Jennifer Mudge

Jennifer Mudge is an American stage and television actress. Born in Cincinnati, she studied at Rhode Island College and did conservatory training at Trinity Repertory Company, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts in acting. Her screen debut came in a 2003 episode of Hack, and that year she first appeared off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters in Terrence McNally's The Stendhal Syndrome. Her Broadway work includes The Philanthropist alongside Matthew Broderick and Steven Weber. She played Lula in Dutchman opposite Dulé Hill, which earned her a Drama Desk nomination. On television she was Debra Whitehead in the first season of Boss in 2011. In 2014 she originated the role of Gloria in the Broadway production of Rocky. She later played the Witch in Into the Woods for Roundabout Theatre in 2014 and 2015, receiving a Lucille Lortel nomination, and appeared in Of Good Stock. Since 2019 she has worked with Molière in the Park, including The Misanthrope and Tartuffe.