Jackie Tohn is an American actress and musician. Her mother's name is Bella and her father's name is Alan.
Tohn has been acting professional since approximately age 9 but her first major role came on The Nanny at age 12. She attended Oceanside High School in Nassau County, New York. After high school, she went to the University of Delaware for a semester and majored in elementary education and in the fall of 1998 was in an a cappella group called the Deltones. In November 1999, she starred in the one-act play "This Property is Condemned" by Tennessee Williams at the Chapel Street Theatre.
She later went to Los Angeles with her mom and agent at the time. She played Tina in "Tony-n-Tina's Wedding" at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. She also originated the role of Joanie in "Body Snatchers: The Musical" at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles.
In March 2004, she starred in the play Jewtopia at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood in Los Angeles, which ran from May 8, 2003 to August 2004, a record for longest running comedy in LA. The producers then decided to move the play to the Westside Arts Theater in New York and she relocated.
She began doing solo acoustic guitar shows in April 2004 and in November 2005 released an EP called The Golden Girl which was recorded at a studio in Tarrytown, New York. She has played at Pianos, The Living Room, CBGB, The Cutting Room, and The Rothko in New York and at Highland Grounds, The Mint, and Wizard Finger in Los Angeles.
She has appeared in the films Bad Boy (also known as Dawg) alongside Denis Leary, Deuces Wild as Mary Ann, and Return to Sleepaway Camp as Linda. She appeared as Faith in the film Postal and will also appear in Giants of Radio.
Tohn was in a pilot for MTV called Show Me The Movie and also a pilot for FOX called Prudy and Judy. On her official website she also mentions a television series on ABC. She has also appeared in the television shows The Nanny, The Sopranos, Strangers with Candy, Angel, Veronica Mars, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
In 2007, she appeared in the short films Smile, Discovering The Wheels, The Malibu Myth, The Legend of Donkey-Tail Willie, and Catch (where she was shown playing the guitar) which were made during the reality show On the Lot.
References
^ a b Jewtopia Los Angeles Production :: Who's Who?
^ a b c http://www.jackietohn.com/bio.swf
^ Friendster - Jackie Tohn
^ a b Readers' Theatre grows from act of friendship
^ Alumni Rule
^ Charles Isherwood (2004-10-22). "The Art of Pursuing Jewish Girls, for Dummies". New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
^ http://www.jackietohn.com/ramblings.swf
^ http://www.jackietohn.com/tour.swf
^ YouTube - Jackie Tohn at Wizard Finger Nov. 06
External links
Official website
MySpace
Jackie Tohn at the Internet Movie Database
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