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Jennifer
Jennifer or Jenifer may refer to:
People
*Jennifer (given name)
* Jenifer (singer), French pop singer
* Jennifer Warnes, American singer who formerly used the stage name Jennifer
* Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
* Daniel Jenifer
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Given name
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Jen Adams
Jen Adams (born 1980) is the head women's lacrosse coach at Loyola University Maryland and was an All-American lacrosse player at the University of Maryland from 1998 to 2001, leading the Terrapins to national titles for four straight years, i ...
(born 1979), Australian lacrosse coach and former player
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Jennifer Baxter (curler)
Jennifer "Jenn" Baxter (born April 4, 1987 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. She currently plays third on Team Christina Black out of the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax.
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(born 1987), Canadian curler
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Jen Buczkowski
Jennifer Rose Buczkowski (born April 4, 1985) is an American former soccer midfielder. She played for FC Kansas City in the NWSL. She previously played for the Philadelphia Independence and New Jersey Sky Blue of Women's Professional Soccer.
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(born 1985), American former soccer player
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Jen Button (born 1977), Canadian former swimmer
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Jen DeNike (born 1971), American video and performance artist
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Jen Green (born 1955), British non-fiction author
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Jen Hadfield (born 1978), English poet
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Jen Hoy (born 1991), American soccer player
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Jen Hudak
Jennifer Hudak (born September 7, 1986) is an American freestyle skier, specializing in the halfpipe event. Her professional skiing career began in 2004, when she won the US Free Skiing Open. In 2005 and 2006, Hudak won the Junior ...
(born 1986), American freestyle skier
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Jen Jacobs (1956–2016), Australian cricketer
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Jen Kirkman
Jennifer Ann Kirkman (born August 28, 1974) is an American stand-up comedian and screenwriter, podcaster, and actress. She is known for her regular appearances as a round-table panelist on ''Chelsea Lately'' for 70 episodes from 2008 to 2014.
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, American stand-up comedian, screenwriter and actress
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Jen Lancaster
Jennifer ("Jen") Lancaster (born November 5, 1967) is an American author whose titles have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Lancaster was an associate vice president for a technology company prior to being laid off after 9/11. B ...
(born 1967), American author
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Jen Ledger
Jennifer Carole Ledger (born 8 December 1989) is an English singer, drummer and co-vocalist for the American Christian rock band Skillet. At the age of 18, she became Skillet's drummer when Lori Peters retired.
Ledger released a solo EP in 2018 ...
(born 1989), English drummer and co-vocalist for the American Christian rock band Skillet
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Jen Miller (born 1972), American actress, writer, painter, director, preacher and poet
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Jen Psaki
Jennifer Rene Psaki (; born c. 1978) is an American television political analyst who currently works for MSNBC. Previously, she was a political advisor who served under both the Obama and Biden administrations. Immediately prior to working for ...
(born 1978), White House Communications Director for President Obama
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Jen Schoullis
Jen Schoullis (born March 7, 1989) was a women's ice hockey player for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program who made her debut for the United States women's national ice hockey team at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. ...
(born 1989), American women's ice hockey player
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Jen Sorensen
Jen Sorensen (born September 28, 1974, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American cartoonist and illustrator who authors a weekly comic strip that often focuses on current events from a liberal perspective. Her work appears on the websites Daily ...
(born 1974), American cartoonist and illustrator
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Jen Taylor
Jennifer Taylor is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Cortana in ''Halo'' games and the intelligent personal assistant.
Career
Jen Taylor taught herself how to do voice work by recording the radio and imitating what she ...
(born 1973), American actress
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Jen (Gelfling)
The characters from the 1982 cult fantasy film ''The Dark Crystal'' series were created by puppeteer Jim Henson and concept artist Brian Froud, most of the information about specific characters and species names that were not mentioned in the film ...
, the protagonist of the film ''The Dark Crystal''
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Jen Handley
Jen Handley is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Alyce Platt. Jen was introduced at a time when Network Ten was working to relaunch the serial with the addition of new characters and sexier ...
, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''
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Jen Lindley
Jennifer "Jen" Lindley (born May 1983) is a principal character in the WB television drama ''Dawson's Creek'', portrayed by Michelle Williams. Introduced in the pilot, Williams appeared as a regular for all six seasons.
Background
Jennifer "Je ...
, in the American television series ''Dawson's Creek''
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Jennifer Rappaport
A list of notable characters from the ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'' that made their first appearance between the beginning of 2000 and the end of 2009.
Kimberly Andrews
Kimberly Andrews (born Aubrey Wentworth) is a fictional charact ...
, the American soap opera ''One Life to Live''
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Jen Scotts
''Power Rangers Time Force'' is a 2001 Power Rangers season that featured the fight between the Time Force Power Rangers and Ransik's army of mutants.
Time Force Power Rangers
The Time Force Rangers are fictional characters and heroes in the ...
, the Pink Ranger on ''Power Rangers Time Force''
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Jen Barber
Jen is a feminineSebased on U.S. Social Security Records given name, frequently a shortened form (hypocorism) of Jennifer, and occasionally a surname. It may refer to:
Given name People
* Jen Adams (born 1979), Australian lacrosse coach and fo ...
, a character in the British television show ''
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Gish Jen
Gish Jen (born Lillian Jen; () August 12, 1955) is a contemporary American writer and speaker.Matsukawa, Yuko"MELUS interview: Gish Jen" '' MELUS'', Vol. 18, 1993
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Gish Jen is a second-generation Chinese American. Her p ...
(born 1955), American writer
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Ruth Jên
Ruth Jên (born 1964) is a Welsh artist, working in the old shoe shop in the village of Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion.
Biography
Born Ruth Jên Evans at Cefn Llwyd, she studied on an Art Foundation Course
at Carmarthen before completing a degree in ...
(born 1964), Welsh artist
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Richie Jen (born 1966), Taiwanese singer and actor
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Selina Jen
Selina Jen Chia-hsüan (; born 31 October 1981) is a Taiwanese singer, television host and actress. She is a member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E."我猜我猜我猜猜猜 20070212." Web. Retrieved 10 December 2009. On 11 June 2004, she gradua ...
(born 1981), a member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E.
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Ren (surname)
Rén is the Mandarin pinyin romanisation of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanised as Jen in Wade–Giles, and Yam or Yum in Cantonese. It is listed 58th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. A ...
(Jen 任 in Wade–Giles)
See also
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Jennifer (given name)
Jennifer or Jenifer may refer to:
People
* Jennifer (given name)
* Jenifer (singer), French pop singer
* Jennifer Warnes, American singer who formerly used the stage name Jennifer
* Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
* Daniel Jenifer
Film and tel ...
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Jenny (given name)
Jenny was originally the diminutive form of Jane, but it is now associated with Jennifer.
It may also be spelled Jennie, which was the most common spelling before the 20th century.
People with the given name
* Jenny Agutter (born 1952), Engli ...
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