Biography

Jenn's father passed when she was nine, galvanizing her strong drive for self-reliance and travel. For high school, Jenn received a scholarship to attend boarding school, and has enjoyed a relatively vagrant lifestyle ever since. After studying electrical engineering & communication in college at North Carolina State University, Jenn began re-focusing again on her love of story engineering.

She was offered a scholarship to attend the NY Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, but chose to enroll in Meisner training at the William Esper Studio instead. She has been nominated for Best Actress in the Secret Theatre's One Act Festival, and has had her work showcased at the famous Chinese Theatre as part of HollyShorts Film Festival. Her acting debut in "Freckles" premiered at Cannes before being acquired by Zoetrope, the American film production company founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas.

Jenn's professional credits have expanded into producing and directing. She was nominated for a regional Emmy for directing the series "Financially Naked" that was a queer eye approach to financial literacy. She was also recently inducted into the Producers Guild of America and featured in their national magazine "Produced By."

Jenn is exploring new mediums including developing content for the Metaverse.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jenn Halweil

Jenn was an electrical engineer who specialized in sustainability, particularly renewable energy and transportation, prior to focusing on a career in media. She credits her engineering background with influencing her focus on elevating stories of women scientists, technologists, and creators in her work.