Jennifer Gable

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Jennifer Gable is an American actress and writer born in Alexandria, Virginia. She has acted on Comedy Central's Drunk History , Funny or Die [1] and the TV series Murder Book. Gable wrote, produced and directed the short film 13 Steps, which was selected 2012 "HollyShorts Film Festival" Drama Film Finalist winner in 2012. [2] Jennifer writes stand-up and performs at clubs like The Stand, Gotham or Ice House. [3]

Career

Born in a Washington D.C. suburb to an FBI agent and an engineer for the US Royal Army[ clarification needed ] as an only child, Gable started acting at age 4 in the Mt. Vernon Children's Theatre Group. In school she would create puppet shows. Later in high school she continued acting but also learned dancing, violin and figure skating. Other past jobs include figure skating coach, violin teacher and business marketer. Gable started her career working as actress, host, model and producing stand-up. She studied at The Actor's Studio, Groundlings and the Upright Citizens Brigade.

In 2007, Gable appeared as a food tester on Ted Allen's Chopped (TV Series) In 2010 she appeared on the film You Don't Know Jack as a supporter. A year later she acted on Excused as a comedian. In 2012, Gable wrote, directed, acted and produced a short film called 13 Steps with music scored by Mody, which was selected at the 2012 HollyShorts Film Festival as finalist winner. In 2015 Gable acted on TV series Drunk History, worked as an assistant director for the film Broken Horses and on a Murder Book episode as a CSI investigator. She also appeared on Drunk History as a comedian.

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References

  1. ↑ "Christmas Boner". Funny Or Die. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "13 Steps". The Audience Awards. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jennifer Gable". StandUpLive. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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