# Jen Tullock

Jennifer Tullock (born July 4, 1983) is an American actor and writer best known for her roles as Devon Scout-Hale in Apple TV+'s Severance and Anita St. Pierre in HBO's Perry Mason.

## Early life

Jennifer Tullock was born on July 4, 1983 and is from Louisville, Kentucky. Her younger brother, Ryan, is a touring bassist for the indie pop band Tennis. She grew up in Jeffersontown and Crescent Hill. She attended the Christian Academy of Louisville until her final year of school, when she attended Eastern High School. After graduating high school, she studied at Millikin University and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.

## Career

Tullock moved to Brooklyn in 2007, where she worked as a theatre actor and writer. She also practiced improv, performed one-person shows, did voice-over work, and acted in commercials. She performed in plays in Chicago and New York City, including the world premiere of Frank Winters' On the Head of a Pin at 59E59 Theatres.
The principal cast of Severance, including Tullock, was nominated for a 2022 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. For her role as Anita in season two of HBO's Perry Mason, she was nominated for an Astra TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series.
In 2019, Tullock co-wrote and co-starred (with Hannah Pearl Utt) in the drama film Before You Know It, which premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Previously, her short film with Utt, Partners, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and their feature film was a participant in the 2017 Sundance Screenwriters' Lab. Their series Disengaged was produced for the streaming platform Super Deluxe.
In 2020, Tullock created Eggshell, a mockumentary project consisting of fictional social media videos satirizing suburban white women. A work of hers was performed at the New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater Training Program in 2010. She wrote for HuffPost's Queer Voices, and was in the writers' room for Funny or Die series The Coop, in which she also starred.
She was the writer and co-host of the Heritage Radio Network's show The Morning After. In 2024, she premiered her solo show You Shall Inherit the Earth!, about her experience and thoughts while suffering a stroke; the show was directed by Josh Ruben. She is a Sundance Feature Film Program committee mentor and former Sundance screenwriting fellow.

## Personal life

Tullock is gay. On May 11, 2023, she married Marie Ronn in New York.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | King Theodore Live | Gof | Short film |
| 2014 | Jammed | Camera Snob / Hippie | |
| 2015 | Partners | Leigh | Short film; also writer and producer |
| 2015 | Henry | Henry | Short film |
| 2015 | Fils | Gigi | Short film; also writer and producer |
| 2015 | Base | Karen | Short film |
| 2016 | When the Wrong Words Come Out | Marie | Short film; also director and writer |
| 2016 | Eat Prey | Marina | Short film |
| 2017 | Hoof | Eva Ward | Short film; also producer |
| 2018 | 6 Balloons | Bianca | |
| 2018 | Red Light | Ruth | Short film |
| 2019 | Before You Know It | Jackie Gurner | Also writer |
| 2019 | Long Time Listener, First Time Caller | Debbie | Short film |
| 2022 | Spirited | Wendy | |
| 2022 | Love, Me | Trish | Short film; also producer |
| 2023 | Cora Bora | | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Lofty Dreams | Chlois | 2 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | Disenganged | Sidney | Main role; also writer and executive producer |
| 2016 | Casual | Diane | Episode: "Trivial Pursuit" |
| 2016 | Roadies | Logan the Eraser Girl | Episode: "The Corporate Gig" |
| 2017 | Virtually Mike and Nora | Sue | Episode: "Suicidal Deer" |
| 2017 | Budding Prospects | Martha | Television movie |
| 2017 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Brunch Patron #3 | Episode: "Never Wait for Seconds!" |
| 2017 | SMILF | Morgan | Episode: "Family-Sized Popcorn & a Can of Wine" |
| 2018 | Door No. 1 | Margo | Episode: "Ten Year" |
| 2019 | Bless This Mess | Monique | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2019 | Best Seller | Cindy Silver | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2019 | The Coop | Iwona | Main role; also writer |
| 2022–present | Severance | Devon Scout-Hale | Main role |
| 2023 | The L Word: Generation Q | Kimmy | Episode: "Looking Ahead" |
| 2023 | Perry Mason | Anita St. Pierre | 7 episodes |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2016 | New York City Independent Film Festival | Best Actress | Partners | Won |
| 2023 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Severance | Nominated |
| 2024 | Astra Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama | Perry Mason | Nominated |