Jenna Leigh Green
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| Jenna Leigh Green | |
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| Born | August 22, 1977 |
| Occupation | Actress |
Jenna Leigh Green (born August 22, 1977), an American actress best known for her performances on the television show Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and on Broadway and on tour in the musical Wicked.
[edit] Biography
Green was raised in Simi Valley, California with her twin sister Jessica and younger sister Rebecca in a family of actors and musicians. She began to perform in school and community theatre productions by age 12 and later began to appear in commercials and television programs, as well as a few made-for-TV movies, including A Friend to Die For (1994).[citation needed]
After graduating from high school, Green appeared for several seasons as mean girl Libby Chessler in the television series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch beginning in 1996. She also performed in guest spots on television shows like ER and Dharma & Greg[1] and participated in other Nickelodeon events such as The Big Help and the game show Figure It Out. Her Los Angeles theatre experience includes The Wizard of Oz, The Secret Garden, The Fantasticks, Romeo and Juliet and Into the Woods and West Side Story.[2]
In 1999, Green was cast as Ivy in Bare, a Pop Opera. She performed in the original reading for the musical and the 2000-01 Los Angeles production. In 2002, she appeared in the 2002 TV movie First Shot. In 2004, she moved to New York City where she again played Ivy in Bare during its brief off-Broadway run.[citation needed] In 2007, the cast album of Bare was released, featuring Green.[3] Also in 2004, she performed in concerts and benefits with other cast members as well as on her own. She performed as Diana in a workshop of a new musical, Mask.
In 2005, Green played Betty in the musical film Open House. She then joined the cast of the musical Wicked for its first U.S. national tour, in which she played Nessarose and was an understudy for Elphaba, playing that role over 40 times.[1] After leaving the national tour on March 5, 2006, she made her Broadway debut in Wicked reprising the role of Nessarose at the Gershwin Theatre replacing Cristy Candler. She played the role for nine months in New York and then left the Broadway cast on December 31, 2006 then being replaced by Cristy Candler. Green played Nessarose again in the Los Angeles production of Wicked from February 10, 2007 to December 9, 2007. She was replaced by Marcie Dodd who recently served as the understudy for both Elphaba & Nessarose in the US National Tour of Wicked.
Green has been confirmed to star as Sally Simpson in a production of "The Who's Tommy" at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Hollywood which will run from June 18-29.[4]
