- Born
- Birth nameJennifer Lee Garfein
- Jennifer Ashton was born on April 23, 1969 in George Air Force Base, Victorville, California, USA. She is an actress, known for A Million Little Things (2018), 20/20 (1978) and GMA3 (2020). She has been married to Tom Werner since November 5, 2022. She was previously married to Robert C. Ashton, Jr..
- SpousesTom Werner(November 5, 2022 - present)Robert C. Ashton, Jr.(May 18, 1996 - January 2017) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenAlex AshtonChloe Ashton
- ParentsOscar GarfeinDorothy Garfein
- Graduated from the Horace Mann School, a private college preparatory school in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York. She graduated from the Columbia University in the City of New York with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History in 1991, and with a Master of Science degree in Nutrition in 2016. As an undergraduate, she made the school's Dean's List. She graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 2000. While there, she served as President of her class for four consecutive years and was the recipient of the university's Herbert J. Bartlestone Prize of Pharmacology.
- Her ex-husband Dr. Robert Ashton was a thoracic and cardiac surgeon. He died on February 11, 2017 (2 weeks after their divorce), when he jumped off the George Washington Bridge.
- Has a private clinical practice (called Hygeia Gynecology) in Englewood, New Jersey.
- Ob-Gyn physician, TV medical contributor.
- Raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, hailed from a family of six other physicians and one nurse.
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