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Jenna Elfman

Full / Real Name: Jennifer Mary Butala
Born: 30 September 1971 (53 years old)
Gender: Female

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Jenna Elfman is an American actress best known for her role as Dharma Finkelstein Montgomery on the television sitcom Dharma & Greg, from 1997-2002, for which she garnered a Golden Globe Award, three Emmy Award nominations and two TV Guide Awards.

Elfman's other starring television credits include Courting Alex and Accidentally on Purpose, and guest appearances in Two and a Half Men, My Name is Earl and Brothers & Sisters.

Elfman also has an impressive feature film resume, starring opposite Ben Stiller and Edward Norton in Keeping the Faith and Ron Howard's Edtv opposite Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

She also starred opposite Elisha Cuthbert and Tim Allen in The Six Wives of Henry LeFay, and in the independent comedy Love Hurts opposite Richard E. Grant and Carrie-Anne Moss. Elfman also starred in the half-animated feature film Looney Tunes: Back in Action.

Some of her interests include: Water, a non-profit organisation that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations, criminal rehabilitation and a slight obsession with recycling.

Elfman was born and raised in Los Angeles, where she currently lives with her husband Bodhi Elfman, and their son Story Elias.



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