003 – present		Succeeded by
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Preceded by Performer of Mama Bear
2003 – present		Succeeded by
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Preceded by Performer of Zoe
2016 – present		Succeeded by
None
Preceded by Performer of Goldilocks
2005		Succeeded by
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