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Jenna Maroney

Jenna Maroney
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Jenna Maroney
First appearance "Pilot"
Last appearance "Last Lunch"
Created by Tina Fey
Portrayed by Jane Krakowski
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Gender Vorgon
Occupation Actress, singer, spokesperson, judge, host
Family Werner Maroney (father)
Verna Maroney (mother)
Unnamed sister
Courtney (half-sister) (deceased)
Unnamed brother
Spouse(s) Jenna Maroney (nèe Paul L'Astnamé)
Children Jerome (son)
Judy (daughter)
Jessica (daughter)
Three unnamed daughters
Relatives Charlotte (niece)
Religion Kabbalah ("The Fighting Irish")
Nationality American

Jenna Maroney (born Ystrepa Grokovitz; February 24, 1969) is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, played by Jane Krakowski.

For her portrayal of Maroney, Krakowski was nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and also received seven Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, winning one.

In Tina Fey's original pilot script for 30 Rock, Jenna was named "Jenna DeCarlo", and The Girlie Show was titled Friday Night Bits with Jenna DeCarlo. In the unaired pilot for the show, Rachel Dratch, a former SNL cast member, played the role of Jenna. In August 2006, executive producer Lorne Michaels announced that Dratch would be replaced as Jenna. Later in the month, NBC announced that Krakowski had replaced Dratch, and that the character was renamed "Jenna Maroney".

Despite being credited as a regular, the character does not appear in every episode, having been absent from five of the twenty-one episodes of the first season, three of the fifteen episodes of the second season, and two of the twenty-two episodes of the third season. She appeared in all subsequent episodes starting from Season 4.

Jenna was born Ystrepa Grokovitz on February 24, 1969 in Tampa, FL, and grew up in Bakersfield, CA. In "Queen of Jordan 2: Mystery of the Phantom Pooper", it was revealed that she was conceived in a Florida bathroom. In "The Return of Avery Jessup", however, Jenna mentions being from the Florida Panhandle, from a town called "Toilet Swamp Cove". She also is revealed to have a strong Southern accent that she conceals. Her ethnic origin is that of an Ashkenazi Jew (with an extra chromosome), as revealed through a DNA sample, which Jack mistakenly thought belonged to Kaylie Hooper. In "The One with the Cast of Night Court" she mentions that she has had hand reduction surgery. Jenna's father, Werner (or possibly Travis) Maroney was a burger server in suburban Santa Barbara, before leaving her mother, Verna (Jan Hooks), for a "curly-haired surfer" named Roberta - which hurt her. In "Secret Santa", she reveals to Jack "Danny" Baker that after that, her mother forced her to sit on every mall Santa's lap in Bakersfield in an attempt to find him. It is hinted that because of this, Jenna has developed "daddy issues". However, despite all this, Jenna still expresses affection for her father, claiming that she will always be his "little girl".


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