Jennifer Van Dyck was born in St. Andrews, Scotland, and spent her formative years in Princeton, New Jersey. She pursued higher education at Brown University, where she earned a double major in Religious Studies and Theatre Arts. Following her graduation, she began her professional career at Trinity Rep, under the leadership of Adrian Hall. Her early roles included performances in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, directed by Richard Jenkins, and Other People's Money, also at Trinity Rep. Over the years, Jennifer has developed a strong connection with the New York theatre scene, where she resides with her husband, actor Jonathan Walker.
Jennifer's recent work includes guest leads on popular television shows such as The Blacklist and Law & Order: SVU, as well as stage productions by notable playwrights. Some of her recent credits include Sinan Unel's Chatal at the Huntington Summer Workshop, Howard Barker's The Castle at PTP/Atlantic Stage 2, and A.R. Gurney's The Dining Room at Westport Playhouse.
Throughout her career, Jennifer has collaborated extensively with playwright/actor Charles Busch and director Carl Andress, creating numerous roles in various productions. Her other notable collaborations include new plays by Bathsheba Doran, Sarah Schulman, Karen Zacarias, Keith Bunin, Ellen McLaughlin, Catherine Filloux, Douglas Post, and Ken Weitzman.
Jennifer's Broadway credits include Hedda Gabler, Dancing at Lughnasa, Two Shakespearean Actors, and The Secret Rapture. Off-Broadway, she has appeared in productions such as Charles Busch's Judith of Bethulia at TNC, The Divine Sister at the Soho Playhouse, The Third Story at MCC, The Picture Box at NEC, Orson's Shadow at Barrow St., The Breadwinner, The Second Man at Keen Company, Suzan Lori-Parks' 365Days/365 Plays at Barrow St./The Public, Hesh at Naked Angels, A Cheever Evening, Man in His Underwear, and Gus and Al at Playwrights Horizons.
In addition to her stage work, Jennifer has also appeared in various film and television productions, including The Blacklist, Royal Pains, Person of Interest, Elementary, Too Big to Fail, Michael Clayton, Across the Universe, and numerous Law & Order episodes.
Jennifer's extensive regional credits include Trinity Rep, Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Berkshire Theatre Festival, O'Neill Playwrights Conference, and Berkshire Playwrights Lab.
As a narrator, Jennifer has worked on radio plays for the BBC, documentary work for PBS, and hundreds of audiobooks across various genres. She has received three Audiofile Magazine Earphones Awards, three Audie nominations, and Salon.com's Best of 2013 for her narration of "Notes From No Man's Land" by Eula Biss.
