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'{{About|the actress|the singer|Jenn Grant}} {{Infobox person | name = Jennifer Grant | image = | imagesize = | parents = [[Cary Grant]]<br>[[Dyan Cannon]] | birthname = Jennifer Diane Grant | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|2|26}} | birth_place = [[Burbank, California]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1993 – present | spouse = [[Randy Zisk]] (1993–1996; divorced) }} '''Jennifer Diane Grant''' (born February 26, 1966) is an American actress, the only child of actors [[Cary Grant]] and [[Dyan Cannon]]. ==Early life== [[File:Jennifer and Cary Grant Gerald Ford enhanced image.jpg|thumb|right|Jennifer and Cary Grant, [[Gerald Ford]] (top center), maid Willie in 1976 at the Century Plaza Hotel President's Suite, Los Angeles.]] Jennifer Grant was born on February 26, 1966 in [[Burbank, California]]. Her parents divorced when she was only two years old. The reasons given for their divorce were that her father was unable to find his "perfect wife"; in addition, there was a 33-year age difference. Jennifer had a close relationship with her father for the rest of his life. Partly because her father did not want her to become an actress, she tried other things for several years. As a teenager during high school and on break from college she worked as a babysitter, stock clerk at the Village store in Pacific Palisades, grocery store checkout cashier at the Rainbow Grocery in Malibu, and waitress at the Pioneer Boulangerie restaurant in Santa Monica.<ref name="goodstuff"> {{cite book | author = Grant, Jennifer | coauthors = | year = 2011 | title = Good Stuff: a Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant | publisher = Alfred A. Knopf/Random House, Inc. | location = New York City | page = | isbn = 978-0-307-26710-8 | quote = }}</ref> After graduating from [[Stanford University]] in 1987 with a degree in [[American Studies]], she worked for a law firm, and followed that with a job as a chef at [[Wolfgang Puck]]'s [[Spago#Restaurants|Spago restaurant]] in Beverly Hills.<ref name="goodstuff" /> When her father died in 1986, he left her half his estate, worth several million dollars; the other half of the estate went to her stepmother Barbara Harris Grant, with whom Jennifer has a close relationship.<ref name=Estate>{{cite news|last1=Decker|first1=Cathleen|title=Cary Grant Will Leaves Bulk of Estate to His Widow, Daughter|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-12-04/local/me-1412_1_cary-grant|work=Los Angeles Times|date=4 December 1986|format=Home-Collections}}</ref> ==Career== In 1993, seven years after Cary Grant's death, she played her first acting role in the [[Aaron Spelling]] television drama ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', in the recurring role of [[Celeste Lundy]]. She appeared as a guest star in a variety of shows including ''[[Friends]]'', and later appeared in several movies. In 1999, she was the lead actress in the WB television sitcom ''[[Movie Stars (TV series)|Movie Stars]]''. In 2011, her memoir, ''Good Stuff: a Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant'', was published. ''Good Stuff'' is a portrait of her relationship with her father, who was 62 when she was born and who died twenty years later.In her 2011 biography she insists her gay father was not gay just liked the idea to get women to prove otherwise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popeater.com/2011/05/03/jennifer-grant-good-stuff-cary-grant-book/?icid=main&#124;hp-desktop&#124;dl2&#124;sec1_lnk1&#124;212452 |title=Cary Grant's Daughter Opens Up on His Devotion, Style and Sexuality|work=PopEater|agency=AOL |date=3 May 2011|accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref> The title refers to a favorite expression of his, said in reference to things he approved of or situations he was happy about.<ref name="goodstuff" /> She was married to [[Randy Zisk]] for three years, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1996. Grant has volunteered as an actress and mentor with the [[Young Storytellers Foundation]]. Grant gave birth to a son, Cary Benjamin, on August 12, 2008.<ref name=NewCary>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2008/08/54567930/1|title=A new Cary Grant is born|work=USA Today|date=22 August 2008}}</ref><ref name=Baby>{{cite news|title=Update: Jennifer Grant Gives Birth to Son Cary Benjamin|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/08/25/jennifer-grant/|work=People|date=25 August 2008|format=Moms and Babies}}</ref> == Filmography == ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1996 |''Savage'' |Nicky Carter | |- |1996 |''{{sortname|The|Evening Star}}'' |Ellen | |- |1998 |''Erasable You'' |Stephanie | |- |1998 |''My Engagement Party'' |Noa Roth | |- |2000 |''{{sortname|The|View from the Swing|nolink=1}}'' |Jocelyn Whitaker | |- |2005 |''[[Going Shopping]]'' |Quinn | |- |2005 |''Welcome to California'' |Actress / Jennifer | |- |2015 |''Ghost Dog'' |Carol |Post-production |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1993 |''[[Moon Over Miami (TV series)|Moon Over Miami]]'' |Susie Knight |Episode: "Careless Dentist Blues" |- |1993-1994 |''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' |Celeste Lundy |Recurring role (8 episodes) |- |1994 |''Robin's Hoods'' | |Episode: "To Heir Is Human" |- |1994 |''[[Time Trax]]'' |Linda |Episode: "The Crash" |- |1995 |''Super Dave's Vegas Spectacular'' |Sandi Cosgrove |TV series |- |1995 |''[[Friends]]'' |Nina Bookbinder |Episode: "The One with Two Parts: Part 1" |- |1997 |''[[Chicago Sons]]'' |Jane |Episode: "To Have and to Hold" |- |1997 |''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'' |Ellen Jordan Garrett |Episode: "Days Past" |- |1997 |''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]'' |Erin |Episode: "Roommates" |- |1998 |''[[Guys Like Us]]'' |Leah |Episode: "Maestro's First Crush" |- |1999-2000 |''[[Movie Stars (TV series)|Movie Stars]]'' |Jacey Wyatt |Main role (21 episodes) |- |2006 |''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' |Sedona Wylie |Episode: "Spellbound" |- |2007 |''My Daughter's Secret'' |Denise |TV film |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.carygrant.net/jennifer.html Jennifer Grant] *{{IMDb name|0335462}} * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/knopfdoubleday/sets/72157626630369392/with/5680301850/ Sampling of photos from the book ''Good Stuff''], Alfred A. Knopf/Random House, publisher. {{Authority control}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Grant, Jennifer | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American actor | DATE OF BIRTH = February 26, 1966 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Burbank, California|Burbank]], [[California]], [[USA]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Jennifer}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:20th-century American actresses]] [[Category:21st-century American actresses]] [[Category:American film actresses]] [[Category:American television actresses]] [[Category:American Jews]] [[Category:American people of English descent]] [[Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent]] [[Category:Actresses from Burbank, California]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Stanford University alumni]]'