{{short description|American retired actress (born 1964)}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox person | caption = | image = | name = Jill Tasker | birth_name = Jill Renee Tasker | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date |24|1988|7|28}}<!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = | parents = | occupation = Voice over artist, personal coach, television actress | spouse = Marc Hirschfeld<br />Doug Stender | years_active = 1988&ndash;1999 }} '''Jill Renee Tasker'''<ref name=ch/> (born {{Birth based on age as of date |24|1988|7|28|noage=1}}<ref name="r072888">{{cite news |last1=Mattingly |first1=Mary |title=East grad's acting career heats up on 'Hothouse' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republic-jill-tasker/177224698/ |access-date=July 22, 2025 |work=The Republic |date=July 28, 1988 |location=Indiana, Columbus |page=B 4|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref>) is an American retired actress. Tasker had starred as "Lou Malino" for nine episodes of the 1995-96 season, of The WB's, ''The Wayans Bros.'' She also appeared in guest roles on ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Law & Order'', ''American Playhouse'' and other shows.

== Early years == Tasker is a native of Columbus, Indiana.<ref name="jcb" /> Her father was James R. Tasker,<ref name="ch" /> her mother is Sandi Hinshaw, and her stepfather is Tom Hinshaw. She studied drama and acted in productions at Columbus (Indiana) East High School, from which she graduated in 1982.<ref name="r">{{cite news |last1=Nussio |first1=Dana Corbit |title=New star shines bright on Broadway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republic-jill-tasker/177214717/ |access-date=July 22, 2025 |work=The Republic |date=November 15, 1991 |location=Indiana, Columbus |page=B 4|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> She graduated from Boston University's School of Fine Arts in 1986 with a degree in theater.<ref name="ch" />

== Career == Tasker's television debut came in a 1988 episode of ''Hothouse''.<ref name="r072888" /> Off-Broadway productions in which she performed included ''And the Air Didn't Answer'', ''Tiny Mommy'', and ''Women & Wallace''.<ref name="r" /> She portrayed Sybil Chase in the 1992 Broadway production of ''Private Lives''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jill Tasker |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jill-tasker-75733 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=July 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116084825/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jill-tasker-75733 |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019 she performed in her first one-woman show, a one-act play that was part of "Collector's Showcase 2019: A Sitting with Marie" in Nashville.<ref name="r100519" />

Tasker earned a J.D. degree in 2004 and currently works as a voiceover artist and personal coach.

In November 2013, she became executive director of the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts.<ref name="jcb">{{cite news |last1=Richart |first1=Jordan |title=Art through a broader lens: New director brings acting experience to plans for SICA |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/jackson-county-banner/177217453/ |access-date=July 22, 2025 |work=The Jackson County Banner |date=November 14, 2013 |location=Indiana, Brownstown |page=1|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref>

== Personal life == Tasker married Marc Hirschfeld on July 6, 1991, in Columbus.<ref name="ch">{{cite news |title=Tasker-Hirschfeld |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbus-herald-marriage-of-tasker/177225723/ |access-date=July 22, 2025 |work=The Columbus Herald |date=August 9, 1991 |page=5|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> She later married actor Doug Stender<ref name="r100519">{{cite news |title=Artist to portray portrait artist in one-woman show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republic-jill-tasker/177216605/ |access-date=July 22, 2025 |work=The Republic |date=October 5, 2019 |location=Indiana, Columbus |page=A 3|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> and resided in New York City before she moved back to Columbus.<ref name="jcb" />

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