Jennifer Schwalbach Smith (born April 7, 1971), sometimes credited as Jennifer Schwalbach, is an American actress,

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er and retired reporter for ''

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''.

Career

While a ''

'' reporter, Schwalbach met film director

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while interviewing him for an assignment. She got a job briefly at

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but resigned after becoming pregnant with their daughter.Silentbobspeaks.com
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'', Smith was looking for someone to play Missy, one of the female diamond robbers. Schwalbach asked to play the role and he decided to give her a chance. Their daughter,

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, also appeared at the beginning of the film as baby Silent Bob. Schwalbach went on to have supporting roles in other Smith-related productions such as '' Jersey Girl'' (in which Harley also appeared), and an episode of the Canadian TV series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' in which Smith appeared in the episode "Goin' Down the Road: Part 1". She also played a prostitute in the 2002 film '' Now You Know''. In January 2004, Schwalbach Smith appeared nude, with a

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look-alike, for ''

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'' Magazine's 50th Anniversary Issue, in a photograph taken by her husband. Her lone directorial credit is as co-director with

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for '' Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party'', an extensive 3+ hour documentary on the making of ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''. The film was shown at Vulgarthon 2005 in Los Angeles, a private film festival hosted by Kevin Smith, and was shown again at Vulgarthon 2006 in

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. In 2006's ''

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'', she played Dante Hicks' fiancée, Emma Bunting; and a minor role of Betsy in Smith's 2008 film ''

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''. Schwalbach appeared as Esther Cooper in Kevin Smith's horror film, ''

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'' and voiced Blunt-Girl in ''

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''. Schwalbach was a co-host for the daily internet radio show called ''SMod Co SMorning Show'' on SModcast Internet Radio (S.I.R) hosted on SModcast.com. She previously co-hosted a show called ''Plus One Per Diem'' which was cancelled in favor of ''SMod Co SMorning Show''. In 2010, she and her husband began co-hosting a podcast called ''Plus One''. As of June 2013, there were 37 episodes.

Personal life

Born in

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on April 25, 1999, becoming involved with him after interviewing him for ''

'' regarding rumors that he was the true author of ''

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''. She helped Smith deal with the stress he experienced from the drug addiction of his friend

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, who was living with them. For several years, she would witness Mewes' repeated sobriety and relapses, and at one point, she banned him from their house, but Mewes eventually got sober. Her daughter with Smith,

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, was born June 26, 1999, and was named after the character from

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. They live in the

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area of Los Angeles.Stewart, Sara
"Kevin can wait"
''

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'', March 3, 2011 Schwalbach has been

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for most of her life.

Filmography

References

External links

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