Jennifer Burnham was born in Vallejo, California and grew up near Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated from Franklin High School saludatorian of her class and then attended Princeton University, majoring in theater and anthropology. Jennifer received the Francis LeMoyne Page Drama Award at Princeton and graduated Summa Cum Laude (With Highest Honors) as well as Phi Beta Kappa (top of her class). Upon graduating, she moved to London and trained at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier, where Emma Thompson and Mark Feuerstein have also studied. On returning to the States she began working in television, film and theater, including in the off-Broadway production "A Bird Like Other Birds" written, produced & performed by the founding performers of "Stomp!". Her official film debut came with "Stargeeks" (winner of the NoDance Film Festival Audience Best Award & Hoston Film Festival Jury Best for Comedy), followed by "The Adventures of Levin Bedford", "Joanna", "Stuck On You" written by the Farrelly Brothers, and most significantly the Sony Pictures film "The Holiday", directed by Nancy Meyers, soon to be released, in which she plays the wife of Jude Law. In addition to these credits Jennifer continues to work in independent film, television and commercials, building a reputation throughout the industry for both talent and range. Show less «