Jennifer Irwin is a Canadian

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

best known for her roles as Dolly Durkins on iZombie and as Laurie Neustadt in the comedy '' Superstore''. Irwin is a graduate of

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Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

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. She worked with

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in the mid-1990s, and starred in the HBO series ''

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''. She played Carol in

Kerri Kenney-Silver Kerri Kenney-Silver (born January 20, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and musician. She is best known for starring as Trudy Wiegel on the mockumentary series ''Reno 911!'' and previously for her sketch comedy work on MTV' ...

's ''Dame Delilah'' web series. At the 6th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards (2005) she was nominated for Pretty Funny Female. She was nominated for a

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for her performance '' Slings and Arrows''. In 2010, the Canadian Comedy Awards nominated her for Best Performance by a Female in TV for ''Less Than Kind''.

Filmography

Film

Television

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Irwin, Jennifer Living people Actresses from Toronto Canadian film actresses Canadian sketch comedians Canadian television actresses Comedians from Toronto McGill University alumni 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian women comedians 21st-century Canadian comedians Year of birth missing (living people)