An ebullient actress who garnered fame with her role as a buoyant free-spirit on ABC’s popular romantic comedy series “Dharma & Greg” (1997-2002), statuesque blonde actress Jenna Elfman broke through as a stand out member of the cast of the failed sitcom “Townies” (ABC, 1996). A professional dancer who made the switch to acting in the early 1990s, Elfman did extensive commercial work before landing her first series jobs, making guest appearances in the 1995-1996 season on the ABC series “Roseanne”, “NYPD Blue”, “The Monroes” and “Murder One” and the CBS sitcom “Almost Perfect”. A role as a drug counselor in the NBC TV movie “Her Last Chance” came in 1996 as well, before the charismatic actress auspiciously landed a regular role as the boy-crazy Shannon, one of three young working class waitresses in the Molly Ringwald sitcom vehicle “Townies”. Although short-lived, “Townies” proved a big break for Elfman, who impressed ABC executives with her scene-stealing turn and signed her own sitcom deal before the last “Townies” episode aired.
