Jill Bennett (American actress)

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Jill Bennett
Born (1975-08-14) August 14, 1975 (age 49)
Known forAnd Then Came Lola
Website www.jillbennett.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Jill Bennett (born August 14, 1975, in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the 2009 lesbian film And Then Came Lola . [1]

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She co-stars on the television series Dante's Cove , as well as 3Way, a lesbian web series.

She has produced two different series, We Have to Stop Now which was shown at Frameline and Outfest LGBT film festivals, and Second Shot, which screened at The Dinah 2013, Outfest and won best feature at LFest in 2013.

Personal life

Bennett is an out lesbian. She said "There are plenty of lesbians in Hollywood, but they're not out. And that's their choice, but I can't do that, it's too important to me". [2]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Recipe for Disaster Blind date girl TV Movie
Hideous ScreamComedy short
2004TubeHeatherComedy short
Fish Out of WaterBettyComedy short
2005 The Pleasure Drivers Marcy
The Benefits of Drinking WhiskeyComedy short
2006 In Her Line of Fire Sharon Serrano
Expiration Date Alicia
Cause 4 AlarmGailComedy short
2007Out at the WeddingWendy
X's & O'sVivian
2008Shattered!Mallory
2009 And Then Came Lola Casey
2011The BountyMaia JacobsShort Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Beverly Hills, 90210 Darby Shahan2 episodes: "I'm Using You 'Cause I Like You" & "Fertile Ground"
The Others Lara2 episodes: "Luciferous" & "Theta"
Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane PennyEpisode: "Crossing the Line"
2007 Dante's Cove MichelleRegular role (season 3) (5 episodes)

Other work

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007–2008 We're Getting Nowhere Herself Video blog
20083WayAndrea Bailey Web series (12 episodes)
2009The Gloves Are OffHerselfVideo blog
2009–2010We Have to Stop NowKitWeb series (14 episodes)
2013Second ShotKat McDonaldWeb series (3 episodes)

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References

  1. Pollock, Christopher (2013). Reel San Francisco Stories: An Annotated Filmography of the Bay Area. Castor & Pollux P. p. 33. ISBN   978-0578130422.
  2. Warn, Sarah (February 28, 2005). "Interview with Jill Bennett". AfterEllen.com . Archived from the original on May 16, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2010.