The actress, former writer and director Jennifer westfeldt, was born on February 2, 1970 in the city of Guilford (Connecticut), in the United States, where he studied at Guilford High School and later attended Yale University. On the side of his father, an engineer of Swedish descent, Jennifer belongs to the nobility of that country.
After finishing his studies, he worked in numerous theatrical, musical and not works, until, in the mid-90’s, he moved from New York to the city of Los Angeles. There he obtained the leading role of Melissa on the ABC series “Three for everything“, in which she acted during her first season. She was then selected to play Kelly o’malley in the series “Holding the Baby“, adding other television credits in series like”Snoops“,”Judging Amy“,”Hack“or”Numb3rs“.
Eager to dedicate herself to writing her own works, Jennifer held a writing workshop where he met actress and writer Heather Juergensen; together they wrote a series of skits that were performed theatrically under the title of “Lipstick“One such sketch was about two heterosexual women who decide to try a romantic relationship with each other. A producer encouraged them to write a script based on the sketch that was in development for two years. Both writers decided to buy back the rights to the script and together they financed, filmed and starred in the story, released under the title “Kissing Jessica Stein“, in 2001.
Her acting career continued in the romantic comedy “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover“(2004) and in”Keep Your Distance“(2005). A year later he wrote and starred in the romantic comedy”Ira & Abby“, of which she was also an executive producer. She also had several important television roles, among them, she led the cast of the comedy series”Notes from the Underbelly“, issued between 2007 and 2010; in addition to interpreting Meredith Reed in the final season of the acclaimed series “24“, and a participation as a guest during three episodes of the series”Grey’s Anatomy“.
In 2011 Westfeldt wrote, produced and directed the feature film “Friends with Kids“which also starred alongside Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Chris O’Dowd and Jon Hamm. The film debuted at the Tribeca Festival and was released commercially on March 2, 2012.
In his personal life, Jennifer She is in a relationship with the actor Jon Hamm, with whom she lives, since 1998, in the city of Los Angeles.