Biography

"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."

Jenna Fischer is the beautiful and talented actress from NBC's The Office but before her days as the second half to JAM (Jim + Pam), let's learn a little bit about this up and coming actress.

Jenna was born on March 7, 1974 as Regina Marie Fischer but changed her name later in life. She was born in Ft Wayne, Indiana but grew up in St Louis, Missouri where she attended Nerinx High School and eventually graduated from Truman State with a BA in Theater Arts. Jenna always knew she wanted to be an actress despite being advised aganist it, as she notes her blog that her acting teacher said if you can find something to do with your life better than acting than do that instead. So Jenna decided then to move to LA and try to begin her acting career. It took Jenna nearly ten years before getting her staring role on The Office prior to that she had done a number of small movie roles including staring, writing and directing Lolli Love that got critically aclaimed and other roles on many hit TV shows like That 70's Show and Spin City . Though now reaching the point in her career where has a nice and stable job on The Office and having many movies impending release and in production, Jenna still maintains a down to earth nature easily seen in her myspace blog where she posts up photos and writes about the behind the scenes action for Office fans everywhere and through her acting blog, she reaches out to actors who are looking for guidance. This talented and absolutely adoring actress is a rising star who has a very bright future ahead of her.

Referenced: Wikipedia