Jennifer Barnhart
| Jennifer Barnhart | |
|---|---|
 Jennifer Barnhart UCONN 1992.jpg Barnhart at UCONN in 1992 | |
| Born | March 11, 1972 Hamden, Connecticut, U.S. |
| 💼 Occupation | Actress, puppeteer |
| 📆 Years active | 1977–present |
| Notable work | Avenue Q, Law & Order: SVU, Johnny and the Sprites, Exposing the Order of the Serpentine |
Jennifer Barnhart (born March 11, 1972) is an American actress and puppeteer, with a portfolio of television and theatre performances.[1][2]
Early life[edit]
Barnhart was born and grew up in Hamden, Connecticut. She graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting with a concentration in puppetry.[1][3][4]
Career[edit]
Puppetry career[edit]
In 1996, Barnhart began her puppeteer career performing on Once Upon a Tree performing Mara the Beaver and Mrs. Peeper the Owl.[5] She made her Broadway debut in 2003 and is a featured performer in the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, in which she also appeared Off-Broadway.[6][7] She was a regular puppeteer on the Nickelodeon series Oobi, playing Mrs. Johnson and various incidental characters. She also stars as Cleo on PBS's literacy education series, Between the Lions, and performed the puppetry for Kanga and Owl on Disney Channel's The Book of Pooh.[1][2] She is a Sesame Street Muppet performer who took over the roles of Mama Bear in 2001 and Gladys the Cow in 2002.[1][2]
Barnhart also worked as a puppeteer in Johnny and the Sprites, a Disney Channel children's show created by her Avenue Q co-star John Tartaglia.[2]
As of season 46 of Sesame Street, she performs the role of Zoe, following the retirement of Fran Brill in 2014.
Acting career[edit]
She appeared on screen as a puppeteer in the "Web" episode of Law & Order: SVU in May 2006.[2] In regional theatre, she played the angel in Angels in America (Gallery Players), Olivia in Twelfth Night, and Cassie in Rumors (Connecticut Repertory Theatre). In 2011 she appeared as police officer Randy Osteen in Tracy Letts's new play "Superior Donuts" at the Arden Theatre in Philadelphia.[8] In 2010, she portrayed Chicago Police Department detective Lorna Diamond in the Law & Order: SVU episode, "Behave".[2]
TV credits[edit]
- Helpsters, 2019-present
- Julie's Greenroom, 2017-2019
- Smart Cookies, 2016
- The Chica Show, 2012-2014
- Law & Order: SVU, 2010
- Lomax, the Hound of Music, 2008
- Johnny and the Sprites, 2007
- Law & Order: SVU, 2006
- Exposing the Order of the Serpentine, 2006
- St. Bear’s Town, 2004–present
- St. Bear’s Dolls Hospital, 2004–present
- Sesame Street, 2001–present
- Oobi, 2000–2005
- The Book of Pooh, 2001
- Between the Lions, 2000-2016; 2019
- Bear in the Big Blue House, 1997–present
- Once Upon a Tree, 1996
- Square One, 1987–1992
- Alexis, Alysha and Miguel, 1978
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Playbill interview Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, September 10, 2004, retrieved on July 24, 2008
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 IMDb, Jennifer Barnhart, retrieved on June 23, 2006
- ↑ "Jen's Biography". Sesame Street. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Endless Possibilities with Puppets". Department of Theatre. University of Utah. Archived from the original on January 31, 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Once Upon a Tree - That's Tremendous, Who's Who". Archived from the original on June 27, 2002. Retrieved June 27, 2002. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Internet Broadway Database, Jennifer Barnhart, retrieved on August 8, 2006
- ↑ Avenue Q, cast, retrieved on July 24, 2008
- ↑ Zinman, Toby. "Superior Doughnuts: Worth a Dunk". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
External links[edit]
- Jennifer Barnhart on IMDb
- Jennifer Barnhart at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Interview with Jennifer Barnhart at Playbill.com
| Preceded by David Rudman |
Performer of Mommy Snuffleupagus 2000s - present |
Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by Richard Hunt |
Performer of Gladys the Cow 2003 – present |
Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by Alice Dinnean |
Performer of Mama Bear 2003 – present |
Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by Fran Brill |
Performer of Zoe 2016 – present |
Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by Alice Dinnean |
Performer of Goldilocks 2005 |
Succeeded by Fran Brill |
