Jennifer Mary Elfman (nee Butala, born 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 in a Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1999, and three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in the field of a Comedy Series. Following her debut on film with Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) she appeared in Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), Dr. Dolittle (1998), EDtv (1999), Keeping the Faith (2000) and Town & Country (2001). She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Show. She also had a recurring part on the FX legal drama Damages in 2012, and has been a regular in the series of the AMC Fear the Walking Dead since 2018. Fear the Walking Dead since 2018Elfman was born Jennifer Mary Butala in Los Angeles, California. She was the youngest of three children to homemaker Sue Butala (nee Grace) and Richard Butala, a Hughes Aircraft executive. [citation requiredIt is believed that Tony Butala is her paternal uncle and is the principal musician of The Lettermen in America since 1958. Her father is Croatian and she was raised Roman Catholic.
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