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|  Jenna Elfman mini-bio:Elfman was born Jennifer Mary Butala in Los Angeles, California on September 30,1971
Elfman attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts as a dance major and graduated in 1989. Her uncle is Tony Butala of The Lettermen. She studied with acting teacher Milton Katselas and Richard Lawson at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.
Elfman did extensive commercial work before landing her first series jobs, making guest appearances in the 1995–1996 season on the ABC series Roseanne, NYPD Blue, The Monroes, and Murder One, and the CBS sitcom Almost Perfect. A role as a drug counselor in the NBC made-for-TV movie Her Last Chance came in 1996 as well, before she landed a regular role as the boy-crazy Shannon, one of three young working class waitresses in the Molly Ringwald sitcom vehicle Townies. Although short-lived, Townies proved a big break for Elfman, who impressed ABC executives with her scene-stealing turn and signed her own sitcom deal before the last Townies episode aired.
In 1999, Elfman appeared alongside Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in EDtv directed by Ron Howard. She then played the role of Anna Riley in the 2000 comedy Keeping the Faith, which marked Edward Norton's directorial debut. In 2004, Elfman produced and starred in a feature film called Touched.
Elfman's other film credits include Krippendorf's Tribe, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and Town & Country.
She is in two yet to be released films, one with Tim Allen entitled The Six Wives of Henry Lefay and the other Love Hurts.
| | Eye color: Hazel | | Height: 5'10 | | Nickname(s): | | Notable feature(s):laugh and smile | | Education: Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | | Family: Husbund Bodhi Elfman,they have a son named Story Elias | | Resides in: Los Angeles | | Religious affiliations: Scientology- | | Political affiliation: | | Personal interests/hobbies:Ballet,Broadway musicals,Reading, | Charities/Causes: --Spokesperson for Youth for Human Rights International and Artists for Human Rights (AFHR)
and New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project
--She also support's The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
--In September 2008, Elfman joined the Charity Water month-long "September Campaign," asking for donations in lieu of birthday gifts in order to raise money to build freshwater wells in Ethiopia | | Other:Niece of singer Tony Butala, who founded and performs with the vocal group The Lettermen. | | |
