Jenny Shakeshaft

Jenny Shakeshaft
Born	December 26, 1984 Monument, Colorado, US
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present
Website	www.jennyshakeshaft.com

Jennifer Marie Shakeshaft (born December 26, 1984) is an American actress and model living in Los Angeles, California.^[1]

Early life

Jennifer Marie Shakeshaft, or Jenny, was born and raised in Monument, Colorado. She attended Lewis-Palmer High School. She was a member of the school forensics team. She participated in local stage performances such as Cinderella or The Sound of Music. Jennifer played volleyball throughout high school. Jennifer attended the University of Colorado and American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City.

Career

Jennifer's early career consisted of many commercials, including T.G.I. Friday's, Joe's Crab Shack, Nokia, and Pepsi. Jenny became the co-host of GameStop TV,^[2] a monthly in-store video airing in GameStop locations across the United States. The exact date of her departure is unknown but on October 2, 2009 on her Twitter account she posted, "Farewell GameStop, it's been fun!". She contributed her vocal skills to the Adult Swim version of Shin Chan playing Suki and Ghost Hunt playing Keiko. Jenny was cast as Crystal Martin, a small town waitress, on the sequel projects Walking Tall: The Payback^[3] and Walking Tall: Lone Justice^[4] with Sony Pictures.

Independent Films dominated Jenny's early screen career. She was cast as 'Rachel' alongside Fred Ward and Lea Thompson in Exit Speed,^[5] Karma Police^[6] an official selection of the Dallas American Film Institute, 'Brie' in the horror film, From the Dark,^[7] Boggy Creek, and the Andrew Stevens produced Breaking the Press. One of Jenny's favorite roles to date was the indie Inventing Adam.^[8] Jenny flexed her comedic muscles playing 'Kendall' alongside Josh Meyers, Claire Coffee, Ike Barinholtz and Alyshia Ochse. Jenny's biggest honor was being cast in Tennessee Williams's The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond^[9] alongside Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans. As the lead female in Brotherhood,^[10] Jenny helped propel the film to win the South by Southwest Film Festival Audience Award. Other SXSW films Jenny has appeared in areas follows: Earthling (film),^[11] (playing the onscreen daughter of William Katt, and Wuss^[12] which won the audience award in November 2011 at the American Film Institute Film Festival in Los Angeles. Jenny appeared in The Young and the Restless as Beatrice.^[13] Jenny also appeared in on the ABC series, The Deep End^[14] starring Billy Zane. Jenny appeared as the onscreen wife of Nick Stahl in Mirrors 2^[15] Jenny was in W.^[16] directed by Oliver Stone playing the roll of Susie Evans a friend of President George Bush (played by starring Josh Brolin. Her onscreen husband was actor Noah Wyle. Jenny was cast by director Terrence Malick in The Tree of Life playing the ex-girlfriend of Sean Penn. The role required a great deal of improv based on direction from Terrence Malick. However, following the release of the feature, her character was not included in the final cut.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2013	Blood of Redemption	Call Girl
2011	The Tree of Life	The Sixth Woman
	Wuss[17]	Kelly	Won the Audience Award at American Film Institute Film Festival in Los Angeles
2010	Brotherhood[18]	Emily	SXSW 2010 - Audience Award for Best Feature
	Mirrors 2[19]	Kayla[20]
	Breaking The Press[21]"	Karen
	Boggy Creek	Carol	In post-production
	Earthling	Joy	SXSW official selection 2010
Inventing Adam	Kendall	Vail Film Festival official selection
2009	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Caroline	Official Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Selection
	Carried Away	Sarah	Dallas International Film Festival official selection
2008	W.	Susan Evans
	Karma Police (film)	Mary Nichols	Official American Film Institute (AFI) 2008 Selection
Exit Speed	Rachel	DVD
2007	Walking Tall: Lone Justice	Crystal Martin	DVD
	Walking Tall: The Payback	Crystal Martin	DVD

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2010	The Deep End
2008	The Young and the Restless	Beatrice	Episodes 1.9041 & 1.9043
2008	Front of the Class	Lisa	http://www.cbs.com/specials/front_of_the_class/
2006	Inspector Mom	Joy	The Corpse's Costume
2015	Workaholics	Brooklyn

References

1. Jennifer Shakeshaft website.
2. GameStop Blog.
3. Walking Tall: The Payback at the Internet Movie Database.
4. Walking Tall: Lone Justice at the Internet Movie Database.
5. Exit Speed at the Internet Movie Database.
6. Karma Police at the Internet Movie Database
7. From the Dark at the Internet Movie Database
9. The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond at the Internet Movie Database.
13. cbs11tv.com - Video Library
15. Set Visit Preview: A Reflection of 'Mirrors II'
16. W. at the Internet Movie Database.
17. Wuss at the Internet Movie Database
18. Brotherhood Website
19. Mirrors II at the Internet Movie Database.
20. Mirrors 2 Goes Before the Cameras, Plot and Cast Details
21. Breaking the Press at the Internet Movie Database.

External links

• Official website
• Jenny Shakeshaft at the Internet Movie Database