Regina Marie "Jenna" Fischer was born on March 7,1974 and is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Pam Beesly on the NBC sitcom The Office, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007.
35 Facts About Jenna Fischer
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Jenna Fischer was a producer for the show's final season.
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Since then, Fischer has appeared in such films as Blades of Glory, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The Promotion, Hall Pass, and The Giant Mechanical Man, a film directed by her husband, Lee Kirk.
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Jenna Fischer appeared as Rhonda McNeil in the NBC comedy-drama series You, Me and the Apocalypse.
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Jenna Fischer starred in the ABC sitcom Splitting Up Together.
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Jenna Fischer is currently the co-host of the podcast Office Ladies.
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Jenna Fischer was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and raised in St Louis, Missouri.
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Jenna Fischer's mother, Anne, is a history teacher; her father, James E Fischer, is an engineer.
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Jenna Fischer has one younger sister, Emily, a third grade teacher.
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Jenna Fischer first performed at the age of six, when she participated in an acting workshop taught by her mother at Henry School in St Louis, a workshop attended by actor Sean Gunn, with whom she grew up.
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Jenna Fischer later attended Pierremont Elementary School in Manchester, Missouri, and Nerinx Hall High School, a private all-girls Catholic school in Webster Groves, Missouri.
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Jenna Fischer holds a Bachelor of Arts in theater, as well as a minor in journalism, from Truman State University, where she originally enrolled as a pre-law history major.
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Jenna Fischer was noticed by a talent agent because of her appearance in a musical theater adaptation of the 1922 film Nosferatu with Zoo District Theatre Company.
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Three years elapsed from the time she arrived in California until Jenna Fischer landed her first televised speaking role.
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Jenna Fischer played the part of a waitress on the television sitcom Spin City in 2001.
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Jenna Fischer appeared in bit parts in small independent films during her early years in Southern California, including Employee of the Month, Lucky 13, and The Specials.
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Jenna Fischer began participating in The Artist's Way, a self-led creativity seminar in book form.
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In 2005, after a succession of mostly improvised auditions similar to her LolliLove experience, Jenna Fischer landed the role of Pam Beesly on what would become the NBC hit The Office, based on the original BBC series.
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Jenna Fischer appeared on Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown in 2006, participating in the show's eighth tournament, shot in New Orleans, Louisiana, and playing for Catholic Charities' Tsunami Relief.
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In 2007, Jenna Fischer starred in the music video for Willie Wisely's single "Through Any Window", directed by longtime friend John Cabrera; the opportunity arose because she knew Wisely from work he had done on soundtracks for LolliLove and Tromeo and Juliet, one of her husband's films.
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In 2009, Jenna Fischer completed filming on the films Solitary Man and A Little Help, with the latter opening in the summer of 2010 at the Seattle International Film Festival.
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Jenna Fischer was named as producer of the mid-August through October 2010 run of the critically acclaimed play Sad Happy Sucker, written by her husband Lee Kirk and directed by friend Sean Gunn; the play previously ran as a theatre workshop in February and March 2007.
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In July 2009, Jenna Fischer played left field for the National League team in the Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game as part of the MLB All-Star Week festivities, held at Busch Stadium in St Louis, Missouri, where she grew up.
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Jenna Fischer was named an official spokeswoman for Proactiv Skincare Solutions that same year and was announced as the voice behind the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board Grilled Cheese Academy website in 2010.
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In March 2010, Jenna Fischer returned to the area to co-chair an annual auction for Nerinx Hall High School, her alma mater.
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Jenna Fischer starred in the world premiere of Steve Martin's comedy Meteor Shower at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, from July 30 to September 18,2016.
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Jenna Fischer worked alongside actors Greg Germann, Alexandra Henrikson, and Josh Stamberg.
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In 2018, Jenna Fischer was interviewed on Jimmy Kimmel Live wearing only a towel and jeans due to a last minute wardrobe malfunction when the zipper broke on her dress.
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On September 11,2019, Jenna Fischer announced that she and Angela Kinsey would be cohosting a weekly The Office rewatch podcast called Office Ladies, which premiered on October 16.
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On February 28,2023, Jenna Fischer was announced to play Mrs Heron in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Mean Girls, based on the 2004 film of the same name.
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That small part in a showcase led to Jenna Fischer getting her first manager.
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In 2010, Jenna Fischer helped Gunn with casting Rainn Wilson, her The Office co-star, in Gunn's film Super.
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Jenna Fischer gave birth to their second child, a daughter, in May 2014.
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Jenna Fischer is passionate about animal rescue, and she is involved with the Los Angeles organizations Kitten Rescue and Rescue Rover.
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Jenna Fischer regularly fosters cats and hosted Kitten Rescue's annual Fur Ball Gala in 2008,2009, and 2010.