Jennifer Ferrin
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Jennifer Ferrin (born February 25, 1979 in Lawrenceville, Georgia) is an American actress.
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[edit] Early life
Ferrin attended Brookwood High where she was the lead in many high school plays and was a member of the choir. Upon her graduation from high school, Ferrin attended the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina and the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama.
[edit] Career
Ferrin played Esther, the younger Vanessa Redgrave character in The Locket, a Hallmark Hall of Fame film, and guest starred on the 2002 season finale of Dawson's Creek.
Ferrin's most notable role to date is that of Jennifer Munson Kasnoff Donovan on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. Ferrin played Jennifer from 2003 to 2006. In 2006, Ferrin landed a recurring role on the primetime show 3 LBS.
In the theatre, Ferrin was one of the four actors in the US premiere productions of Patrick Barlow's adaptation of The 39 Steps, in Boston (2007)[1] and New York City (2008)[2].
Ferrin also played Detective Sam Tyler's mother in the US version of Life On Mars.
[edit] Award nominations
In 2005, her portrayal of Jennifer earned her a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress.
In 2006, Ferrin earned a second Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her continued work on As the World Turns.
[edit] References
- ^ Louise Kennedy (21 September 2007). "Hitch a ride". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2007/09/21/hitch_a_ride/. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ Ben Brantley (16 January 2008). "Spies, Blonde and a Guy Go North by Northwest". The New York Times. http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/theater/reviews/16steps.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
