A polymath Brooklyn-based writer, actor, director, visual artist, activist, and producer committed to creating and participating in intersectional feminist work.

As a child, Jenny attended Thomas G. Pullen School for the Performing Arts, sang in the Maryland Honor Choir, and received the 2000 Maryland Distinguished Scholarship for the Performing Arts.  

Jenny received her BFA in Acting and graduated Cum Laude from Emerson College.

Other training:

Scott Freeman Studio

The Actor's Center Advanced Studio

Levine School of Music Voice

Corcoran College of Arts Oil, Sketch

SITI company Suzuki and Viewpoints

The Barrow Group Scene Study

Shakespeare and Co. Shakespeare Intensive

The Art League Sketch, Charcoal, Oils

Jenny has had the privilege of performing varied and colorful characters throughout her career. Notable roles include:

Nora A Dolls House Hamilton-Murray Theater

Laura Producing Juliet Tina Cesa Ward's

-Official selection Raindance Film Festival
-Best Writing (Drama) IAWTV Award
-Best Original Score (Nomination) Rome Web Award
-Best Actress-Rachel Hip-Flores (Nomination) Rome Web Award
-Best Writing (Nomination) Indie Series Awards
-Best Ensemble- Drama Indie Series Awards
-Best Director (Nomination) Indie Series Awards
-Best Supporting Actress- Rachael Hip-Flores Indie Series Awards
-Best Ensemble- Drama (Nomination- 2014) Indie Series Awards

Jenny is perhaps most known as the romantic lead in the indie darling Completely Normal .

-Best Actor Alahambra Theater Film Festival
-Best Director Indie Gathering International Film Festival
-Best Ensemble Chain Film Festival
-Best Feature Kingston Film Festival
-Best Cinematography Chain Film Festival
-Best Narrative Feature Metropolitan Film Festival
-Best Comedy Feature Film Chain Film Festival
-Best Score Chain Film Festival
-Best Romantic Comedy Indie Gathering International Film Festival
-Best Actress (Nomination) Indie Gathering International Film Festival
-Best Actor (Nominated) Indie Gathering International Film Festival

Completely Normal is now available for streaming through Amazon Prime.

JENNY’S FULL IMDB PROFILE

Ms. Makholm is a published poet, playwright, and screenwriter.  Her indie musical, Relent (book and lyrics by Jenny Grace, music by Ian Wehrle), was produced as a part of The WorkShop Theater's 2013-14 season and nominated for an Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding New Music.  

Her most recent play, Vanquished, was a Eugene O'Neill conference 2019 Finalist; 21st Century Voices New Play Festival 2020 Finalist; and Jane Chambers Excellence in Feminist Playwriting Award 2020 Finalist.

In 2007, Jenny founded the production company The Process Group with Rebecca Whitehurst. TPG is responsible for NYC theater productions of John Patrick Shanley’s Savage in Limbo, Nicholas Gray’s Population:8, and Tony-award winner Michael Aronov’s Off-Broadway production of Manigma, as well as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Annual Required Reading Series, and the web series, Lady Business.

Jenny has co-produced and directed the films He Looks and Looks, One Art, and Skin Balloon, as well as the hit podcast The Blondes, based off the bestseller (Best Fiction Book of the Year by Kirkus, BookPage, and NPR) of the same name.