Jenny Mollen Biography

Jenny Ann Mollen (born May 30, 1979) is an American actress and New York Times best selling author. She is known for her portrayal of Nina Ash on the television series Angel, and for Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave. She also writes a humorous column for The Smoking Jacket, a website affiliated with Playboy, as well as an advice column for Playboy.

Early life

Mollen was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Mollen's father is Jewish, and she was raised culturally Jewish. She has a sister and a brother. Her work in local theater led to work with The Old Globe in San Diego, California, The Idywild School, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles's School of Theater, Film, and Television. While there she broke into the film industry. Her father, osteopathic physician Dr. Art Mollen, has published five books on health topics and has appeared as a health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show and other media outlets.

Career

In 2005, Mollen announced in an interview about her plans to perform in London in a play she wrote about her dog.

Mollen wrote the short film Kidnapping Caitlynn which stars Jason Biggs, Julie Benz and herself. The film is directed by Katherine Cunningham Eves.

In January 2013, Mollen's signed with St. Martin's Press to write a book of comedic essays, I Like You Just The Way I Am. The book reached #10 on The New York Times Best Seller list for Print & E-Book Nonfiction on its debut in June 2014. Mollen published a follow-up, Live Fast Die Hot, in June 2016, which also subsequently became New York Times Best Seller at #8 in Humor.

On August 4, 2016, it was announced that ABC Digital acquired a single-camera comedy written and starring Mollen based on her NYT Best Seller I Like You Just The Way I Am. Mollen also co-starred with her husband Jason Biggs as fictional husband and wife characters in comedy film Amateur Night.

Mollen's second book Live Fast, Die Hot was released in June 2016. The book went on to become a New York Times humor bestseller. In August it was reported that the film rights had been acquired by Warner Brothers with Anne Hathaway attached to star and Mollen attached to write and executive produce.

Personal life

Mollen married actor Jason Biggs in Los Angeles, California, on April 23, 2008, then had a second wedding ceremony in California's Napa Valley in mid-June. They met while filming My Best Friend's Girl. In July 2013, Biggs and Mollen announced they were expecting their first child. Their son, Sid, was born on February 15, 2014. Their second son, Lazlo was born on October 2, 2017.

Mollen speaks German fluently. She explained in an Instagram story on July 29, 2018 that in college she had a German boyfriend whose parents didn't speak any English. She lived in Germany with them after college and learning the language "just sort of happened." Wanting to enforce a language with her children (and having spoken German to her dog Teets), she speaks German with both of her children.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Billy Makes The Cut	Ashley
2003	Searching for Haizmann	Grace Robin
2004	D.E.B.S.	German Deb
2004	The Raven	Lenna	Short film
2005	Fear Itself	Wendy
2006	Ring Around the Rosie	Wendy Baldwin	Video
2006	Cattle Call	Marina Del
2008	My Best Friend's Girl	Colleen, the new girl
2008	Off the Ledge	Amber-Elizabeth
2009	Kidnapping Caitlynn	Emily
2011	Crazy, Stupid, Love	Lisa
2012	L!fe Happens	Rita
2013	Extracted	Abbey
2016	Amateur Night	Anne Carter

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	18 Wheels of Justice	Susan Curran	Episode: "Mr. Invisible"
2001	Strong Medicine	Blonde	Episode: "Black 'n' Flu"
2003-04	Angel	Nina Ash	Episodes: "Unleashed", "Smile Time", "Power Play"
2005	Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave	Jenny	Television film
2006	Medium	Lydia Kyne	Episode: "Method to His Madness"
2007	Viva Laughlin	Geneva's sister	Unaired episodes
2008	Crash	Theresa Nolanski	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2011	CSI: NY	Det. Angela Sayer	Episode: "Life Sentence"
2011	Suits	Gabby Stone	Episode: "Tricks of the Trade"
2013	Hawaii Five-0	Dakota Hayes	Episode: "Pa'ani"
2013	Wilfred	Kim	Episode: "Sincerity"
2014	Girls	Courtney	Episodes: "I Saw You", "Two Plane Rides"
2015	Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise	Herself	Co-Host
2016	Chicago Fire		Episode: "What Happened to Courtney"