Jennifer Schwalbach Smith

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Jennifer Schwalbach Smith
podcaster
  • reporter
    • Years active1990s–present
    Spouse
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    (m. 1999)​
    ChildrenHarley Quinn Smith

    Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, sometimes credited as Jennifer Schwalbach, is an American actress, podcaster and former reporter for USA Today.

    Career

    While a USA Today reporter, Schwalbach met film director Kevin Smith while interviewing him for an assignment. She got a job briefly at MTV and resigned after becoming pregnant with their daughter.[1]

    According to his commentary for the DVD release of the 2001 film

    baby Silent Bob
    .

    Schwalbach went on to have supporting roles in other Smith-related productions such as Jersey Girl (in which Harley also appeared), and an episode of the Canadian TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation in which Smith appeared in the episode "Goin' Down the Road: Part 1". She also played a prostitute in the 2002 film Now You Know.

    In January 2004, Schwalbach Smith appeared nude, with a Superman look-alike, for Playboy Magazine's 50th Anniversary Issue, in a photograph taken by her husband.[2]

    Her directorial credit is as co-director with Malcolm Ingram for Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party, an extensive 3+ hour documentary on the making of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The film was shown at Vulgarthon 2005 in Los Angeles, a private film festival hosted by Kevin Smith, and was shown again at Vulgarthon 2006 in Red Bank, New Jersey.

    In 2006's

    Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie
    .

    Schwalbach was a co-host for the daily internet radio show called SMod Co SMorning Show on SModcast Internet Radio (S.I.R) hosted on

    SModcast.com
    . She previously co-hosted a show called Plus One Per Diem which was cancelled in favor of SMod Co SMorning Show.

    In 2010, she and her husband began co-hosting a podcast called Plus One. As of June 2013, there were 37 episodes.[3]

    Personal life

    Born in Newark, New Jersey, Schwalbach married Kevin Smith at Skywalker Ranch on April 25, 1999,[4] becoming involved with him after interviewing him for USA Today regarding rumors that he was the true author of Good Will Hunting.[5] She helped Smith deal with the stress he experienced from the drug addiction of his friend Jason Mewes, who was living with them. For several years, she would witness Mewes' repeated sobriety and relapses, and at one point, she banned him from their house, but Mewes eventually got sober.[1]

    Her daughter with Smith, Harley Quinn Smith, was born June 26, 1999. Schwalbach has been vegetarian for most of her life.[6]

    Filmography

    Year Title Role Notes
    2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Missy
    2002 Now You Know Bachelor Party Hooker
    2004 Jersey Girl Susan
    2004 Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party Director, documentary
    2005 Degrassi: The Next Generation The Blonde / Camera Assistant Episodes: "Goin' Down the Road", Part 1 and 2
    2006 Clerks II Emma Bunting
    2008 Zack and Miri Make a Porno Betsy
    2011 Red State Esther
    2013
    Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie
         		Bluntgirl (voice) Associate producer
    2014 Tusk Gimli Slider Waitress Executive producer
    2015 The Mission Behind Door #2 Short
    2016 Yoga Hosers Ms. McKenzie Producer
    2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
    2022 Clerks III Emma Bunting

    References

    1. ^ a b Silentbobspeaks.com My Boring Ass Life, by Kevin Smith. Me And My Shadow, Parts 1-9
    2. ^ "Filmmaker Kevin Smith gets married - again". Associated Press. August 4, 2004. Smith, a famous comic-book fan, also photographed her for Playboy magazine while she posed nude with a "Superman" look-alike.
    3. ^ Smodcast.com Archived April 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Plus One podcast homepage, retrieved 2013
    4. ^ "You Might Want to Marry Kevin Smith After You Read This". zimbio.com. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
    5. ^ An Evening with Kevin Smith. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
    6. ^ Harley Quinn and Kevin Smith for Compassionate Meals. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2017.

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