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Jenna Lamia
Born (1982-05-02) May 2, 1982 (age 42)
Washington, DC, United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actress, Writer, Voice Performer

Jenna Lamia (born May 2, 1982) is an American actress, writer, and award-winning audio book narrator.

Career

Lamia began her acting career in New York City, where she appeared on Broadway[1] in Eugene O'Neill’s Ah, Wilderness! at Lincoln Center.[2] She soon moved on to television and film appearances, and is best known for her roles as Sherri Ward in The Fighter[3] with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale,[4] Siobhan Miller in Law and Order: SVU, Carrie Schillinger in Oz, and the cult favorite Poppy Downes in Comedy Central’s Strangers With Candy, with Amy Sedaris. Over the span of her career, she has appeared on and off-Broadway, in over 30 television shows and feature films, and voiced video games and animated characters for film and television.[5] She is currently appearing as Lesley Miller in MTV’s critically acclaimed comedy, Awkward., created by Lauren Iungerich.

Lamia is also an acclaimed audio book narrator, and has won several golden earphones awards from AudioFile Magazine,[6] and was named Female Narrator of the Year in 2010 by the Audio Publishers Association.[7] She won Best Solo Narration - Female for The Chosen One.[8] She also played "Skeeter" in The Help, which won best fiction audiobook of the year that same year.[9]

Lamia is also a writer and producer of television and films. After selling her first feature script, All About Me, to New Line in 2006,[10] she joined the writing staff of The CW’s 90210. After 90210, Lamia went on to write, produce and act in Awkward. where she is currently serving as Co-Executive producer.

Filmography (Actress)

Year Work Role
1998 Hi-Life Girl Teen
1999 Strangers With Candy Poppy Downes
1999 The Guiding Light Ali
1999 FANatic Announcer (all episodes)
2000 Brutally Normal Ali
2000 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Siobhan Miller
2001 Corkscrew Hill Paddy McMooney
2000-2002 Oz Carrie Schillinger
2003 Happy End Sparkle
2004 Without a Trace Alice Blossom
2004 NYPD Blue Gina Bell
2004 The Jury Christine Britton
2008 Something's Wrong in Kansas Shelby
2009 The Box Diane Carnes
2010 The Fighter Sherri Ward
2012 The Polar Bears Polar Girl
2013 The Call Brooke
2013-2014 Awkward. Lesley Miller

Filmography (Writer for Television)

Year Work Role
2010 90210 Writer, "They're Playing Her Song" First Aired Nov. 15, 2010[11]
2011 90210 Writer, "Women on The Verge" First Aired May 2, 2011[12]
2011 90210 Writer, "Let The Games Begin"[13] First Aired October 4, 2011
2012 90210 Writer, "Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?" First Aired January 17, 2012[14]
2012 90210 Writer, "A Tale of Two Parties" First Aired May 8, 2012[15]
2012-2013 90210 Executive Story Editor[16]
2013 Awkward. Writer, "Touched By An Angel" First Aired April 29, 2014[17]
2013 Awkward. Writer, "Girl Rules"[18]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Result
20003[clarification needed] Audie Award The Secret Life of Bees Nominated[19]
2010 Audie Award The Chosen One Won[20]
2011 MTV Movie Award for Best Fight The Fighter Nominated[21]

References

  1. ^ http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jenna-Lamia/#.VDt4bufc3cE
  2. ^ http://variety.com/1998/legit/reviews/ah-wilderness-2-1200453103/
  3. ^ http://backstage.blogs.com/blogstage/2011/02/the-scene-stealers-of-the-fighter.html
  4. ^ (USA) Entertainment Weekly, 7 January 2011, pg. 47, by: Chris Nashawaty, "Knockout Women!"
  5. ^ http://amherststudent-archive.amherst.edu/current/arts/view.php?year=2003-2004&issue=13&section=arts&article=01
  6. ^ http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators/jenna-lamia-/
  7. ^ The Wall Street Journal, 28 May 2010, pg. A26, by: Marshall Heyman, "At the Audies: Judging a Book by Its Reader"
  8. ^ http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/article.htm?id=kwiv6z5f
  9. ^ http://www.voiceoverxtra.com/article.htm?id=kwiv6z5f
  10. ^ Variety 1 December 2006, pg. 4, by: Pamela Mcclintock, "Pair team for teen comedy"
  11. ^ 90210 (season 4)#Episodes
  12. ^ 90210 (season 4)#Episodes
  13. ^ 90210 (season 4)#Episodes
  14. ^ 90210 (season 4)#Episodes
  15. ^ 90210 (season 4)#Episodes
  16. ^ https://pro-labs.imdb.com/name/nm0483520/
  17. ^ https://pro-labs.imdb.com/name/nm0483520/
  18. ^ https://pro-labs.imdb.com/name/nm0483520/
  19. ^ Magazine%5d%5d "AudioFile Magazine". {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  20. ^ "Voiceover Xtra". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
  21. ^ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Movie_Award_for_Best_Fight". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

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