Jodi Thelen

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Jodi Thelen
Born (1962-06-12) June 12, 1962 (age 63)
Years active1981–2017

Jodi Thelen (born June 12, 1962) is an American actress and mental health counselor.

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Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Thelen made her screen debut as Georgia Miles, "a willfully free-spirited girl, naive and narcissistic" [1] in Four Friends in 1981.

Thelen appeared on Broadway in Brighton Beach Memoirs in 1983. Her off-Broadway credits include Springtime for Henry, Largo Desolato at The Public Theater, The Nice and the Nasty at Playwrights Horizons, The Chemistry of Change, and A Body of Water, in which she played the dual roles of Sandy and Malka. For the latter, Variety praised her "stunning transformation" between roles, [2] while The New York Times noted the "welcome comic bite" of her Malka portrayal. [3]

Thelen's television credits include Duet , Grace Under Fire , Touched by an Angel , Joan of Arcadia and Twin Peaks .

Later in life, Thelan became a mental health counselor in Seattle, Washington. [4]

Additional screen credits

References

  1. "Cinema: Tattered Flag".
  2. "Variety review".
  3. "New York Times review".
  4. "Jodi Thelen, Mental Health Counselor, Seattle, WA, 98103". Psychology Today.