Fictional character from the television series The L Word
Soap opera character
Jenny Schecter
The L Word character
Portrayed by
Mia Kirshner
Duration
2004–09
First appearance
18 January 2004
Last appearance
8 March 2009
Classification
Former; regular
Created by
Ilene Chaiken
In-universe information
Occupation
Writer Grocery clerk Waitress Stripper Movie director
Mother
Sandy Schecter
Stepfather
Warren Ziskin
Husband
Tim Haspel (2004)
Jennifer "Jenny" Diane Schecter is a fictional character from the American Showtime television drama series The L Word, played by Mia Kirshner. Jenny debuted on-screen during the pilot episode and remained until the series' final episode. Jenny became well documented in the media for her outlandish plots. Jenny was created by series creator Ilene Chaiken, based on herself as a younger woman living in the lesbian community. Chaiken implemented a series of changes to the character, one of which being the inclusion of a sexual abuse story line and self-harm, which some critics observed as being attempts to make her likable in the LGBT community. One storyline that gained mainstream attention was adopting a homeless dog, only to have it put down for personal gain. Other story lines include stripping, writing novels, coming out, directing a film, affairs, and her possible murder. The final season is based around the lead-up to her death, during which Jenny made herself extremely unpopular with her friends, who became suspects.
Jenny's character was unpopular with both fans and critics throughout the entire series because of her frequent narcissistic tendencies, her prima donna ways, her egotistical attitude, irresponsibility, frequent self-pity, and selfish persona. She has also been labeled a "love to hate" character. The majority of critics have been intrigued by her "polarising personality" and branded it as one of the main reasons to watch the series. New York magazine gave a large amount of praise to Jenny and on one occasion stated: "Jenny Schecter is The L Word, and the death of her is the death of the show." Kirshner received critical praise for her portrayal of the character. Kirshner has stated she loved playing Jenny because she felt like a brand new character during each season. She has also stated that it is difficult for people to like the character as she can be "very despicable" and even the LGBT community does not like her because of her "duplicity and confusion".
Jennifer "Jenny" Diane Schecter is a fictional character from the American Showtime television drama series The L Word, played by Mia Kirshner. Jenny debuted...
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activist. She is known for television roles as Mandy in 24 (2001–2005), as JennySchecter in The L Word (2004–2009), as Amanda Grayson in Star Trek: Discovery...
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top" during the scenes. A friendship storyline developed for Shane and JennySchecter (Mia Kirshner). Mia Kirshner wanted their relationship to become romantic...
inspiration for the relationship of the characters Marina Ferrer and JennySchecter. In 2007, she and a group of women in the entertainment and tech industries...
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lesbian film director Kate Arden, chosen to direct the film version of Jenny's story Lez Girls. "More Love! More Lust! More Longing! Showtime's The L...
cast of The L Word playing closeted lesbian actress, and girlfriend of JennySchecter, Niki Stevens, appearing in seasons 5 and 6. French also had a role...
Bette, and only confessed it to interrogating police officers after JennySchecter's death. Prior to meeting Bette, Tina lived largely as a straight woman...
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include Moira Sweeney (a working class butch portrayed by Daniel Sea who is Jenny's girlfriend for most of the season) and Angus Partridge (portrayed by Dallas...
in Rich Hall's Election Special on BBC Four. In 2006, Kidder played JennySchecter's mother Sandy Ziskin on The L Word; her character was a repressed Jewish...
to the 1950 film. In the fifth season of The L Word, a fan becomes JennySchecter's assistant while she is directing a movie; later the fan blackmails...
Nita Strauss (Ibanez), Courtney Cox (Caparison) and Nikki Stringfield (Schecter) are the first female artists to have their own signature guitar with their...
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became Dawk-installed over wound, dipped, Fender pick-ups. He has also used Schecter F-500-Ts, Velvet Hammer "Red Rhodes", DiMarzio "HS-2", OBL "Black Label"...
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