Jennifer Lindsay Stone is an American actress and nurse. She is known for playing Harper Finkle on the

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Original series '' Wizards of Waverly Place'' (2007–2012) and in the

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'' Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie'' (2009). She has also played roles in various television films, including a voice role in ''

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'' (2009), the main character in '' Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars'' (2010) and Abby Hanover in '' Mean Girls 2'' (2011). Stone received critical acclaim for her work on the independent film '' The In-Between'' (2019), which she wrote and starred in. Stone is easily recognized by her distinctive raspy voice, and she is known for playing loud and eccentric characters.

Career

Acting

Stone was first cast as Martha in ''

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'', for which she received a

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nomination. She recalls having recognized Michael Caine from '' Miss Congeniality'' only while on the set of ''Secondhand Lions''. Stone also received a Young Artist Award nomination for her guest appearance on ''

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,'' and guest appeared on '' Line of Fire'' and ''

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''. In 2009, she had a voice role in the

''. She also lent her voice to ''

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'' as the voice of Amanda,

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's daughter in the future in two episodes. In 2010, she played Harriet in the film '' Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars'', based on the book of the same title by Louise Fitzhugh, which she later admitted she had not read before starring in the film. She later starred in the film '' Nothing Left to Fear'' and the television film ''High School Possession''.

Nursing

Stone is a

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. In July 2019, Stone testifed before the Senate for the

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, describing her experience with diabetes. Stone finished nursing school in December 2019, as news of the

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broke, and she mentioned in several interviews that she would be "joining the front lines" on the fight against the disease. , Stone made regular Instagram updates about her work in the hospital. , she was working in the emergency room at a hospital in Burbank.

Personal life

Stone was diagnosed with

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(LADA), also sometimes referred to as Type 1.5 diabetes, when she was 20 years old. She left acting at that time to study for a university degree, first in psychology and later switching to nursing, so that she could get a better understanding of her disease. In January 2018, she was interviewed on the Diabetes Connections podcast about her diagnosis, and how it has affected her life and career. In 2022, she appeared as a spokesperson for

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's insulin pen product.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Jennifer 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Texas American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses Living people People from Arlington, Texas People with type 1 diabetes American women nurses Year of birth missing (living people) American health activists