Jocelyn Towne

{{short description|American actress}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jocelyn Towne

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer|director}}

| years_active = 2000–present

| relatives = Robert Towne (uncle)

| spouse = {{marriage|Simon Helberg|2007}}

| children = 2

| citizenship = {{hlist|United States|France}}

}}

Jocelyn Towne is an American actress, producer and director.

Early life

Towne was born in Santa Monica, California, to an American father and French mother.{{cite news| last1=Guthrie| first1=Marisa| url=https://wwd.com/eye/people/simon-helberg-is-deeply-committed-1234874648/| title=Simon Helberg Is Deeply Committed| magazine=Women's Wear Daily| date=2021-07-06| access-date=2021-09-05| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221025803/https://wwd.com/eye/people/simon-helberg-is-deeply-committed-1234874648/| archive-date=December 21, 2021}}

Career

Towne has appeared in a number of minor roles in film and television, including Havoc in 2005, Gilmore Girls in 2007 and The Selling in 2011.

Towne made her directorial debut in 2013 with I Am I, followed in 2014 by We'll Never Have Paris, co-directed with Simon Helberg.

Personal life

Towne's uncle was screenwriter Robert Towne.{{cite news| url=http://www.scriptmag.com/features/balls-of-steel-i-am-i-and-then-some| title=Balls of Steel: I Am I ... and Then Some| magazine=Script Magazine| first=Jeanne Veillette| last=Bowerman| date=August 18, 2011| access-date=2014-05-09| archive-date=November 9, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109221326/http://www.scriptmag.com/features/balls-of-steel-i-am-i-and-then-some| url-status=live}} Towne married actor Simon Helberg on July 7, 2007. They have a daughter Adeline,{{cite news| first=Sarah| last=Michaud| first2= Monica| last2= Rizzo| url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/01/27/the-big-bang-theory-simon-helberg-expecting-first-child/| title=Baby on the Way for Simon Helberg| date=January 27, 2012| magazine=People| access-date=January 27, 2012}} and a son, Wilder Towne Helberg.{{cite news| url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/simon-helberg-wife-jocelyn-towne-welcome-baby-boy-wilder-helberg--2014246| title=Simon Helberg and Wife Jocelyn Towne Welcome Second Child, Baby Boy Wilder Towne Helberg| magazine=Us Weekly| date=June 24, 2014| first=Stephanie| last=Webber| access-date=January 4, 2015}}

Filmography

=Filmography=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Note

2000

| Burning Heart

| Blue Lady

|

2004

| Elvis Has Left The Building

| Harmony's Secretary

|

2005

| Havoc

| Female Cop #1

|

2006

| The Pity Card

| Madeleine the Waitress

|

rowspan=2|2007

| Gilmore Girls

| Aurora

| episode: “I Am A Kayak, Hear Me Roar”

Derek and Simon: The Show

| Claire

| episode: “Peanuts!”

rowspan=2|2011

| The Selling

| Dead Girl

|

A Bird of the Air

| Susie

|

2013

| I Am I

| Rachel

| Also writer and director

2014

| We'll Never Have Paris

|

| Director

2016

|Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse

|Kathi

|

2018

| Lodge 49

| Gloria Keller

| 3 episodes

2021

| The Kominsky Method

| Jeanine

| 2 episodes

References

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