Jenny Mollen

Jenny Ann Mollen Biggs (born May 30, 1979) is an American actress and New York Times-best selling author. Mollen is known for her portrayal of Nina Ash on the television series Angel, Viva Laughlin, the 2008 TV series Crash, and Girls. Mollen has published two collections of essays, and has written articles for various publications, including Cosmopolitan and Parents, among others.

Early Life and Education
Mollen was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Her father is Dr. Art Mollen, a well-known osteopathic physician, marathon runner, and author based in Phoenix who has published five books on health topics and has appeared regularly as a health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show and other media outlets, including a weekly show on Good Morning Arizona.

Mollen's father is of English, German, Jewish, Puerto Rican and Spanish descent, and she was raised culturally Jewish though her mother, a nurse, is Christian of Austrian, English, German, Irish, Mexican, Navajo Native American, Scottish, Spanish and Swiss descent. She has a sister and a half-brother.

In the late 1990s, Mollen graduated from Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles's School of Theater, Film, and Television. She attended Antioch University.

Career
Mollen worked in local theater as a child. She worked at Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, the Idyllwild Arts Academy, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.

In 2005, Mollen announced in an interview about her plans to perform in London in a play she wrote about her dog.

In 2009, Mollen wrote the short film Kidnapping Caitlynn, which stars Jason Biggs, Julie Benz and herself. The film is directed by Katherine Cunningham Eves.

In 2012 and 2013, Mollen wrote a humor column for The Smoking Jacket, a website affiliated with Playboy, as well as an advice column for Playboy.

In January 2013, Mollen's signed with St. Martin's Press to write a book of comedic essays, I Like You Just The Way I Am. The book reached #10 on The New York Times Best Seller list for Print & E-Book Nonfiction on its debut in June 2014.

In June 2016, Mollen published a follow-up, Live Fast Die Hot, which also subsequently became New York Times Best Seller at #8 in Humor.

On August 4, 2016, it was announced that ABC Digital acquired a single-camera comedy written and starring Mollen based on her NYT Best Seller I Like You Just The Way I Am.

In 2016, Mollen co-starred with her husband Jason Biggs as fictional husband and wife characters in comedy film Amateur Night.

Mollen's second book, Live Fast, Die Hot, was released in June 2016. The book went on to become a New York Times humor bestseller. In August 2016, it was reported that the film rights had been acquired by Warner Bros. with Anne Hathaway attached to star and Mollen attached to write and executive produce.

Personal life
On April 23, 2008, Mollen eloped and married actor Jason Biggs in Los Angeles, California. In June 2008, they had a formal wedding ceremony in California's Napa Valley. They met while filming My Best Friend's Girl.

In July 2013, Biggs and Mollen announced they were expecting their first child. Their son, Sid Biggs, was born on February 15, 2014. Their second son, Lazlo Biggs was born on October 2, 2017.

After living in Los Angeles for some time, in 2018 the Mollen Biggs family moved to New York City.

Mollen speaks German fluently. She explained in an Instagram story on July 29, 2018 that in college she had a German boyfriend whose parents didn't speak any English. She lived in Germany with them after college and learning the language "just sort of happened." Wanting to enforce a language with her children (and having spoken German to her dog Teets), she speaks German with both of her children.