Jill Bennett (American actress)
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| Jill Bennett | |
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| Born | August 14, 1975 Fort Wayne, Indiana |
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| http://www.jillbennett.com/ | |
Jill Bennett (born August 14, 1975, Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American actress. She may be best known for her role in the hit lesbian film And Then Came Lola.
She co-stars on the television series Dante's Cove, as well as 3Way, a lesbian web series.
She produces a webseries titled We Have to Stop Now. Season 1 was shown at Frameline and Outfest LGBT film festivals.
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[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Recipe for Disaster | Blind date girl | TV Movie |
| Hideous Scream | Comedy short | ||
| 2004 | Tube | Heather | Comedy short |
| Fish Out of Water | Betty | Comedy short | |
| 2005 | The Pleasure Drivers | Marcy | |
| The Benefits of Drinking Whiskey | Comedy short | ||
| 2006 | In Her Line of Fire | Sharon Serrano | |
| Expiration Date | Alicia | ||
| Cause 4 Alarm | Gail | Comedy short | |
| 2007 | Out at the Wedding | Wendy | |
| X's & O' | Vivian | ||
| 2008 | Shattered! | Mallory | |
| 2009 | And Then Came Lola | Casey | |
| 2011 | Slate and Kelly | TBA | In Development |
| The Bounty | Maia Jacobs | Short Film |
[edit] Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Darby Shahan | 2 episodes: "I'm Using You 'Cause I Like You" & "Fertile Ground" |
| The Others | Lara | 2 episodes: "Luciferous" & "Theta" | |
| Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane | Penny | Episode: "Crossing the Line" | |
| 2007 | Dante's Cove | Michelle | Regular role (season 3) (5 episodes) |
[edit] Other work
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007–2008 | We're Getting Nowhere | Herself | Video blog |
| 2008 | 3Way | Andrea Bailey | Web series (12 episodes) |
| 2009- | The Gloves Are Off | Herself | Video blog |
| 2009- | We Have to Stop Now | Kit | Web series (14 episodes) |
[edit] Personal life
Bennett is an out lesbian. She said "There are plenty of lesbians in Hollywood, but they're not out. And that's their choice, but I can't do that, it's too important to me".[1] She is in a relationship with actress Cathy DeBuono, with whom she has worked many times. She converted to Judaism and has spoken about her experience in some of her SheWired video blogs.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Sarah Warn (February 28, 2005). "Interview with Jill Bennett". AfterEllen.com. http://www.afterellen.com/People/2005/2/jillbennett.html?page=0%2C3. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
