Jenna Fischer

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Regina Marie Fischer (born March 7, 1974), better known as Jenna Fischer

She is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Pam Beesly on the NBC sitcom The Office, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007.

Since then, Fischer has appeared in such films as Blades of Glory (2007), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), The Promotion (2008), Hall Pass (2011), and The Giant Mechanical Man (2012), a film directed by her husband, Lee Kirk. She also appeared as Rhonda McNeil in the NBC’s comedy-drama series You, Me and the Apocalypse. Fischer currently stars in the ABC sitcom Splitting Up Together (2018–).

Fischer’s first book, The Actor’s Life: A Survival Guide, with an introduction by Steve Carell, was published in November 2017.

In 2005, after a succession of mostly improvised auditions similar to her LolliLove experience, Fischer landed the role of Pam Beesly on what would become the NBC hit, The Office, based on the original BBC series. Before her initial audition, casting director Allison Jones advised Fischer, “Dare to bore me.” Fischer herself spent several years working as a receptionist and administrative assistant in Los Angeles offices, much like her television counterpart, while struggling to achieve success, and thus felt she was well-suited to the role. “I’m so attached to Pam’s journey,” she told NPR in 2009. “I just love playing this character so, so much.” In 2007, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Soon after The Office premiered, Fischer was focused on the show’s success; in an April 2005 interview with her alma mater’s student newspaper, she said: “Honestly it would be great to get to play Pam for a long, long time …. I don’t have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role.” As The Office grew into a success, Fischer’s film acting career became more established. In 2006, she co-starred in her then-husband’s film, Slither, and in 2007, she filmed supporting roles in The Brothers Solomon, with Will Arnett and Will Forte, Blades of Glory, with Will Ferrell, John Heder, Amy Poehler and Will Arnett, and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, alongside John C. Reilly, with whom she co-starred again in 2008’s The Promotion, also starring Seann William Scott.

In 2009, Fischer completed filming on the movies Solitary Man and the indie A Little Help, which opened in the summer of 2010 at the Seattle International Film Festival. Also that summer, she completed filming on the Farrelly brothers comedy Hall Pass, which was released in February 2011.

Fischer appeared on Bravo’s Celebrity Poker Showdown in 2006, participating in the show’s eighth tournament, shot in New Orleans, Louisiana, and playing for Catholic Charities’ Tsunami Relief.

In 2007, Fischer starred in the music video for Willie Wisely’s single “Through Any Window”, directed by longtime friend John Cabrera; the opportunity arose because she knew Wisely from work he had done on soundtracks for LolliLove and Tromeo and Juliet, one of her husband’s films.


Sacred Fools Theater Company

In December of the same year, during the Hollywood writer’s strike, Fischer appeared at Sacred Fools Theater Company in episode 25 of Darque Magick, a serialized play written and directed by Jenelle Riley.

In July 2009, Fischer played left field for the National League team in the Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game as part of the MLB All-Star Week festivities, held at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, where she grew up.

In March 2010, Fischer returned to the area to co-chair an annual auction for Nerinx Hall High School, her alma mater. At the event, she auctioned off a set visit to The Office and multiple autographed props from the show.

Fischer was named an official spokeswoman for Proactiv Skincare Solutions in 2009 and was announced as the voice behind the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board Grilled Cheese Academy website in 2010.

Fischer was named as producer of the mid-August through October 2010 run of the critically acclaimed play Sad Happy Sucker, written by her husband Lee Kirk and directed by friend Sean Gunn. The play previously ran as a theatre workshop in February and March 2007.

After finishing The Office, Fischer starred in the Off-Broadway play Reasons to Be Happy, written and directed by Neil LaBute, which ran from May to June 2013.

Fischer starred in the world premiere of Steve Martin’s comedy Meteor Shower at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California from July 30 to September 18, 2016. Fischer worked alongside actor Greg Germann, Alexandra Henrikson, and Josh Stamberg.


Houzz series My Houzz

In April 2017, Fischer starred in an episode of the Houzz series My Houzz, in which she surprised her sister with a kitchen, living room and dining room renovation.

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