Jill Latiano

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Jill Latiano
Born (1980-09-17) September 17, 1980 (age 43)
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Years active1999present
Spouse
(m. 2009)
Children2

Jill Latiano Howerton (born September 17, 1980) is an American actress, model, dancer, documentary film producer and television personality.

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Career

Latiano began her career in 1999 as a dancer for the New York Knicks. [1] From 2003 to 2005, she was the host of the NYC Media series Fashion in Focus. She made her acting debut in an episode of Sex and the City in 2004. She has guest starred in Rescue Me , CSI: NY , Ugly Betty , Drake & Josh , Moonlight , and Community . She appeared in the films Epic Movie (2007), Lower Learning (2008), Fired Up (2009), and the psychological thriller Kalamity (2010).

She also has produced multiple documentary films of varying impact, including GMO OMG , which spread the assertion that the use of genetically modified organisms in food production is harmful to children, as well as The Devil We Know , investigating DuPont's cover-ups of the harmful effects of PFAS it was releasing into West Virginia communities' groundwater. [2]

Personal life

Latiano married Glenn Howerton on September 5, 2009. She also guest starred in Howerton's series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia , playing a love interest to his character in the episode "The D.E.N.N.I.S. System". They have two children. [3] [4]

Her father Bob Latiano died in 2016 at the age of 71 and the eighth episode of the twelfth season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was dedicated in his memory.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Epic Movie Singing Pirate Girl
2008 Lower Learning Nurse Gretchen
2009 Fired Up! Haley
2010 Kalamity Simge
2022The Thief CollectorProducer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Fashion in FocusHostTelevision documentary
2004 Sex and the City Party Girl #2Episode: "Let There Be Light"
2004 Rescue Me Geneva2 episodes
2005 Out of Practice WendyEpisode: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do. And Do. And..."
2006 Heist TiffanyEpisode: "Bury the Lead"
2006 CSI: NY Mandy FosterEpisode: "Open and Shut"
2006–2007 Ugly Betty Assistant #1 /

Blonde / Model

3 episodes
2007 Drake & Josh Diana VoshEpisode: "Megan's Revenge"
2007 Dirty Sexy Money BridgetEpisode: "The Bridge"
2007The Virgin of Akron, OhioRaleighTelevision film; unsold pilot
2008 Moonlight The CleanerEpisode: "The Mortal Cure"
2009 Roommates Jackie2 episodes
2009 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia CayleeEpisode: "The D.E.N.N.I.S. System"
2010 Community CourtneyEpisode: "Physical Education"
2011 The Chicago Code NatalieEpisode: "O'Leary's Cow"
2011 The Cleveland Show AnnaEpisode: "A Nightmare on Grace Street"
2012 The Glades Vanessa RussoEpisode: "Food Fight"
2014 Legit Katie Knox4 episodes
2015 Casual AmyEpisode: "Pilot"

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