Jennifer Ferrin

Jennifer Ferrin (born February 25, 1979) is an American actress.

Jennifer Ferrin
Born (1979-02-25) February 25, 1979
Lawrenceville, Georgia, U.S.
EducationUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
Years active2002–present
Spouse(s)
Zachary Bliss
​
(m. 2014)​

Early life

Ferrin was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia. She attended Brookwood High where she was the lead in many high school plays and was a member of the choir. Upon her graduation from high school, Ferrin attended the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina and the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama.

Career

Ferrin played the younger version of Vanessa Redgrave's character Esther in the Hallmark Hall of Fame film The Locket. She guest starred in the 2002 season finale of Dawson's Creek. Ferrin's most notable role to date is that of Jennifer Munson Kasnoff Donovan on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns, played from 2003 to 2006. In 2006, she landed a recurring role on the primetime show 3 LBS. Ferrin was one of the four actors starring in the US premiere productions of The 39 Steps, Patrick Barlow's stage adaptation of the Alfred Hitchcock film, in Boston in 2007[1] and New York in 2008[2]

Ferrin also played Detective Sam Tyler's mother in the US version of Life On Mars. In January 2011, she began her role of Dana Faraday on the NBC superhero drama series The Cape. She also had a two episode stint on Royal Pains and was recurring character Molly on The Following. She portrayed Rebecca Mason, the deceased wife of lead character Tom Mason (Noah Wyle), in a dream episode of the TNT science-fiction drama series Falling Skies, on July 21, 2013; Ferrin appeared again on Falling Skies for the series' fifth-season premiere on June 28, 2015.

She became a series regular in the third season of AMC's Hell on Wheels.[3]

In Steven Soderbergh's Mosaic, a murder mystery released in 2017 as an interactive iOS/Android app and then in 2018 as an HBO television drama, Ferrin played Petra Neill, a point-of-view character. She also was in ABCs cancelled time travel series Time After Time where she played a doctor trying to develop her father's research further.

Personal life

Ferrin is married to interior designer Zachary Bliss, whom she met in 2009 and wed in 2014. The couple reside in Amagansett, New York.[4]

Awards and nominations
List of acting awards and nominations
Year Award Category Title Result Ref.
2005
 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series As the World Turns Nominated
[5]
2006
 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series As the World Turns Nominated
[6]

References
  1. Louise Kennedy (September 21, 2007). "Hitch a ride". Boston Globe. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. Ben Brantley (January 16, 2008). "Spies, Blonde and a Guy Go North by Northwest". The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  3. "'Hell On Wheels' Casts Jennifer Ferrin". DenofGeek.us. April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  4. Izon, Juliet (July 2, 2015). "What High-Profile Couple Fell in Love in the Hamptons?". hamptons-magazine.com. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  5. "Daytime Emmy Award Nominations". TVWeek. Detroit, Michigan: Crain Communications. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  6. "The 33rd Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations". New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. February 8, 2006. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
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