Jenna Louise Stern (born September 23, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. Member of an artist family, Stern is the daughter of actor/producer Tom Stern and Academy award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Samantha Eggar. Her brother, Nicolas Stern, is a producer for film and television. She married actor Brennan Brown in 1998, and they live in Brooklyn, New York. Stern graduated from the U.C. Berkeley with a B.A. and received her M.F.A. from NYU Graduate School. Credits include: Broadway: The Elephant Man Off-Broadway includes: Francine Volpe’s Late Fragment at Studio Dante, Amy Fox’s Summer Cyclone at EST, Erin Cressida Wilson’s Hurricane at CSC, Kate Robin's Intrigue With Faye at NY Stage and Film and David Auburn’s Skyscraper at Greenwich House Theater. Regional theatre includes: Hedda Gabler(Dallas Theater Center) Closer(Alley Theater) Othello (Portland Stage) and Love’s Labours Lost(NJShakespeare). Film: The Hungry Ghosts, 16 Blocks , Hitch, Random Hearts , The Eden Myth, Wirey Spindel, Picture Perfect and The Red Right Hand. Television: Canterbury’s Law, Gossip Girl, The Sopranos, Law and Order (s), Six Degrees, The Jury, Queens Supreme, HBO’s Baseball Wives, the ABC mini-series Widows, Spin City and The Larry Sanders Show.