Jenna Elfman Biography

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NAME: Jenna Elfman
OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Television Actress
BIRTH DATE: September 30, 1971 (Age: 41)
EDUCATION: University of California at Northridge
PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, California
Originally: Jennifer Mary Butala
ZODIAC SIGN: Libra

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Golden-Globe winning film and television actress Jenna Elfman played the free-spirited wife Dharma opposite Thomas Gibson on the popular sitcom Dharma and Greg.

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She exhibited her diverse talents when she provided the voice of an owl in the Eddie Murphy comedy Doctor Dolittle (1998).

Elfman's role as Dharma earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 1999. Later that year, her popularity was confirmed when she was asked to co-host the Emmy Awards presentation, alongside David Hyde Pierce.

Recent Work

In her most recent work, Elfman offered charming performances in the comedies EdTV (1999) and Keeping the Faith (2000), opposite Edward Norton and Ben Stiller. Town and Country (2000), cast her alongside a stellar company compromised of Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Andie MacDowell, and Goldie Hawn. In 2003, the actress joined the cast of the Tony-winning Broadway revival Nine.

During an audition for a Sprite commercial, in 1991, Elfman met her future husband, and fellow aspiring actor, Bodhi Elfman. The couple lived together for four years and married in 1995. Their son, Story Elias, was born in July 2007. They are both devout Scientologists.