Jennifer Echols
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 25, 1954
- Died
- July 16, 2018 (aged 63)
- Birthplace
- Houston, Texas, USA
Biography
Jennifer Echols (25 July 1954, Houston, Texas – 16 July 2018, Sherman Oaks, California) was an American character actress whose career spanned 1995 to 2014. She specialised in small supporting roles — nurses, receptionists, waitresses, secretaries, and similar everyday figures — across over 50 credited appearances in film and television. She is best remembered for Mama Jenny in My Name Is Khan (2010), the Waffle Hut Waitress in The Ladykillers (2004), and Nurse Selma in The Notebook (2004). Her filmography includes: Fathers' Day (1997) (Ed Harris, Laurie Metcalf); Friday After Next (2002) (Ice Cube, Chris Tucker); The Notebook (2004) (Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams); The Ladykillers (2004) (Tom Hanks, Ivan Reinhardt); Down in the Valley (2005) (Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood); 10 Items or Less (2006) (Paul Giamatti, Maria Bello); My Name Is Khan (2010) (Shah Rukh Khan, Katie Cassidy); Small Apartments (2012) (Matt Lucas, Sara Gilbert). TV: ER (2004), Dexter (2006), The Shield (2006), The Mentalist (2012), Southland (2012).
Known For
Filmography
Small Apartments
Movie · as Psych Center Receptionist
My Name Is Khan
Movie · as Mama Jenny
The Home Front
Movie · as Shandra
The Mentalist
TV · as Principal's Secretary · 1 ep
While the Children Sleep
Movie · as Nurse
10 Items or Less
Movie · as Tracey with an 'E'
Dexter
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep
Down in the Valley
Movie · as Rita
Back to You & Me
Movie · as Brenda
Adam & Steve
Movie · as Triage Nurse
In The Mix
Movie · as Big Momma
My Name Is Earl
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep
The Notebook
Movie · as Nurse Selma
The Ladykillers
Movie · as Waffle Hut Waitress
Full Clip
Movie · as Girlfriend #2
Soul Plane
Movie · as Big Woman (uncredited)
The Kiss
Movie · as Post Mistress
Gaydar
Movie · as Frankalina
Friday After Next
Movie · as Church Lady #3
Repli-Kate
Movie · as Hospital Receptionist
The Shield
TV · as Peaches · 1 ep
Less than Perfect
TV · as Cafeteria Worker · 1 ep
The Division
TV · as Mrs. Coombs · 1 ep
American Tragedy
Movie · as 1st Black Woman
Strong Medicine
TV · as Myra · 2 eps
Malcolm in the Middle
TV · as Book Club Lady · 1 ep
Ragdoll
Movie · as Woman Detective
Fathers' Day
Movie · as Ball Park Vendor
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV · as Clerk #1 · 1 ep
The Jamie Foxx Show
TV · as Traffic School Student #2 · 1 ep
ER
TV · as Estelle · 2 eps
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Valerie · 1 ep
Married... with Children
TV · as Gwen, Cynthia · 2 eps