Jennifer Irwin

{{short description|Canadian actress}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jennifer Irwin

| image = Jennifer Irwin 2015 (crop 2).jpg

| caption = Irwin in 2015

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|30|2001|10|27}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada[https://www.northernstars.ca/irwin_jennifer/ Jennifer Irwin's bio] at www.northernstars.ca

| yearsactive = 1985–present

}}

Jennifer Irwin (born {{circa|1970 or 1971}}){{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star/164740876/|last=Knutzen|first=Eirik|title=Irwin still toys with fame|work=Toronto Star|access-date=February 5, 2025|date=October 27, 2001}} is a Canadian film and television actress best known for her roles as Linda Michaels in Still Standing,"For 'Still Standing,' it's party time ; Cast and crew hoist a few for show's premiere" by Bill Keveney, USA Today (7 Oct, 2002) [FINAL Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|408907340}} Cassie Powers in Eastbound & Down,[https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/eastbound-and-down-new-series-premiere "Eastbound and Down: new series premiere"] by Denise Duguay at nationalpost.com Virginia Kremp on The Goldbergs, Laurie Neustadt in the third and fourth season of NBC's Superstore and Dolly Durkins in the final season of iZombie.[https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/01/izombie-series-finale-rob-thomas-interview-spoilers/ "Rob Thomas breaks down iZombie's happy ending — and why it's so different from Veronica Mars"] by Sydney Bucksbaum at ew.com

Irwin is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec."No wonder Jennifer Irwin can hardly hold back the laughs -- she's sooo freaking funny" by Lauren Mechling, National Post (10 June 2000) [National Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|329709806}} She worked with The Second City in the mid-1990s,{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800315381/bio |title=Jennifer Irwin Biography - Yahoo! Movies |website=movies.yahoo.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522160505/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800315381/bio |archive-date=2011-05-22}} and has had a handful of starring and supporting roles in film.

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1987

|{{sortname|The|Gate|The Gate (1987 film)}}

|Linda Lee

|"The Gate hasn't got a hole lot going for it" by Rob Salem, Toronto Star (15 May 1987) [FIN Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|435577995}}

1996

|Mrs. Winterbourne

|Susan

|"Jennifer and Shirley get cheeky" Toronto Star (26 April 1996) [Final Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|437448724}}

1998

|{{sortname|A|Cool, Dry Place}}

|Connie Harper

|

1999

|Superstar

|Maria

|"Drowsy Chaperone's Jennifer Irwin manages to give perky a good name" Toronto Star (26 November 1999) [1 Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|438027717}}

2001

|Exit Wounds

|Linda

|

2011

|No Strings Attached

|Megan

|

2011

|Bad Teacher

|Chase’s Mom

|

2015

|Zoom

|Marissa

|

2016

|Another Evil

|Mary Papadakis

|

2017

|Fallen Stars

|Gwen

|

2019

|data-sort-value="Mortuary Collection, The" | The Mortuary Collection

| Margaret

|

2021

|data-sort-value="Exchange, The" | The Exchange

| Sheila

| [https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/2021/07/31/reliably-funny-exchange-hits-close-to-home "Reliably funny Exchange hits close to home"] by Randall King at www.winnipegfreepress.com

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1985

|Anne of Green Gables

|Student

|TV miniseries

1986

|Easy Prey

|Jenny

|TV film

1993

|Are You Afraid of the Dark?

|Candy Warren

|"The Tale of Locker 22"

1997

|Melanie Darrow

|Leslie Hollister

|TV film

1999–2000

|{{sortname|The|Red Green Show}}

|Anne Marie Humphrey (voice)

|"Too Much Information", "The Beaver Dam", "Winston's Wedding"

2000

|Harlan County War

|Mary Ball

|TV film

2000

|Twice in a Lifetime

|Kristy

|"Whistle Blower"

2000–2003

|{{sortname|The|Gavin Crawford Show}}

|Various

|TV series

2001

|{{sortname|The|Ellen Show}}

|Meg

|"Pilot"

2001–2002

|Inside Schwartz

|Emily Cobert

|Main role

2002

|Gilda Radner: It's Always Something

|Jane Curtin

|TV film

2002–2006

|Still Standing

|Linda Michaels

|Main role

2003

|Slings & Arrows

|Holly Day[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/05/arts/television/shakespearean-struggles-both-onstage-and-backstage.html "Shakespearean Struggles, Both Onstage and Backstage"] by Virginia Heffernan at www.nytimes.com

|Main role (season 1)

2008

|Aliens in America

|Maureen

|"Hunting"

2009

|Lie to Me

|Mary Clark

|"Tractor Man"

2009–2013

|Eastbound & Down

|Cassie Powers

|Main role (season 1), recurring (seasons 2–4)

2010

|Better Off Ted

|Denise

|"The Great Repression"

2010

|Party Down

|Mona Greengold

|"Constance Carmell Wedding"

2010

|Raising Hope

|Kate

|"Toy Story"

2010–2012

|Less Than Kind

|Susan

|"Something Better", "Lawyers and Cougars and Bankers, Oh My!"

2011

|Michael: Every Day

|Sammy Dunbar

|Main role

2011–2012

|Breaking In

|Creepy Carol

|Recurring role

2011–2013

|Crash Canyon

|Sheila Wendell (voice)

|Main role

2012

|American Judy

|Wendy

|TV film

2013

|His Turn

|Christine Willow

|TV film

2013–2023

|{{sortname|The|Goldbergs|The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)}}

|Virginia Kremp

|Recurring role

2014

|Motive

|Barb Birk

|"Abandoned"

2014

|Working the Engels

|Charisse[https://www.tv-eh.com/2013/11/08/colin-mochrie-wendy-crewson-jennifer-irwin-to-guest-star-on-working-the-engels/ "Colin Mochrie, Wendy Crewson & Jennifer Irwin to guest star on Working The Engels"] by Diane Wild at www.tv-eh.com

|Recurring role[https://playbackonline.ca/2013/11/08/working-the-engels-adds-guest-stars/ "Working the Engels adds guest stars"] by Danielle Ng See Quan at playbackonline.ca

2015

|Schitt's Creek

|Dee Dee

|"Little Sister"

2015

|Halt and Catch Fire

|Cookie Kuempel

|"Play with Friends", "Extract and Defend"

2017

|{{sortname|The|Legend of Master Legend|nolink=1}}

|Suze

|TV film

2018–2019

|Superstore

|Laurie

|Recurring (Seasons 3-4); 5 episodes

2019

|iZombie

|Dolly Durkins

|Recurring, Season 5

2025

|Grosse Pointe Garden Society

|Marilyn

|Recurring

Awards and nominations

At the 6th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards (2005) she was nominated for Pretty Funny Female. She was nominated for a Gemini Award for her performance Slings and Arrows.[https://www.cbc.ca/michael/m_cast/jennifer-irwin Jennifer Irwin's bio] at www.cbc.ca In 2010, the Canadian Comedy Awards nominated her for Best Performance by a Female in TV for Less Than Kind.{{cite web|title=2010 nominees|url=http://www.agamdarshi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2010CCANomineesFinal_.pdf|access-date=1 January 2017|archive-date=1 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101231654/http://www.agamdarshi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2010CCANomineesFinal_.pdf|url-status=dead}} At the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 Irwin was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role for her performance in Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays, episode "Heights".[https://www.tv-eh.com/2013/01/15/canadian-screen-award-nominations-announced/ "Canadian Screen Award nominations announced"] by Diane Wild at www.tv-eh.com

References

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