Jenna Fischer life and biography

Jenna Fischer is an American actress. She is most widely known for her Emmy-nominated portrayal of Pam Halpert (née Beesly) on the NBC situation comedy The Office, and has also appeared in several films, including Blades of Glory, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The Promotion and Hall Pass.

Fischer was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but raised in the St. Louis, Missouri suburb of Manchester, the daughter of Jim, a plastics engineer, and Anne, a history teacher. Fischer has one younger sister, Emily, a third grade teacher. Fischer experienced her first taste of performing at age six, when she participated in an acting workshop taught by her mother at Henry School in St. Louis, a workshop also attended by actor Sean Gunn, with whom she grew up.

Fischer attended Pierremont Elementary School in Manchester, Missouri, and Nerinx Hall High School, a private all-girls Catholic school, in Webster Groves, Missouri. She holds a bachelor of arts in theatre, as well as a minor in journalism, from Truman State University, where she originally enrolled as a pre-law history major.

Fischer also worked on a number of feature films, including Employee of the Month, Slither, Lucky 13, The Specials and The Brothers Solomon. In 2005, she landed the role she is most known for, Pam Beesly on the highly-watched television series, The Office.

Aside from acting, Fischer has also written and directed a film entitled LolliLove, in which she starred in. Among the cast were her husband, James Gunn, Linda Cardellini , Judy Greer, Lloyd Kaufman, and Jason Segel. She was also awarded a Screen Actors Guild Emerging Actor Award for her work on the film.

"The directing was exhausting and the writing was painful. It was very difficult to direct and star in a movie. We also had a very small crew so I did a lot of things a normal director doesn't have to do, like make the props and serve lunch," the actress-turned-writer and director said of her experience behind the camera. "I was simultaneously getting into character, going over my lines, set dressing the next shot, coaching an actor, and brainstorming with my D.P. I'm good at multitasking, but that was too much for me. I couldn't enjoy any one part the way I would have liked. I think I'll stick to acting."

In May 2007, Fischer had unfortunately got into an accident, when she fell down a flight of stairs in a Manhattan bar. This caused her four fractures in her back, forcing her to take 12 weeks off to recover from the injury. In September 2007, Fischer and her husband, Gunn announced their separation, after almost seven years of marriage. That year, Jenna Fischer continued her acting career by taking on roles in Blades of Glory, alongside Jon Heder and Will Ferrell. She was also seen on Judd Apatow's Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and 2008's The Promotion.

Filmography:

1998: Born Champion; Channel 493
2001: Picking Up Chicks With Hartland Williams
2002: Les Superficails
2003: Melvin Goes to Dinner; Doggie Tails Vol.1: Lucky's First Sleepover; Rubbing Charlie
2009: Official Rejection
2010: A Little Help
2011: Hall Pass
2012: The Giant Mechanical Man

Awards and nominations:

2004 LolliLove St. Louis International Film Festival Screen Actors Guild Emerging Actor Award Won
2005 LolliLove TromaDance Film Festival Independent Soul Award (as director) Won

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