{{Short description|American actress (born 1983)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Jen Tullock | image = JenTullock-byPhilipRomano2.jpg | caption = Tullock in 2025 | birth_name = Jennifer Leigh Tullock | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|07|04}} | birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | alma_mater = Millikin University (BFA) | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|writer}} | years_active = 2007–present | spouse = {{marriage|Marie Ronn|2024}} }} '''Jennifer Leigh Tullock''' (born July{{nbsp}}4, 1983)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jennifer |first=Tullock |title=I'm From Louisville, KY – Video Story. |url=https://imfromdriftwood.com/story/im-from-louisville-ky-video-story/ |website=I'm from Driftwood |language=en-US |access-date=March 16, 2025}}</ref><ref name="ig-tullock-july-4">{{cite web |last1=Philipps |first1=Busy |author1-link=Busy Philipps |date=July 4, 2023 |title=THE ONE AND ONLY Jen Tullock turns 40 TODAY{{nbsp}}... |url=https://www.instagram.com/busyphilipps/p/CuS_scnpe4h |website=Instagram |access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref> is an American actress and writer best known for her roles as Devon Scout-Hale in Apple TV+'s ''Severance''<ref name=":0" /> and Anita St. Pierre in HBO's ''Perry Mason''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rathe |first=Adam |date=April 17, 2023 |title=Go Behind the Scenes of Perry Mason with Jen Tullock |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g43611371/perry-mason-hbo-set-photos-jen-tullock/ |website=Town & Country |language=en-US |access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref>
== Early life and education== Tullock was born on July 4, 1983, and is from Louisville, Kentucky.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Kish |first=Robin |date=February 24, 2022 |title=From Musicals To Psychological Thrillers: Why Queer Actor Jen Tullock Says Fiction Is Cheaper Than Therapy |url=https://gomag.com/article/from-musicals-to-psychological-thrillers-why-queer-actor-jen-tullock-says-fiction-is-cheaper-than-therapy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224223443/http://gomag.com/article/from-musicals-to-psychological-thrillers-why-queer-actor-jen-tullock-says-fiction-is-cheaper-than-therapy/ |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |work=GO |language=en-US |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> Her younger brother, Ryan, is a touring bassist for the indie pop band Tennis.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Baldwin |first=Rosecrans |date=August 28, 2019 |title=How to Make It in Hollywood When You're Gay, Female, and Thirtysomething |url=https://gen.medium.com/how-to-make-it-in-hollywood-when-youre-gay-female-and-thirtysomething-3f4d3e009172 |work=GEN |access-date=October 20, 2023}}</ref> She grew up in Jeffersontown and Crescent Hill. She attended the Christian Academy of Louisville until her final year of school, when she attended Eastern High School.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last=Engelhardt |first=Julie |title=Show of Success |url=https://townepost.com/kentucky/jeffersontown/show-of-success/ |date=October 19, 2022 |access-date=March 24, 2023 |work=Towne Post}}</ref> After graduating from high school, she studied at Millikin University and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Ask Alumni with Jen Tullock |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2685454871718761 |date=November 17, 2020 |publisher=Millikin University College of Fine Arts |via=Facebook}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Crook |first=Lucy |date=April 19, 2023 |title=Jen Tullock |url=https://1883magazine.com/jen-tullock/ |website=1883 Magazine |language=en-GB |access-date=February 10, 2025}}</ref>
== Career == Tullock moved to Brooklyn in 2007, where she worked as a theatre actor and writer. She also practiced improv, performed one-person shows, did voice-over work, and acted in commercials.<ref name=":3"/> She performed in plays in Chicago and New York City, including the world premiere of Frank Winters' ''On the Head of a Pin'' at 59E59 Theatres.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |last=Levett |first=Karl |title=Engaging 'On the Head of a Pin' Needs a Blue Pencil |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/engaging-head-pin-needs-blue-pencil-49118/ |date=September 19, 2019 |access-date=March 24, 2023 |work=Backstage}}</ref>
The principal cast of ''Severance,'' including Tullock, was nominated for a 2022 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/29th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |website=Screen Actors Guild Awards |language=en-US |access-date=February 10, 2025}}</ref> For her role as Anita in season two of HBO's ''Perry Mason'', she was nominated for an Astra TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Neglia |first=Matt |date=January 9, 2024 |title=The 2023 Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) TV Astra Award Winners |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-hollywood-critics-association-hca-tv-award-winners/ |website=Next Best Picture |language=en-US |access-date=February 10, 2025}}</ref>
In 2019, Tullock co-wrote and co-starred (with Hannah Pearl Utt) in the drama film ''Before You Know It'', which premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Previously, her short film with Utt, ''Partners,'' premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and their feature film was a participant in the 2017 Sundance Screenwriters' Lab.<ref>{{Cite AV media |author=Sundance Institute |date=April 25, 2018 |title=Hannah Pearl Utt & Jen Tullock on the Difference Between Directing and Acting |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n-ny68KJts |website=YouTube |language=en-US |access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref> Their series ''Disengaged'' was produced for the streaming platform Super Deluxe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-28 |title=Watch the Season Finale of 'Disengaged' |url=https://thecomedybureau.com/disengaged-season-finale/ |website=The Comedy Bureau |language=en-US |access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref>
In 2020, Tullock created ''Eggshell'', a mockumentary project consisting of fictional social media videos satirizing suburban white women.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |date=April 26, 2022 |title='Severance' Breakout Jen Tullock Is Here for Sexy, Queer Period Pieces |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/jen-tullock-severance-perry-mason-season-2-1235134596/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=March 4, 2026}}</ref> A work of hers was performed at the New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater Training Program in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coburn |first=Nicolas |date=July 7, 2010 |title=Powerhouse Theatre Training Co. Presents MACHINAL, ROMEO & JULIET, 7/9-19 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Powerhouse-Theatre-Training-Co-Presents-MACHINAL-ROMEO-JULIET-7919-20100707 |website=BroadwayWorld |language=en-US |access-date=March 4, 2026}}</ref> She wrote for HuffPost's Queer Voices,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jen Tullock |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jen-tullock |website=HuffPost |language=en-US |access-date=January 25, 2025}}</ref> and was in the writers' room for Funny or Die series ''The Coop'', in which she also starred.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2020 |title=Ryan's Murder Has Been Solved But The Coop Nation Drama Continues |url=https://funnyordie.com/2020/05/15/136985/ryans-murder-has-been-solved-but-the-coop-nation-drama-continues/ |website=Funny or Die |language=en-US |access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref>
She was the writer and co-host of the Heritage Radio Network's show ''The Morning After.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2013 |title=86 Jen Tullock & Henri |url=https://heritageradionetwork.org/episode/86-jen-tullock-henri/ |website=Heritage Radio Network |access-date=February 10, 2025}}</ref> In 2024, she premiered her solo show ''You Shall Inherit the Earth!'', about her experience and thoughts while suffering a stroke; the show was directed by Josh Ruben.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=You Shall Inherit The Earth! |url=https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/jentullock |website=The Elysian |language=en-US |access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref> She is a Sundance Feature Film Program committee mentor{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} and former Sundance screenwriting fellow.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}
In October 2025, Tullock premiered her off-Broadway solo show ''Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God'' at Playwrights Horizons. Co-written with Frank Winters and directed by Jared Mezzocchi, the show incorporates multimedia elements to tell the semi-autobiographical story of a lesbian writer returning to her home town in Kentucky to confront her family and members of their evangelical church.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vincentelli |first1=Elisabeth |date=November 14, 2025 |title=How This 'Severance' Actor Lost God and Found Herself |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/theater/jen-tullock-severance-hand-of-god.html |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=November 14, 2025}}</ref>
== Personal life == Tullock is a lesbian.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |title='Severance' Breakout Jen Tullock Is Here for Sexy, Queer Period Pieces |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/jen-tullock-severance-perry-mason-season-2-1235134596/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 26, 2022 |access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref> In 2022, Tullock matched with Marie Ronn on the dating app Hinge but they later lost touch after planning a first date. A few months later in November 2022, they ran into each other at the ''Spirited'' premiere and began dating thereafter. They became engaged in March 2023 and married on May 11, 2024, at Ludlow House in New York.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hasan |first=Sadiba |date=May 31, 2024 |title=When 'Girlfriend' Just Isn't Enough |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/style/jen-tullock-marie-ronn-wedding.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240531111729/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/style/jen-tullock-marie-ronn-wedding.html |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=January 25, 2025}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Film === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2013 | ''King Theodore Live'' | Gof | Short film |- | 2014 | ''Jammed'' | Camera Snob / Hippie | |- | rowspan="4" | 2015 | ''Partners'' | Leigh | Short film; also writer and producer |- | ''Henry'' | Henry | Short film |- | ''Fils'' | Gigi | Short film; also writer and producer |- | ''Base'' | Karen | Short film |- | rowspan="2" | 2016 | ''When the Wrong Words Come Out'' | Marie | Short film; also director and writer |- | ''Eat Prey'' | Marina | Short film |- | 2017 | ''Hoof'' | Eva Ward | Short film; also producer |- | rowspan="2" | 2018 | ''6 Balloons'' | Bianca | |- | ''Red Light'' | Ruth | Short film |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 | ''Before You Know It'' | Jackie Gurner | Also writer |- | ''Long Time Listener, First Time Caller'' | Debbie | Short film |- | rowspan="2" | 2022 | ''Spirited'' | Wendy | |- | ''Love, Me'' | Trish | Short film; also producer |- | 2023 | ''Cora Bora'' | Herself | |- | 2025 | ''A Tree Fell in the Woods'' | Miranda | Voice role |- |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2015 | ''Lofty Dreams'' | Chlois | 2 episodes |- | 2015–2016 | ''Disengaged'' | Sidney | Main role; also writer and executive producer |- | rowspan="2" | 2016 | ''Casual'' | Diane | Episode: "Trivial Pursuit" |- | ''Roadies'' | Logan the Eraser Girl | Episode: "The Corporate Gig" |- | rowspan="4" | 2017 | ''Virtually Mike and Nora'' | Sue | Episode: "Suicidal Deer" |- | ''Budding Prospects'' | Martha | Television film |- | ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' | Brunch Patron #3 | Episode: "Never Wait for Seconds!" |- | ''SMILF'' | Morgan | Episode: "Family-Sized Popcorn & a Can of Wine" |- | 2018 | ''Door No. 1'' | Margo | Episode: "Ten Year" |- | rowspan="3" | 2019 | ''Bless This Mess'' | Monique | Episode: "Pilot" |- | ''Best Seller'' | Cindy Silver | Episode: "Pilot" |- | ''The Coop'' | Iwona | Main role; also writer |- | 2022–present | ''Severance'' | Devon Scout-Hale | Main role |- | rowspan="2" | 2023 | ''The L Word: Generation Q'' | Kimmy | Episode: "Looking Ahead" |- | ''Perry Mason'' | Anita St. Pierre | 7 episodes |- |}
== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Work ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" | {{refh}} |- | 2016 | New York City Independent Film Festival | Best Actress | ''Partners'' | {{won}} | align="center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=WINNERS |url=https://nycindieff.com/winners/ |website=New York City Independent Film Festival |access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref> |- | 2023 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series |''Severance'' | {{nom}} | align="center" | <ref name=":1" /> |- | 2024 | Astra Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama | ''Perry Mason'' | {{nom}} | align="center" | <ref name=":6" /> |- || 2026 | Actor Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series |''Severance'' | {{nom}} | align="center" | <ref name=":1" /> |- |}
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