Jenna Elfman was born in Los Angeles, California, and began her career appearing in commercials. She studied with Milton Katselas, the renowned acting teacher. She then began appearing in TV shows before landing the role of Dharma in the hit ABC television show "Dharma & Greg" (1997).Her first starring role in a film was in Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), alongside Richard Dreyfuss. She won a Golden Globe award for her role in "Dharma & Greg" (1997) and has since appeared in s - www.imdb.com

Actress, dancer. Born Jennifer Mary Butala, on September 30, 1971, in Northridge, California. She was the youngest of three children born into a middle-class family. Raised by her parents, Richard and Susan Butala, Elfman enjoyed a carefree childhood in Southern, California, where she began classical ballet training at age five. In 1989, she entered Los Angeles County High School for the Arts as a dance major. Shortly after her enrollment, she abandoned a professional ballet career when a recurring ankle in - www.biography.com

After his wife, Amanda (Carrie-Anne Moss), leaves him, Ben (Richard E. Grant) is coaxed out of depression and transformed into his hometown's most eligible bachelor by his teen son, Justin (Johnny Pacar). But when Justin falls in love for the first time, Ben's makeover starts to seem too extreme. Camryn Manheim, Rita Rudner, Janeane Garofalo and Jenna Elfman co-star in writer-director Barra Grant's bighearted dramedy. watch - www.tvguide.com