Jennifer Ferrin is an American actress born on February 25, 1979, in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Growing up, Ferrin attended Brookwood High School, where she was the lead in many high school plays and was a member of the choir. After graduating from high school, she pursued higher education at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, and the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Ferrin graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama from the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Ferrin's acting career began with her role as Esther in the Hallmark Hall of Fame film, The Locket, alongside Vanessa Redgrave. She also made a guest appearance on the 2002 season finale of Dawson's Creek. Her most notable role to date is that of Jennifer Munson Kasnoff Donovan on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns, a role she played from 2003 to 2006.
In 2006, Ferrin landed a recurring role on the primetime show 3 LBS. She was also one of the four actors in the US premiere productions of Patrick Barlow's adaptation of The 39 Steps, in Boston (2007) and New York City (2008).
Ferrin's television credits include playing Detective Sam Tyler's mother in the US version of Life On Mars, and recurring roles on Royal Pains and The Following. She also portrayed Rebecca Mason, the deceased wife of lead character Tom Mason (Noah Wyle),in a dream episode of the TNT science-fiction drama series Falling Skies, on July 21, 2013.
In 2011, Ferrin began her role as Dana Faraday on the NBC superhero drama series The Cape. She also had a two-episode stint on Royal Pains and was a recurring character on The Following. Ferrin can be seen as a series regular in the third season of Hell on Wheels, which starts August 10, 2013, on AMC.
