Jen Tullock

{{Infobox person

| name = Jen Tullock

| image = JenTullock-byPhilipRomano2.jpg

| caption = Tullock in 2025

| birth_name = Jennifer Tullock

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|07|04}}

| birth_place =

| alma_mater = Millikin University

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|writer}}

| years_active = 2007–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Marie Ronn|2023}}

}}

Jennifer Tullock (born July{{nbsp}}4, 1983){{Cite web |last=Jennifer |first=Tullock |title=I’m From Louisville, KY – Video Story. |url=https://imfromdriftwood.com/story/im-from-louisville-ky-video-story/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=I'm From Driftwood |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last1=Philipps |first1=Busy |author1-link=Busy Philipps |title=THE ONE AND ONLY Jen Tullock turns 40 TODAY{{nbsp}}... |url=https://www.instagram.com/busyphilipps/p/CuS_scnpe4h |website=Instagram |access-date=12 March 2025 |date=July 4, 2023}} is an American actor and writer best known for her roles as Devon Scout-Hale in Apple TV+'s Severance and Anita St. Pierre in HBO's Perry Mason.{{Cite web |last=Rathe |first=Adam |date=2023-04-17 |title=Go Behind the Scenes of Perry Mason with Jen Tullock |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g43611371/perry-mason-hbo-set-photos-jen-tullock/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Town & Country |language=en-US}}

Early life and eduction

Tullock was born on July 4, 1983 and is from Louisville, Kentucky.{{Cite web |last=Kish |first=Robin |date=February 24, 2022 |title=From Musicals To Psychological Thrillers: Why Queer Actor Jen Tullock Says Fiction Is Cheaper Than Therapy |url=https://gomag.com/article/from-musicals-to-psychological-thrillers-why-queer-actor-jen-tullock-says-fiction-is-cheaper-than-therapy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224223443/http://gomag.com/article/from-musicals-to-psychological-thrillers-why-queer-actor-jen-tullock-says-fiction-is-cheaper-than-therapy/ |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |work=GO |language=en-US}} Her younger brother, Ryan, is a touring bassist for the indie pop band Tennis.{{Cite web |last=Baldwin |first=Rosecrans |title=How to Make It in Hollywood When You're Gay, Female, and Thirtysomething |url=https://gen.medium.com/how-to-make-it-in-hollywood-when-youre-gay-female-and-thirtysomething-3f4d3e009172 |date=Aug 28, 2019 |access-date=October 20, 2023 |work=GEN}} She grew up in Jeffersontown and Crescent Hill. She attended the Christian Academy of Louisville until her final year of school, when she attended Eastern High School.{{cite web |last=Engelhardt |first=Julie |title=Show of Success |url=https://townepost.com/kentucky/jeffersontown/show-of-success/ |date=October 19, 2022 |access-date=March 24, 2023 |work=Towne Post}} After graduating from high school, she studied at Millikin University and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2685454871718761 |title=Ask Alumni with Jen Tullock |date=November 17, 2020 |publisher=Millikin University College of Fine Arts |via=Facebook}}{{Cite web |last=Crook |first=Lucy |date=2023-04-19 |title=Jen Tullock |url=https://1883magazine.com/jen-tullock/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=1883 Magazine |language=en-GB}}

Career

Tullock moved to Brooklyn in 2007, where she worked as a theatre actor and writer. She also practiced improv, performed one-person shows, did voice-over work, and acted in commercials. She performed in plays in Chicago and New York City, including the world premiere of Frank Winters' On the Head of a Pin at 59E59 Theatres.{{cite web |last=Levett |first=Karl |title=Engaging 'On the Head of a Pin' Needs a Blue Pencil |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/engaging-head-pin-needs-blue-pencil-49118/ |date=September 19, 2019 |access-date=March 24, 2023 |work=Backstage}}

The principal cast of Severance, including Tullock, was nominated for a 2022 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.{{Cite web |title=The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/29th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Screen Actors Guild Awards}} For her role as Anita in season two of HBO's Perry Mason, she was nominated for an Astra TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series.{{Cite web |last=Neglia |first=Matt |date=2024-01-09 |title=The 2023 Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) TV Astra Award Winners |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-hollywood-critics-association-hca-tv-award-winners/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Next Best Picture |language=en-US}}

In 2019, Tullock co-wrote and co-starred (with Hannah Pearl Utt) in the drama film Before You Know It, which premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Previously, her short film with Utt, Partners, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and their feature film was a participant in the 2017 Sundance Screenwriters' Lab.{{Cite AV Media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n-ny68KJts |title=Hannah Pearl Utt & Jen Tullock on the Difference Between Directing and Acting |date=2018-04-25 |language=en |publisher=Sundance Institute |access-date=2024-02-07 |via=YouTube}} Their series Disengaged was produced for the streaming platform Super Deluxe.{{Cite web |date=2016-04-28 |title=Watch the Season Finale of 'Disengaged' |url=https://thecomedybureau.com/disengaged-season-finale/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=The Comedy Bureau |language=en-US}}

In 2020, Tullock created Eggshell, a mockumentary project consisting of fictional social media videos satirizing suburban white women.{{Cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |date=April 26, 2022 |title=‘Severance’ Breakout Jen Tullock Is Here for Sexy, Queer Period Pieces |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/jen-tullock-severance-perry-mason-season-2-1235134596/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} A work of hers was performed at the New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater Training Program in 2010.{{Cite web |last=Coburn |first=Nicolas |date=July 7, 2010 |title=Powerhouse Theatre Training Co. Presents MACHINAL, ROMEO & JULIET, 7/9-19 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Powerhouse-Theatre-Training-Co-Presents-MACHINAL-ROMEO-JULIET-7919-20100707 |website=BroadwayWorld}} She wrote for HuffPost's Queer Voices,{{Cite web |title=Jen Tullock |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jen-tullock |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=HuffPost}} and was in the writers' room for Funny or Die series The Coop, in which she also starred.{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2020 |title=Ryan's Murder Has Been Solved But The Coop Nation Drama Continues |url=https://funnyordie.com/2020/05/15/136985/ryans-murder-has-been-solved-but-the-coop-nation-drama-continues/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Funny Or Die}}

She was the writer and co-host of the Heritage Radio Network's show The Morning After.{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2013 |title=86 Jen Tullock & Henri |url=https://heritageradionetwork.org/episode/86-jen-tullock-henri/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Heritage Radio Network}} In 2024, she premiered her solo show You Shall Inherit the Earth!, about her experience and thoughts while suffering a stroke; the show was directed by Josh Ruben.{{Cite web |date= |title=You Shall Inherit The Earth! |url=https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/jentullock |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=The Elysian |language=en-US}} She is a Sundance Feature Film Program committee mentor{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} and former Sundance screenwriting fellow.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

Personal life

Tullock is a lesbian.{{Cite web| last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |title='Severance' Breakout Jen Tullock Is Here for Sexy, Queer Period Pieces |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/jen-tullock-severance-perry-mason-season-2-1235134596/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 26, 2022 |access-date=October 19, 2023}} On May 11, 2023, she married Marie Ronn in New York.{{Cite web |last=Hasan |first=Sadiba |date=May 31, 2024 |title=When ‘Girlfriend’ Just Isn’t Enough |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/style/jen-tullock-marie-ronn-wedding.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240531111729/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/style/jen-tullock-marie-ronn-wedding.html |archive-date=2024-05-31 |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=The New York Times}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Class="unsortable" | Notes

2013

| King Theodore Live

| Gof

| Short film

2014

| Jammed

| Camera Snob / Hippie

rowspan="4" | 2015

| Partners

| Leigh

| Short film; also writer and producer

Henry

| Henry

| Short film

Fils

| Gigi

| Short film; also writer and producer

Base

| Karen

| Short film

rowspan="2" | 2016

| When the Wrong Words Come Out

| Marie

| Short film; also director and writer

Eat Prey

| Marina

| Short film

2017

| Hoof

| Eva Ward

| Short film; also producer

rowspan="2" | 2018

| 6 Balloons

| Bianca

Red Light

| Ruth

| Short film

rowspan="2" | 2019

| Before You Know It

| Jackie Gurner

| Also writer

Long Time Listener, First Time Caller

| Debbie

| Short film

rowspan="2" | 2022

| Spirited

| Wendy

Love, Me

| Trish

| Short film; also producer

2023

| Cora Bora

| Herself

2025

| A Tree Fell in the Woods

| Miranda (voice)

= Television =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Class="unsortable" | Notes

2015

| Lofty Dreams

| Chlois

| 2 episodes

2015–2016

| Disenganged

| Sidney

| Main role; also writer and executive producer

rowspan="2" | 2016

| Casual

| Diane

| Episode: "Trivial Pursuit"

Roadies

| Logan the Eraser Girl

| Episode: "The Corporate Gig"

rowspan="4" | 2017

| Virtually Mike and Nora

| Sue

| Episode: "Suicidal Deer"

Budding Prospects

| Martha

| Television film

Curb Your Enthusiasm

| Brunch Patron #3

| Episode: "Never Wait for Seconds!"

SMILF

| Morgan

| Episode: "Family-Sized Popcorn & a Can of Wine"

2018

| Door No. 1

| Margo

| Episode: "Ten Year"

rowspan="3" | 2019

| Bless This Mess

| Monique

| Episode: "Pilot"

Best Seller

| Cindy Silver

| Episode: "Pilot"

The Coop

| Iwona

| Main role; also writer

2022–present

| Severance

| Devon Scout-Hale

| Main role

rowspan="2" | 2023

| The L Word: Generation Q

| Kimmy

| Episode: "Looking Ahead"

Perry Mason

| Anita St. Pierre

| 7 episodes

Awards and nominations

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! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Work

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" | Ref.

2016

| New York City Independent Film Festival

| Best Actress

| Partners

| {{won}}

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://nycindieff.com/winners/ |title=WINNERS |website=New York City Independent Film Festival |access-date=October 19, 2023}}

2023

| Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

|Severance

| {{nom}}

| align="center" |

2024

| Astra Awards

| Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama

| Perry Mason

| {{nom}}

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