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Jennifer is a multidisciplinary artist in acting, writing, and visual art. Born and raised in Edmonton Alberta, she has had a long and impressive career in the entertainment industry in multiple media. She has performed in theatres across Canada including: The Arts Club, Citadel Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, The Theatre Center, Canadian Stage Company and the Stratford Festival. Jennifer appears in numerous television series and films. Notable recent credits include: The highly anticipated James Patterson series - Cross (Amazon Studios & CBS), Dream Scenario (Nicholas Cage), Malory Towers – Seasons 1, 4, 5 & 6 (CBBC & BYU TV), Y: The Last Man (FX & Hulu), Designated Survivor - Season 3 (Netflix), The Fabric of Christmas, Christmas at the Drive-In, The Winter Palace, Adult Adoption, Anne with an E, Impulse, Suits and Happy Place. She narrated fellow Edmontonian, Todd Babiak’s novel, The Spirits Up as well as On the Tracks by Pam Mulloy for which she won a Earphones Award for best Biography & Memoir narration. A graduate from the musical theatre program at Grant MacEwan University she also obtained her BFA and MFA in painting at OCAD University. In 2004 she began teaching acting and co-developed the theatre training program at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. She has taught acting at multiple institutions including; Toronto Metropolitan University, Randolph College, George Brown College, and visual art at OCAD University, the Art Institute of Chicago and Sheridan College. In addition to acting, Jennifer is an accomplished visual artist. Rooted in painting, her practice spans figurative and abstract works and often explores the entanglements of art making, and pedagogy from within the disciplines of acting and visual art. Her work can be found in collections across Canada, the US and England. In 2011 she won the hit Bravo series Star Portraits with her painting of Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent and has a thriving commission practice. Jennifer is also a writer, she has written several articles for magazines and is currently writing her first play, Measure² and a screenplay, Tear Us Apart. An adaptation from the play S H E E T S by Salvatore Antonio. Jennifer is a passionate and tireless advocate for artists. She co-founded AACE - The Association Acting Coaches and Educators helping to bring standards and community to acting education and has worked with many other organizations including; Got Your Back, NSIP - the National Society of Intimacy Professionals and both Canadian performers unions, Canadian Actors Equity and ACTRA.
All above images taken by Kristina Ruddick
NEWS
Jennifer Wigmore has been cast as “Chief Anderson.” DC Metro’s Chief of Police, Anderson is a savvy trailblazer and a political striver. She’s determined to keep a lid on the intensifying conflicts between her officers and the community they serve. She respects Cross’s brilliance, but although she’s flexible with the rules, there’s a limit to how many she will let Cross break.
