Jennifer Ferrin (born February 25, 1979) is an American actress.
Early life and education Ferrin was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Career Ferrin played the younger version of Vanessa Redgrave's character Esther in the Hallmark Hall of Fame film The Locket. She guest starred in the 2002 season finale of Dawson's Creek. Ferrin's most notable role to date is that of Jennifer Munson Kasnoff Donovan on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns, played from 2003 to 2006. She was nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy Award.
In 2006, she landed a recurring role on the primetime show 3 lbs. Ferrin was one of the four actors starring in the U.S. premiere productions of The 39 Steps, Patrick Barlow's stage adaptation of the Alfred Hitchcock film, in Boston in 2007 and New York in 2008
Ferrin also played Detective Sam Tyler's mother in the American version of Life On Mars. In January 2011, she began her role of Dana Faraday on the NBC superhero drama series The Cape. She also had a two episode stint on Royal Pains and was recurring character Molly on The Following. She portrayed Rebecca Mason, the deceased wife of lead character Tom Mason (Noah Wyle), in a dream episode of the TNT science-fiction drama series Falling Skies, on July 21, 2013; Ferrin appeared again on Falling Skies for the series' fifth-season premiere on June 28, 2015.
She became a series regular in the third season of AMC's Hell on Wheels.
In Steven Soderbergh's Mosaic, a murder mystery released in 2017 as an interactive iOS/Android app and then in 2018 as an HBO television drama, Ferrin played Petra Neill, a point-of-view character. She also was in ABCs cancelled time travel series Time After Time where she played a doctor trying to develop her father's research further.
As of 2021, she began a recurring role on CBS' The Equalizer, playing Avery Grafton, a DA who is determined to seek out and stop Robyn McCall's vigilantism as it also threatens her political future.
Personal life Ferrin is married to interior designer Zachary Bliss, whom she met in 2009 and wed in 2014. The couple reside in Amagansett, New York.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes2010NonamesCori2010Sex and the City 2Patience
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2002Dawson's CreekNervous girlEpisode: "Swan Song"2002The LocketYoung EstherTelevision film2003–2006As the World TurnsJennifer Munson Donovan264 episodes2006Rescue MeSarah2 episodes20063 lbsPenny Marx2007The Kill PointChloe8 episodes2008–2009Life on MarsRuth Tyler / Rose Tyler5 episodes2009FringeSusan Pratt / Nancy LewisEpisode: "The Road Not Taken"2009Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRena WestEpisode: "Unstable"2009Bunker HillADA Chase CabotTelevision film2010White CollarMelissa CartwrightEpisode: "Vital Signs"2010Nurse JackieGeorgia2 episodes2011The CapeDana Faraday10 episodes2011Boardwalk EmpireCarolyn RothsteinEpisode: "What Does the Bee Do?"2011UnforgettableJanine BarlowEpisode: "Spirited Away"2011, 2012Royal PainsKate Murray2 episodes2012The Good WifeElaine MiddletonEpisode: "Bitcoin for Dummies"2012ElementaryRebecca EllisonEpisode: "While You Were Sleeping"2013Over/UnderHaileyTelevision film2013DeceptionHannay2 episodes2013The FollowingMolly5 episodes2013RewindDr. Lyndsay BryceTelevision film2013Person of InterestNatalie BoalEpisode: "The Perfect Mark"2013Mother's DayGwenTelevision film2013–2015Falling SkiesRebecca Mason6 episodes2013–2016Hell on WheelsLouise Ellison24 episodes2014–2015The KnickAbigail Alford10 episodes2016Falling WaterBusy4 episodes2017Time After TimeBrooke Monroe7 episodes2017–2018MosaicPetra Neill9 episodes2018Sneaky PeteJoyce Roby8 episodes2018HomelandCharlotte2 episodes2018RiseDenise Strickland6 episodes2019The PassageElizabeth Lear4 episodes2019The BlacklistAnna McMahon8 episodes2019InstinctDr. Alexandra BeckerEpisode: "Stay Gold"2019God Friended MeMadelineEpisode: "The Last Grenelle"2019EvilJudith LemonheadEpisode: "Exorcism Part 2"2021–2024The EqualizerD.A. Avery GraftonRecurring role, 10 episodes2022–2024Pretty Little LiarsMartha BeasleyRecurring role, 13 episodes2024American Horror StoriesLilly MullingEpisode: "X"2026Maximum Pleasure GuaranteedJoyceRecurring role202656 DaysKristi Martin
References
External links JenniferFerrin.net