{{Short description|American actress (born 1991)}}

{{Infobox person | name = Jennifer Paredes | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|1|13}} | birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S. | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| * Otay Ranch High School * University of San Diego }} | education = | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|musician}} | years_active = 2008–present | known_for = Theatrical performances throughout the United States | credits = {{Plainlist| *Hero in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' *Viola in ''Twelfth Night'' *''Lydia'' }} | awards = Craig Noel Award for ''Actor of the Year, Female'' | website = {{url|jenniferparedesactor.com}} }}

'''Jennifer Paredes''' (born January 13, 1991) is an American actress who appeared as Hero in Denver Center for the Performing Arts' production of ''Much Ado About Nothing'', Helena in Stages Repertory Theatre's ''The River Bride'', and Matilde in Portland Stage's ''The Clean House''. Paredes won a Craig Noel Award for Actor of the Year for her performances in Diversionary Theatre's production of ''Ballast'' and as Viola in Old Globe's tour of ''Twelfth Night''.

== Early life == Paredes grew up in Chula Vista, California<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hebert |first=James |date=2017-10-08 |title=Jennifer Paredes le pone acento latino al teatro local |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2017/10/08/jennifer-paredes-le-pone-acento-latino-al-teatro-local/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> after her parents immigrated from Peru and Tijuana.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Hebert |first=James |date=2017-10-08 |title=A bold performer takes on the Bard in Globe's touring 'Twelfth Night' |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/sd-et-theater-globeengage-20170927-story.html |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> She became interested in acting during her senior year before graduating from Otay Ranch High School in 2008.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Brents |first=Phillip |date=2016-09-22 |title=South County actress's star is on the rise in San Diego REP production of 'Manifest Destinitis' |url=https://www.thestarnews.com/south-county-actresss-star-is-on-the-rise-in-san-diego-rep-production-of-manifest-destinitis/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=The Star-News |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Theater performance === Early in her career, Paredes performed in The House Theatre of Chicago's West Coast premiere of ''The Nutcracker'' with Edred Utomi<ref name=":10" /> and in ''Manifest Destinitis'', a Herbert Sigüenza adaptation of ''The Imaginary Invalid''.<ref name=":0" /> In 2016, she was nominated for two Craig Noel Awards for her performances in ''Lydia'' and ''Seven Spots on the Sun''.<ref name=":12" /> After studying acting at University of San Diego, Paredes made her Old Globe Theatre debut in 2017, portraying Viola in ''Twelfth Night''<ref name=":1" /> and winning a Craig Noel Award for ''Actor of the Year, Female''.<ref name=":13" /> The following year she performed in ''American Mariachi'' with Doreen Montalvo<ref name=":2" /> and in ''El Huracán'' by Charise Castro Smith at Yale Repertory Theatre under the direction of Laurie Woolery and co-starring Maria-Christina Oliveras.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Leininger |first=Tim |date=2018-10-11 |title=STAGE REVIEW: 'El Huracán' is a good play despite its steady diet of anger |url=https://www.journalinquirer.com/public/stage-review-el-hurac-n-is-a-good-play-despite-its-steady-diet-of-anger/article_8f048614-cc98-11e8-b78c-5ff69672fbca.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425022123/https://www.journalinquirer.com/public/stage-review-el-hurac-n-is-a-good-play-despite-its-steady-diet-of-anger/article_8f048614-cc98-11e8-b78c-5ff69672fbca.html |archive-date=2023-04-25 |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Journal Inquirer |language=en}}</ref>

=== Music and film === Paredes contributed music to the film ''Weigh Down''.<ref name=":0" /> She did the same in theater for ''American Mariachi''<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Hebert |first=James |date=2018-03-31 |title=Review: Old Globe's 'American Mariachi' a vibrant ode to music and memory |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/sd-me-review-globe-20180330-story.html |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> and played a ukulele in ''Logan Heights''.<ref name=":15" /> In 2016, she appeared in the film ''South of 8'' by Tony Olmos.<ref name=":11" />

== Stage credits == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Location !Notes |- |2013 |''Logan Heights'' |Dalia Rosales |OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista, California |<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jeff |date=2013-09-23 |title=Logan Heights at OnStage Productions {{!}} San Diego Reader |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2013/sep/23/theater-logan-heights-onstage-productions/ |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=San Diego Reader |language=en}}</ref> |- |2014 |''The Nutcracker'' |Phoebe |New Village Arts Theatre, Carlsbad, California |Featuring Edred Utomi and Brian Patrick Butler<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Kragen |first=Pam |date=2014-12-01 |title=Review: 'Nutcracker' musical is bittersweet |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/sdut-new-village-arts-nutcracker-review-2014dec01-htmlstory.html |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" |2016 |''Rapture, Blister, Burn'' |Avery Willard | rowspan="2" |San Diego Repertory Theatre, San Diego, California |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowerison |first=Jean |date=2016-05-09 |title=Theater Review: 'Rapture, Blister, Burn' {{!}} San Diego Gay and Lesbian News |url=https://sdgln.com/entertainment/2016/05/05/theater-review-rapture-blister-burn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509075356/https://sdgln.com/entertainment/2016/05/05/theater-review-rapture-blister-burn |archive-date=2016-05-09 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=San Diego Gay and Lesbian News}}</ref> |- |''Manifest Destinitis'' |Angelica / Luisa |Herbert Sigüenza adaptation of ''The Imaginary Invalid''<ref name=":0" /> |- |''Lydia'' |Ceci |Ion Theatre, San Diego, California |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jeff |date=2016-06-20 |title=Starkly real to poetically hallucinatory {{!}} San Diego Reader |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/jun/20/theater-lydia-ion-theatre-blkbox/ |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=San Diego Reader |language=en}}</ref> |- |''September and Her Sisters'' |September |Scripps Ranch Theatre, San Diego, California |Part of "Out on a Limb", written by Jennifer Lane<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hebert |first=James |date=2015-07-15 |title=Quick tip: Locally sourced drama |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2015/07/15/quick-tip-locally-sourced-drama/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223075251/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2015/07/15/quick-tip-locally-sourced-drama/ |archive-date=2025-02-23 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{Cite web |title=September and Her Sisters |url=https://www.workshoptheater.org/september-and-her-sisters |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=The Workshop Theater |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''Seven Spots on the Sun'' |Monica |InnerMission Productions, San Diego, California |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jeff |date=2016-11-29 |title=All kill the same {{!}} San Diego Reader |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/nov/29/theater-seven-spots-sun-innermission-productions/ |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=San Diego Reader |language=en}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" |2017 |''Waking la Llorona'' |Doctor E.S. Moctezuma |The Old Globe Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego, California |Without Walls Festival<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-08-23 |title=The Old Globe to Present David Israel Reynoso's Immersive WAKING LA LLORONA |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/san-diego/article/The-Old-Globe-to-Present-David-Israel-Reynosos-Immersive-WAKING-LA-LLORONA-20170823 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=BroadwayWorld |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":16" /> |- |''Perfect Arrangement'' |Norma |Intrepid Theatre, San Diego, California |<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Hebert |first=James |date=2017-02-12 |title=Review: Timely 'Perfect Arrangement' inspires uneasy laughs at Intrepid |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/sd-me-review-intrepid-20170212-story.html |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''Into the Beautiful North'' |Vampi |San Diego Repertory Theatre |<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jeff |date=2017-04-12 |title=Into the Beautiful North has a little Oz {{!}} San Diego Reader |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/apr/12/theater-into-beautiful-north/ |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=San Diego Reader |language=en}}</ref> |- |''Ballast'' |Savannah |Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, California |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hebert |first=James |date=2017-05-15 |title=Wisdom and wit lift Diversionary's 'Ballast' |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/sd-me-review-ballast-20170515-story.html |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''Twelfth Night'' |Viola |Old Globe's tour in San Diego, California |<ref name=":1" /> |- | rowspan="4" |2018 | rowspan="2" |''American Mariachi'' | rowspan="2" |Lucha |Stage Theatre at Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, Colorado |Featuring Doreen Montalvo<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ostrow |first=Joanne |date=2018-02-07 |title=Review: In world premiere of DCPA's "American Mariachi," music marks a family's generational journey |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/07/review-in-world-premiere-of-dcpas-american-mariachi-music-marks-a-familys-generational-journey/ |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426182642/https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/07/review-in-world-premiere-of-dcpas-american-mariachi-music-marks-a-familys-generational-journey/ |archive-date=2023-04-26 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |The Old Globe Theatre |<ref name=":2">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/the-scene/_american-mariachi_-makes-world-debut-at-old-globe_san-diego/43689/ |title='American Mariachi' Makes World Debut at Old Globe |language=en-US |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=NBC 7 San Diego}}</ref><ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Launer |first=Pat |date=2018-04-01 |title=Hermanas Are Doin' It for Themselves in 'American Mariachi' at The Old Globe |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2018/03/31/hermanas-are-doin-it-for-themselves-in-american-mariachi-at-the-old-globe/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Times of San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''El Huracán'' |Alicia / Dr. Kempler / Val |Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut |Written by Charise Castro Smith, directed by Laurie Woolery, featuring Maria-Christina Oliveras<ref name=":3" /> |- |''Froggy'' | |La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California |Staged reading<ref name=":16" /> |- | rowspan="5" |2019 |''Native Gardens'' |Tania Del Valle | rowspan="2" |Florida Repertory Theatre, Fort Myers, Florida |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-04-15 |title=2's Review: 'Native Gardens' |url=https://nbc-2.com/nbc-2-wbbh/2019/04/15/2s-review-native-gardens/ |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=WBBH-TV |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421191525/https://nbc-2.com/nbc-2-wbbh/2019/04/15/2s-review-native-gardens/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |''Loving and Loving'' |Maya |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cristi |first=A. A. |date=2019-04-18 |title=Florida Rep Announces Casts And Directors For 2019 PlayLab Festival |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/ft-myers-naples/article/Florida-Rep-Announces-Casts-And-Directors-For-2019-PlayLab-Festival-20190418 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=BroadwayWorld |language=en}}</ref> |- |''The River Bride'' |Helena |Yeager Theater at Stages Repertory Theatre, Houston, Texas |<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Garza |first=Natalie de la |date=2019-01-26 |title=The River Bride Brings a Little "Once Upon a Time" Magic to Stages |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-do-a-review-of-the-river-bride-at-stages-repertory-theatre-11202745 |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Houston Press |language=en}}</ref> |- |''The Clean House'' |Matilde |Portland Stage, Portland, Maine |<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Verdino-Süllwold |first=Carla Maria |date=2012-09-30 |title=Review: Portland Stage Opens Season with THE CLEAN HOUSE |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/maine/article/BWW-Review-Portland-Stage-Opens-Season-with-THE-CLEAN-HOUSE-20190930 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=BroadwayWorld |language=en}}</ref> |- |''The Straights'' |Phoebe |JACK, Brooklyn, New York |<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Helen |date=2019-12-14 |title=At the Armory, Judgment Day Shows Its Cast No Mercy |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/theater-reviews-judgment-day-and-the-straights.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426055149/https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/theater-reviews-judgment-day-and-the-straights.html |archive-date=2023-04-26 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Collins-Hughes |first=Laura |date=2019-12-13 |title='The Straights' Review: On the Road With No Sense of Direction |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/theater/the-straights-review.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214015008/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/theater/the-straights-review.html |archive-date=2019-12-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |- |2020 |''Hurricane Diane'' |Beth Wann |The Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, San Diego, California |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tauber |first=Eric George |date=2020-02-17 |title=Swept up in 'Hurricane Diane' |url=https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2020/02/17/swept-up-in-hurricane-diane/ |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=San Diego Jewish World |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2022 |''Much Ado About Nothing'' |Hero |Denver Center for the Performing Arts |<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Dillon |date=2022-09-14 |title='Much Ado About Nothing' gets a modern take at DCPA |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/much-ado-about-nothing-modern-take-denver-center-for-the-performing-arts/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=KCNC-TV |language=en-US}}</ref> |}

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Ref. |- |2012 |''Inch'' |Alisa | |- |2013 |''The Violation'' |Lia | |- |2014 |''A Very Grimm Christmas'' |Daisy | |- | rowspan="2" |2015 |''Yesternow'' |Mom | |- |''Too Young'' |Blair | |- | rowspan="2" |2016 |''A Life Lived'' |Personal Assistant | |- |''South of 8'' |Emma |<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Black |first=Emilie |date=2017-02-17 |title=South of 8 (2016) [San Diego Film Week 2017] – Cinema Crazed |url=https://www.cinema-crazed.com/blog/2017/02/17/south-of-8-2016-san-diego-film-week-2017/ |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Cinema Crazed |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" |2017 |''The Playground'' |Auto Mechanic Clerk | |- |''Weigh Down'' |Jenna Young |<ref name=":0" /> |- |''Her Face'' |Annette | |- |''INvisible'' | | |- |2020 |''Wander'' |Waitress | |}

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="6" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |List of awards and nominations |+Accolades !Event !Year !Award !Title !Result !Ref. |- | rowspan="3" |The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle |2017 |Craig Noel Award for ''Actor of the Year, Female'' |''Twelfth Night, Ballast'' |{{won}} |<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Garin |first=Nina |date=2018-02-13 |title=Craig Noel Awards Honor San Diego Theater |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/midday-edition/2018/02/13/craig-noel-awards-honor-san-diego-theater-2017-sho |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=KPBS Public Media |language=en}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2016 |Craig Noel Award for ''Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Female'' |''Lydia'' |{{nom}} | rowspan="2" |<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Eadie |first=Bill |date=2017-01-01 |title=Critics Circle Announces 2016 Craig Noel Award Nominations – San Diego Story |url=https://sandiegostory.com/critics-circle-announces-2016-craig-noel-award-nominations/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=San Diego Story}}</ref> |- |Craig Noel Award for ''Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, Female'' |''Seven Spots on the Sun'' |{{nom}} |- |San Diego Film Awards |2014 |Student Film Award: Best Supporting Actress |''Inch'' |{{won}} | |}

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/485760-jennifer-paredes Jennifer Paredes] at About the Artists * [https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jennifer-Paredes/ Jennifer Paredes] at BroadwayWorld * {{IMDb name|5689516}} * [https://sandiegostory.com/tag/jennifer-paredes/ Jennifer Paredes] at San Diego Story * [https://www.jenniferparedesactor.com/ Official site]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Paredes, Jennifer}} Category:American stage actresses Category:21st-century American women musicians Category:1991 births

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