Jennifer Husser

**Jennifer Husser** is the childhood friend to Desna Simms and daughter to Brenda, an employed manicurist at Nail Artisan of Manatee County, and wife to Bryce Husser. She is a major character in the series *Claws*, portrayed by Jenn Lyon.

After the murder of her husband's brother, Jennifer tries to keep her husband away from joining the Dixie Mafia or relapsing into drug habits. However, the stress and neglect leads to her affair with Hank Gluck.

In an effort to start over, Jennifer cotinues to profess her love for Bryce, all falling on deaf ears. After falling deep into relapsing her alcoholism and attending an Alcholics Anonymous session, her marriage falls close to a divorce until Bryce is fatally injuried by Zlata Ostrovsky and temporarily falls into a coma. While their love restarts, Jennifer resists temptations to seek immediate revenge for the attack on her husband.

## Biography

### Early Life

Jennifer is best friends with Desna. The two have spent much of their lives togehter. After being trained how to stylize nails, she joined Desna in their search to be employed in a local nail salon, demanding that the both of them were given a job as manicurists.

Some time later, she dated a man, whom soon went to prison for an unknown crime. She developed an addiction to alochol and smoking after the birth of Brienne. Jennifer, soon, dated Bryce Husser, married, and had another daughter Baylor.

She joined the other women--Polly and Quiet Ann--and worked at Nail Artisan of Manatee County. One day, Jennifer introduced her brother in-law Roller Husser, whom sought Desna for his manicurist.

## Personality

Jennifer is a complicated but often supportive figure to many of the closest people in her life. Having a close bond with her best friend Desna, she has been strongly close and cheery alongisde her, typically having their back through tough situations. Jenn is also caring and loving, especially to her family and children. When betrayed, she easily becomes cold towards those that she feels has wronged her. At some point, Jenn has used alcohol to relieve the stress or pains in her life, commonly struggling to fight relapse into alcoholism, having since recovered since her last binge.

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* **Brenda** (Mother)
* **Father in-Law**†
* **Clay Husser** (Uncle in-Law)
* **Juanda Husser**† (Aunt in-Law)
* **Bryce Husser** (Husband)
* **Roller Husser** (Brother in-Law)
* **Brienne** (Daughter)
Brienne is Jennifer's first daughter from a previous marriage.
* **Baylor** (Daughter)
Baylor is Jennifer's second daughter, conceived from Bryce.
* **Bogdan** (Nephew)

- **Desna's Divas** (Close Friends)
	* **Desna Simms** (Childhood Friend)
	* **Quiet Ann**
	* **Polly Marks**
	* **Virginia Loc**

- **Kenneth Brickman**

- **Dean Simms**

- **Hank Gluck** (Former Affair)

- **Dixie Mafia**

## Appearances

	+ *Tirana*
	+ *Funerary*
	+ *Quicksand*
	+ *Fallout*
	+ *Batsh\*t*
	+ *Self-Portrait*
	+ *Escape*
	+ *Teatro*
	+ *Ambrosia*
	+ *Avalanche*
* *Season Two*
	+ *Shook*
	+ *Cracker Casserole*
	+ *Russian Navy*
	+ *Scream*
	+ *Vaginalologist*
	+ *Double Dutch*
	+ *Burn*
	+ *Crossroads*
	+ *Til Death*
	+ *Breezy*

## Memorable Quotes

“*Girl... can you get off the cross? We need the wood.*”
—Jennifer Husser to Desna Simms[src]

## References

1. ↑ *Claws 1.07 Self-Portrait*
2. ↑ *Claws 1.05 Batsh\*t*
3. ↑ *Claws 1.09 Ambrosia*