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Lucinda Jenney is an American actress.


Personal life

Jenney is married to actor
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. Jenney was previously married to artist John Swanger, from 1989 to 1991.


Early life

Jenney was born in
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Career

She began her acting career in 1979 with the film ''Impostors''. Several roles followed throughout the 1980s, with appearances in the 1986 comedy '' The Whoopee Boys'', '' Peggy Sue Got Married'', with
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. She appeared as 'Iris' in '' Rain Man'', starring
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. In 1991, Jenney portrayed the waitress 'Lena' in
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''; the following year, she appeared in '' American Heart'', a film which earned her an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. Jenney played the role of 'Anne Loomis' in the
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comedy '' Matinee'', with
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. During the nineties, she appeared in much smaller roles including '' Mr. Jones'' with
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, and ''
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'', with Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue, as well as '' Grace of My Heart''. In 1996, she had a supporting role in the Tom Holland's horror film '' Thinner'', which was based on the
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. She also appeared as Lieutenant Blondell in '' G.I. Jane'', with
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, '' Mad City'', with Dustin Hoffman and
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, '' Desert Blue'', with
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'', with
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and '' The Deep End of the Ocean''. In 2000, Jenney portrayed Helen O'Donnell in '' Thirteen Days''. That year, she also played the role of Trina in How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog. She then appeared in romantic drama '' Crazy/Beautiful'', with Kirsten Dunst and '' The Mothman Prophecies'', starring Richard Gere. Jenney's has appeared in other roles in '' S.W.A.T.'', '' American Violet'' and ''Rogue River''. In 2009, she made a cameo appearance in ''
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''. Jenney has appeared in various television shows, which includes guest roles in ''
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'', ''
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'', '' 24'', ''
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'', its spin-offs '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' and '' Law & Order: LA'', ''
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'', '' Six Feet Under'', ''
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''. Jenney has appeared in many television films throughout her career. Her first was '' Out of the Darkness'', with
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. Some of her roles include ''Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance'', ''The Habitation of Dragons'', ''A Stranger in Town'', '' First Time Felon'', the
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-winning '' If These Walls Could Talk 2'', and ''The Pennsylvania Miners' Story''.


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