Jennifer Landon
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Jennifer Rachel Landon (born on August 29, 1983 in Malibu, California) is an American actress.
Landon is the daughter of the late actor Michael Landon and his third wife, Cindy Clerico.
[edit] Career
Jennifer Landon got her first acting job from her father, Michael Landon, when he cast her to play a little girl in one of the final episodes of his television series, Highway to Heaven, when she was only five years old. Jennifer got to work with her father once more before cancer took his life when he cast her as Jennifer Kramer in the pilot for his next television series, US.
After high school, Jennifer Landon moved to New York City to attend New York University where she appeared in several theater productions. In 2004, Jennifer co-starred in an independent film, L.A. DJ. In early 2005 she was cast to play the character of Gwen Norbeck for one episode on the soap opera, As the World Turns, but the producers liked her performance so much they decided to add the character to the cast and signed her to a three year contract. The new character of Gwen Norbeck was eventually tied into the show by making her the sister of an existing established character, Carly Tenney.
On April 28, 2006, Jennifer Landon won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actress.
Jennifer Landon is also a budding recording artist. Since the character of Gwen Norbeck was first introduced on As the World Turns as a musician and the lead singer in an all-girl rock band, Jennifer has sung several times on the show. In late 2006, the character's storyline became focused on her pursuing a music career and two singles have been recorded, "Slide" and "I Saw Love", but both singles were released under Jennifer Landon's name and made available on iTunes.
