Jennifer Simard
Biography
Jennifer Simard is a two-time Tony Award, five-time Drama Desk Award, three-time Drama League Award, and Lucille Lortel Award nominee. She is also a co-host of “The Golden Girls Deep Dive Podcast,” which is now available for streaming. Her Broadway credits include Once Upon a One More Time (Stepmother); Company (Sarah; Tony nomination); Mean Girls (Mrs. Heron/Ms. Norbury/Mrs. George); Disaster! (Sister Mary Downey; Tony nomination); Hello, Dolly! (Ernestina); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (opposite Mo Rocca); and the companies of Sister Act and Shrek the Musical. Off-Broadway credits include the original companies of Forbidden Broadway: SVU; The Thing About Men; and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Film credits include Somewhere in Queens, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Wish You Were Dead, and Sisters. Television credits include “Girls5eva,” “The Good Wife,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “The King of Queens,” and “Younger.”
Credits
Death Becomes Her, Once Upon a One More Time, Company, Mean Girls, Hello; Dolly!, Disaster!, Sister Act
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