Jennifer Mary Elfman (nee Butala born in 1971) is an American actress. Her most famous work is her lead role as Dharma in the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg (1997-2002) in which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1999, and three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in an Comedy Series. Following her debut on film in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) she was in Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), Dr. Dolittle (1998), EDtv (1999), Keeping the Faith (2000) and Town & Country (2001). She was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy. Also, she was a regular part on the FX legal drama Damages in 2012 and is a series regular on the AMC horror drama series Fear the Walking Dead since 2018Elfman was born Jennifer Mary Butala in Los Angeles, California. She was the youngest of three children born to Sue Butala (nee Grace) mother of three, as well as Richard Butala. Richard Butala is an Hughes Aircraft executive. The paternal grandfather is Tony Butala, lead singer of the American vocal trio The Lettermen since 1958. She has Croatian heritage on her father's side[5] and was raised Roman Catholic
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