Jenny Humphrey
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| Jenny Humphrey | |
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| Gossip Girl It Girl character |
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 Taylor Momsen as Jenny Humphrey |
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| First appearance | Book Series: Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl Series) The It Girl (The It Girl Series) TV Series: Pilot |
| Last appearance | Book Series: Don't You Forget About Me (Gossip Girl Series) |
| Cause/reason | End of Series |
| Created by | Cecily von Ziegesar |
| Portrayed by | Taylor Momsen |
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| Nickname(s) | Jenny TV Series: Little J (by Blair Waldorf) Little Humphrey (by Gossip Girl) |
| Aliases | J, Little J, Little Humphrey |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 12-14 (Gossip Girl book series) 15-16 (It Girl book series) 14-15 (TV series) |
| Specialty | Drawing |
| Occupation | Book Series: High School Student Artist TV Series: High School Student Fashion Designer |
| Family | Book Series: Rufus Humphrey (father) Jeanette Humphrey (mother) Dan Humphrey (brother) TV Series: Rufus Humphrey (father) Alison Humphrey (mother) Dan Humphrey (brother) |
Jennifer Tallulah Humphrey is a main character in both the Gossip Girl and The It Girl novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. She is portrayed by Taylor Momsen in the tv series.
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[edit] Book series background
Jenny is the daughter of Rufus Humphrey, a former band leader, and her mother is Jeanette Humphrey, who ran off with a European aristocrat. She has an older sibling named Dan Humphrey, who is an aspiring poet. Jenny is a student at the Constance Billard School for Girls, a small, elite, all-girls school located at 93rd and Madison Avenue, where Upper East Side princess like Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen attend.
She idolizes sexy and wealthy Serena van der Woodsen, to the point of being accused of "humping" her. Jenny also has a large chest, that of which has drawn the attention of many a boy and is the bane of Jenny's existence, particularly when she is sexually assaulted by Chuck Bass in a bathroom at a party. Jenny is described as having curly brown hair and brown eyes. She is 5 feet tall. Jenny is a talented aspiring artist.
[edit] Overview
[edit] Gossip Girl
Jenny dated Nate Archibald (unwittingly helping him cheat on his on-again, off-again girlfriend Blair Waldorf), but they broke up because Nate was still in love with Blair. Then she dated the enigma, Leo, with whom Jenny soon broke up because of his poor living conditions. After a series of embarrassing situations and lessons in becoming her own person, including an appearance in a teen magazine wearing only underwear, and staying the night in the Plaza Hotel with popular band, The Raves, Jenny went off to attend Waverly Academy boarding school.
She is now starring in her very own book series, The It Girl, which features her as the new girl at Waverly Academy, whose resemblance to a girl by the name of Tinsley may bring troubles in books to come.
[edit] The It Girl
In The It Girl, Jenny tries to reinvent herself as a "popular and sophisticated city girl" and leave behind the girl she was at Constance. When Jenny arrives at Waverly, she finds the students even more attractive, athletic, and intimidating than she imagined. She meets Yvonne Stidder, a jazz ensemble geek, and decides not to hang out with her after her quick tour of the campus. Jenny then meets her two new exceptionally beautiful and popular 11th grade roommates: lithe and blonde Southern girl Callie Vernon, and red-headed, green eyed, and sophisticated New Jerseyan Brett Messerschmidt. She quickly learns that she has replaced their old best friend: extremely attractive and notorious Tinsley Carmichael. Jenny can't help but feel that sleeping in such a lucky bed must rub off.
Callie and Brett seem to have an inside squabble going on about the expulsion of Tinsley from Waverly, while Jenny can't help but be placed in the middle. One evening, after Callie's boyfriend Easy Walsh sneaks in to their room to hook up with Callie, Easy finds himself sitting on Jenny's bed after Callie has left in a rage. Just as the two were beginning to talk, the dorm mistress's stoner husband, Mr. Pardee, finds Easy in the girl's room in his underwear. Easy and Jenny are given a formal hearing for this.
This incident only furthers the problems between Brett and Callie. Callie wants Jenny to cover for her, telling the student council that Easy was there to see Jenny, not Callie. Brett thinks that Callie should stick up for herself and not allow Jenny to be expelled. However, Jenny wants to be liked and decides to think about taking the blame at the hearing. Callie sucks up to Jenny and even asks that she and Easy pretend to like each other, just so the whole situation would look believable at the hearing. Callie never expected the twin artistic souls to become truly infatuated with each other. Also unexpected is the return of Tinsley Carmichael, which occurs in Book 2: The It Girl: Notorious. In Book 5, The It Girl: Lucky, she is expelled because she is held responsible for burning down the Miller barn but someone bribes Mrs. Miller and Jenny does not get expelled. Her friend, Brett tells her this and the both think that Jenny has a secret admirer, but everyone thinks it was Easy.
[edit] TV Series
Jenny Humphrey is the daughter of rock 'n roll player Rufus Humphrey, and younger sister of Dan Humphrey. She and her family reside in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Her mother, Alison, left them temporarily to fufil her dream of becoming an artist. Jenny always wants to fit in and even once got angry at her mother for buying her vintage shoes, exclaiming "Mom, kids at school shop at places like Saks and Bendel's, I can't be walking around in someone else's old shoes." She has long blonde hair and attends the Contance Billard School for girls.
[edit] Season One
Jenny Humphrey is introduced in Season 1. She is a pretty, blond freshman at Constance Billard. She is always desperately trying to fit in with the it crowd. She has been the pawn of the main characters of many of the main cast, especially Blair Waldorf, from episodes one to nine. However, when Blair's affair with Chuck Bass is let known, Jenny becomes increasingly popular. The cool kids and former friends of Blair shun her and bring Jenny into their inner Queen Bee circle in Episode 13. Jenny then becomes one of Upper East Side's It girls. Jenny's low self confidence due to never having as much money as the other girls provokes her to steal a dress worth $15,000 dollars from one of her new "friends's" mother- but when she realizes it's worth so much, she tries desperately to get it back. At a surprise birthday party thrown for her by Blair, the other girls realize that Jenny has the dress, bringing Blair's scheme full circle. However, Peneolope has a major crush on Nate Archibald, who Jenny has become friends with. Jenny turns to him after all of her friends have abandoned her and brings him to the popular restaurant where the popular girls are. When they see Jenny with Nate, they immediately bring her back in. Blair, however, gets even more angry with her, thinking that Jenny is trying to hook up with Nate. Jenny thinks she's found true love with Asher Hornsby, but their romance is short-lived: he convinces her to say that she lost her virginity to him in order to put rumors on his being gay to rest, and as long as she pretends it's true, he'll pamper her with Upper East Side things like parties and clothes. However, Blair and Eric out Asher at his own party, and Jenny confesses that she lied about having sex with him. The popular group abandons her once again, and she later finds Blair to tell her that she's won- it's "not worth it".
At the season finale, Jenny receives an internship at Blair's mother Eleanor's company.
[edit] Differences between novels and TV series
- In the book series she has brown curly hair. In the TV series she is blonde.
- She is known for her 34D chest in the book, whereas in the TV series she has proportionate breast size.
- In the book series, her family resides on the Upper West Side. In the TV series they reside in rock palace Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
- In the book series, Jenny is constantly trying to become popular. Yet in the tv show she has given up on competing.
- In the book series her mother's name is Jeanette, while in the TV series it is Alison.
- She is described as being 5'0" in the book, however in the TV series, she is quite a bit taller than Blair, who is 5'4"
- In the book series, Jenny briefly dates Nate, however in the television series the two are only friends.
[edit] Relationships
[edit] Book Series
- Nate Archibald (dated)
- Leo (dated)
- Julian McCafferty (fling)
- Elise (fling)
- Easy Walsh (ex-boyfriend)
[edit] TV Series
- Asher Hornsby
| GOSSIP GIRL | ||||
| Primary characters |
Serena van der Woodsen | Blair Waldorf | Dan Humphrey | Nate Archibald Jenny Humphrey | Chuck Bass | Vanessa Abrams Lily van der Woodsen | Rufus Humphrey | "Gossip Girl" |
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| Secondary characters |
Eric van der Woodsen | Isabel Coates | Howie "The Captain" Archibald | Bart Bass Eleanor Waldorf | Alison Humphrey | Anne Archibald | Harold Waldorf | Georgina Sparks |
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| Locations | New York City | Upper East Side, Manhattan | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | The Palace | |||
| Other | Episodes | Constance Billard School for Girls St. Jude's School for Boys | Cecily von Ziegesar's book series |
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