23 Facts About Jennifer Jareau

Jennifer Jareau decided to join the FBI after attending a book reading by BAU founder and then-Unit Chief Agent David Rossi.

Jennifer Jareau once told Rossi that she had not known what to do with her life until she listened to his reading, which was held in the campus bookstore during her senior year in college.

Jennifer Jareau begins working through it with help from her friend and fellow agent Spencer Reid.

Jennifer Jareau was written out of the show after Cook was let go at the beginning of season six, for financial reasons relating to the premiere of the spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.

In "200," it was revealed that Jennifer Jareau's transfer was a cover story and that she was actually put on a task force in the Middle East with fellow agent Mateo Cruz.

Jennifer Jareau eventually admits she had a miscarriage due to the attack on her convoy, and asks him to keep it between them.

Jennifer Jareau is initially against summoning Prentiss "back from the dead," but Hotchner insists on telling the team the truth.

Jennifer Jareau was held hostage alongside Cruz and tortured into giving up the code.

Jennifer Jareau discovered that Askari was not working alone when he mentioned her miscarriage, revealing the true mastermind to be Michael Hastings, another traitor from the task force.

Jennifer Jareau is rescued by Hotchner and Prentiss, and she proceeds to chase after Hastings.

Jennifer Jareau later behaves recklessly during a hostage situation with a suspect in a room with a gas leak, which could have gotten her, the suspect, and his hostage killed.

Jennifer Jareau tells her that he will take her sleep, her smile, and her safety away, as well as change her so that her husband and son will no longer recognize her.

Jennifer Jareau once goes on a date with Reid to a Washington NFL home game, but little came of it romantically, although the two became very good friends.

Jennifer Jareau says she wanted to keep her personal and professional lives separate, which LaMontagne initially misunderstands as her being ashamed of him.

In "The Crossing," Jennifer Jareau tells LaMontagne that she is pregnant with his child.

Jennifer Jareau later asks her to marry him, and indicates that he is willing to give up his career in order to help take care of the baby and allow Jareau to continue to do her job, though he is worried about her safety and the safety of their child.

Jennifer Jareau later told Hotchner she has found a temporary replacement for the duration of her maternity leave, and soon after gives birth to a baby boy named Henry.

In "Truth or Dare", the Season 14 finale, Jennifer Jareau tells Reid that she has loved him ever since they first met.

Season 15 opens up "Under the Skin" with Jennifer Jareau being shot and clinging to life.

Jennifer Jareau is very loyal to and protective of her family and friends, particularly Reid, with whom she has a close, sibling-like friendship.

In "The Boogeyman," Jennifer Jareau reveals that she is afraid of the woods.

Jennifer Jareau can be seen eating them often, and it was implied that her online Scrabble handle was "Cheeto-breath" when she was playing Prentiss.

In "Mr Scratch," Jennifer Jareau tells Hotchner that her worst fear as a child was being separated from her parents.