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Jen Tullock
Tullock in 2023
Born	Jennifer Tullock (1983-07-04) July 4, 1983 (age 41) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma mater	Millikin University (BFA)
Occupations	Actress writer
Years active	2007–present

Jen Tullock (born July 4, 1983) is an American actress and writer best known for her role as Devon in Apple TV's Emmy nominated series Severance and Anita St. Pierre in HBO's Perry Mason.

Early life

Tullock was born on July 4, 1983, in Louisville, Kentucky. She has a younger brother, Ryan, a professional musician and composer in Nashville, and the bass player in the indie band Tennis. She grew up in Jeffersontown and Crescent Hill. She attended Christian Academy of Louisville however for her final year of school she attended Eastern High School. After graduating high school, she studied at Millikin University and graduated in 2006 with a BFA in Acting.

Career

Tullock moved to Brooklyn in 2007 where she worked as a theatre actress and writer. She also practiced improv, performed one-woman shows, did voice-over work, and commercials. She performed in plays in Chicago and New York, including the world premiere of Frank Winter's On the Head of a Pin at 59E59 St. Theatre.

Along with the rest of the principal cast of Severance, she was nominated for a 2022 SAG Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama. For her role as Anita in season two of HBO's Perry Mason, she was nominated for a Hollywood Critics Association award for Best Supporting Actress in a Cable or Network Drama.

In 2019, Tullock co-wrote and starred in dramedy Before You Know It, which premiered in the U.S. Dramatic competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and stars Tullock alongside Alec Baldwin, Judith Light, Mandy Patinkin, and co-writer Hannah Pearl Utt. Her short with Utt, Partners, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and their feature was a participant in the 2017 Sundance Screenwriter Labs.

Their series Disengaged appeared on Turner's streaming platform Super Deluxe.

In 2020, Tullock created Eggshell, a catalogue of fictional social media videos satirizing suburban white women. Her work as a writer has appeared at NY Stage & Film Festival, Huffington Post Queer Voices, and in the writers' room for Funny of Die original The Coop, in which she also starred.

She is the former co-host and writer of Heritage Radio's food and wine radio show The Morning After. In 2024, she premiered her solo showYou Shall Inherit the Earth!, detailing her experience of magical thinking while suffering a stroke. She is a Sundance Feature Film Program Committee mentor and former Sundance screenwriting fellow.

Personal life

Tullock is gay. On May 11, 2023, she married Marie Ronn in New York.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

1. "Watch Severance - Show - Apple TV+". Apple TV. February 18, 2022.
2. "Go Behind the Scenes of Perry Mason with Jen Tullock". Town & Country. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
3. Kish, Robin (February 24, 2022). "From Musicals To Psychological Thrillers: Why Queer Actor Jen Tullock Says Fiction Is Cheaper Than Therapy". GO. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
4. ^ Baldwin, Rosecrans (Aug 28, 2019). "How to Make It in Hollywood When You're Gay, Female, and Thirtysomething". GEN. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
5. Engelhardt, Julie (October 19, 2022). "Show of Success". Towne Post. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
6. Millikin University College of Fine Arts on Facebook
7. Levett, Karl (September 19, 2019). "Engaging 'On the Head of a Pin' Needs a Blue Pencil". Backstage. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
8. Hannah Pearl Utt & Jen Tullock on the Difference Between Directing and Acting, retrieved 2024-02-07
9. "disengaged – The Comedy Bureau". 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
10. O'Connell, Mikey (April 26, 2022). "'Severance' Breakout Jen Tullock Is Here for Sexy, Queer Period Pieces".
11. Coburn, Nicolas. "Powerhouse Theatre Training Co. Presents MACHINAL, ROMEO & JULIET, 7/9-19". BroadwayWorld.com.
12. "Jen Tullock | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com.
13. "Ryan 's Murder Has Been Solved But The Coop Nation Drama Continues – Funny Or Die". funnyordie.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
14. "86 Jen Tullock & Henri | Heritage Radio Network". heritageradionetwork.org. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
15. "You Shall Inherit The Earth!". The Elysian. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
16. "Jen Tullock - Sundance Collab". collab.sundance.org. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
17. O'Connell, Mikey (April 26, 2022). "'Severance' Breakout Jen Tullock Is Here for Sexy, Queer Period Pieces". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
18. Hasan, Sadiba (May 31, 2024). "When 'Girlfriend' Just Isn't Enough" – via NYTimes.com.
19. "WINNERS". New York City Independent Film Festival. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
20. "83rd Peabody Award Winners". Peabody Awards. September 19, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
21. "The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
22. "Hollywood Critics Association Announces the 2023 HCA TV Awards nominations for Broadcast Networks & Cable". Hollywood Critics Association. Retrieved October 19, 2023.

External links

• Jen Tullock at IMDb

• 21st-century American actresses
• Actresses from Louisville, Kentucky
• Writers from Louisville, Kentucky
• American film actresses
• Filmmakers from Kentucky
• American queer actresses
• American television actresses
• LGBTQ people from Kentucky
• Living people
• 1983 births