Biography of actor Jennifer Christa Palmer

Jennifer Christa Palmer

b i o g r a p h y

B i o g r a p h y

Jennifer Christa Palmer originally hails from Hatboro, Pennsylvania and certified with the Society of American Fight Directors in 1993. She earned her BA in Theatre from Penn State University and is a proud member of Actor's Equity Association.

On stage, Jennifer's credits include Helena in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at freeFall Theatre in St. Petersburg, FL, Catherine Sloper in "The Heiress", the title role in "Major Barbara" by George Bernard Shaw and Lizzie Curry in "The Rainmaker" (all at Mad Cow Theatre). Elizabeth Maupin of the Orlando Sentinel named her performance in "The Rainmaker" one of the best of 2008. Her first foray into the herd at Mad Cow was in W. Somerset Maugham's "The Constant Wife" in 2006. For the Orlando Fringe Festival 2004, she was one eighth of the ensemble in "Shakesprovisation", directed by Christopher Prueitt. At the 2003 Orlando Fringe Festival, JCP appeared in Christian Kelty's "Joe's NYC Bar (in Wonderland)". More recently, she has appeared in several staged readings at Orlando Shakes including "Julius Caesar" as Brutus (an all-female cast), "The Weird Sisters" as Lady MacBeth, "The Queen's Physician" and "Medea". She also appeared with OTP (Orlando Theatre Project) in their final show, "Almost, Maine", on Valentine's weekend 2010.

Film credits include leading roles in "The Shed" (Starfield Studios), "Tomfool's Key" (Bellezza Studios) and "Out There" (a UCF D3 Production). She has appeared in several Full Sail Productions, and recently premiered the independent short, "Coffee or Tea?" (Cloudy Logic Productions). She played against type as Mare (the mother in distress) in "Legend of the Red Reaper" (Red Cardinal Productions). Jennifer is eagerly looking forward to the film festival release of "Out" (UCF Capstone FIlm by Nils Taranger) and just premiered the short film "Olivia" in February 2011. She currently trains in Orlando with acting coach Lauren O'Quinn in Meisner Technique and Advanced Scene Study, and is a 2010 award winner. She signed with Melanie Hurt at the Hurt Agency in early 2011. Please view her demo reel.

Favorite roles include Helena in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (a role she played for a third time this May at freeFall Theatre in St. Petersburg, FL directed by Eric Davis), Delilah in "Samson Revisited" (an original piece by Christopher Buehlman), and the title role in "The Perils of Emily Stunt Show", directed by John Davis. Local favorites include Grinchmas (during the holidays at Universal Orlando), the Eighth Voyage of Sindbad (as the evil witch, Miseria) and the Halloween Horror Nights pop culture spoof show, Bill & Ted. JCP opened the Fear Factor Live show at Universal Orlando and is part of the ensemble of improvisational actors known as the "Citizens of Hollywood" at Disney's Hollywood Studios. She is the sword fighting girl pirate at Disney's Pirate and Princess Party at the Magic Kingdom and on Disney's Christmas Day Parade (ABC).

Jennifer Christa Palmer has played numerous historical characters, including the sixteenth century Irish pirate Grace O'Malley, Emily Bronte, author of "Wuthering Heights", French actress Sarah Bernhardt, and turn of the century children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. She toured the country for six years in the comedy sword fighting show To the Hilt with her husband, Ryan H. Gigliotti. Her fight skills include single rapier, rapier & dagger, rapier & buckler, case of rapier, smallsword, unarmed, broadsword and quarterstaff. Her super-power? She can wear any hat and look good.