Jennifer Irwin

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Jennifer Irwin
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Irwin in 2015
Born
Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1]
Years active1985–present

Jennifer Irwin is a Canadian film and television actress best known for her roles as Linda Michaels in Still Standing , [2] Cassie Powers in Eastbound & Down , [3] Virginia Kremp on The Goldbergs , Laurie Neustadt in the third and fourth season of NBC's Superstore and Dolly Durkins in the final season of iZombie . [4]

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Irwin is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. [5] She worked with The Second City in the mid-1990s, [6] and has had a handful of starring and supporting roles in film. Irwin also played Carol in Kerri Kenney-Silver's Dame Delilah web series.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 The Gate Linda Lee [7]
1996 Mrs. Winterbourne Susan [8]
1998 A Cool, Dry Place Connie Harper
1999 Superstar Maria [9]
2001 Exit Wounds Linda
2011 No Strings Attached Megan
2011 Bad Teacher Chase’s Mom
2015 Zoom Marissa
2016 Another Evil Mary Papadakis
2017Fallen StarsGwen
2019 The Mortuary Collection Margaret
2021 The Exchange Sheila [10]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Anne of Green Gables StudentTV miniseries
1986 Easy Prey JennyTV film
1993 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Candy Warren"The Tale of Locker 22"
1997 Melanie Darrow Leslie HollisterTV film
1999–2000 The Red Green Show Anne Marie Humphrey (voice)"Too Much Information", "The Beaver Dam", "Winston's Wedding"
2000 Harlan County War Mary BallTV film
2000 Twice in a Lifetime Kristy"Whistle Blower"
2000–2003 The Gavin Crawford Show VariousTV series
2001 The Ellen Show Meg"Pilot"
2001–2002 Inside Schwartz Emily CobertMain role
2002Gilda Radner: It's Always SomethingJane CurtinTV film
2002–2006 Still Standing Linda MichaelsMain role
2003 Slings & Arrows Holly Day [11] Main role (season 1)
2008 Aliens in America Maureen"Hunting"
2009 Lie to Me Mary Clark"Tractor Man"
2009–2013 Eastbound & Down Cassie PowersMain role (season 1), recurring (seasons 2–4)
2010 Better Off Ted Denise"The Great Repression"
2010 Party Down Mona Greengold"Constance Carmell Wedding"
2010 Raising Hope Kate"Toy Story"
2010–2012 Less Than Kind Susan"Something Better", "Lawyers and Cougars and Bankers, Oh My!"
2011 Michael: Every Day Sammy DunbarMain role
2011–2012 Breaking In Creepy CarolRecurring role
2011–2013 Crash Canyon Sheila Wendell (voice)Main role
2012American JudyWendyTV film
2013His TurnChristine WillowTV film
2013–2023 The Goldbergs Virginia KrempRecurring role
2014 Motive Barb Birk"Abandoned"
2014 Working the Engels Charisse [12] Recurring role [13]
2015 Schitt's Creek Dee Dee"Little Sister"
2015 Halt and Catch Fire Cookie Kuempel"Play with Friends", "Extract and Defend"
2017The Legend of Master LegendSuzeTV film
2018–2019 Superstore LaurieRecurring (Seasons 3-4); 5 episodes
2019 iZombie Dolly DurkinsRecurring, Season 5

Awards and nominations

At the 6th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards (2005) she was nominated for Pretty Funny Female. She was nominated for a Gemini Award for her performance Slings and Arrows . [14] In 2010, the Canadian Comedy Awards nominated her for Best Performance by a Female in TV for Less Than Kind . [15] At the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 Irwin was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role for her performance in Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays , episode "Heights". [16]

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References

  1. Jennifer Irwin's bio at www.northernstars.ca
  2. "For 'Still Standing,' it's party time ; Cast and crew hoist a few for show's premiere" by Bill Keveney, USA Today (7 Oct, 2002) [FINAL Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   408907340
  3. "Eastbound and Down: new series premiere" by Denise Duguay at nationalpost.com
  4. "Rob Thomas breaks down iZombie's happy ending — and why it's so different from Veronica Mars" by Sydney Bucksbaum at ew.com
  5. "No wonder Jennifer Irwin can hardly hold back the laughs -- she's sooo freaking funny" by Lauren Mechling, National Post (10 June 2000) [National Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   329709806
  6. "Jennifer Irwin Biography - Yahoo! Movies". movies.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22.
  7. "The Gate hasn't got a hole lot going for it" by Rob Salem, Toronto Star (15 May 1987) [FIN Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   435577995
  8. "Jennifer and Shirley get cheeky" Toronto Star (26 April 1996) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   437448724
  9. "Drowsy Chaperone's Jennifer Irwin manages to give perky a good name" Toronto Star (26 November 1999) [1 Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   438027717
  10. "Reliably funny Exchange hits close to home" by Randall King at www.winnipegfreepress.com
  11. "Shakespearean Struggles, Both Onstage and Backstage" by Virginia Heffernan at www.nytimes.com
  12. "Colin Mochrie, Wendy Crewson & Jennifer Irwin to guest star on Working The Engels" by Diane Wild at www.tv-eh.com
  13. "Working the Engels adds guest stars" by Danielle Ng See Quan at playbackonline.ca
  14. Jennifer Irwin's bio at www.cbc.ca
  15. "2010 nominees" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  16. "Canadian Screen Award nominations announced" by Diane Wild at www.tv-eh.com