- Born
- Birth nameJennifer Jean Von Oy
- Height5′ (1.52 m)
- Jenna von Oÿ was born on May 2, 1977 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Blossom (1990), A Goofy Movie (1995) and The Parkers (1999). She was previously married to Brad Bratcher.
- SpouseBrad Bratcher(October 10, 2010 - 2020) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- Fast speaking
- Good friends with Melissa Joan Hart. Coincidentally, Hart was offered the role of Six LeMeure in Blossom (1990) first, but turned it down to star in Clarissa Explains It All (1991) instead. After Hart declined, von Oÿ got the part.
- Attended Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut.
- Was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at the University of Southern California.
- Was number 94 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars (2005).
- Is trying to launch a country music career, and has recorded a demo CD.
- I was born with the name Jennifer. However, when I was 2 years old, my guardian angel (no joke!) came to me in a dream and told me her name was Jenna (I'd never heard the name before.) She said my name was supposed to be Jenna also. After that, I refused to answer to the name Jennifer anymore. No one has called me Jennifer since then. I legally changed my name a few years later (by then even my parents were convinced it was meant to be!) As for my middle name, it's Jean. Thus my full name is Jenna Jean von Oy.
- (On her last name) "My last name is German and both my grandparents immigrated from Germany. The name is actually composed of two parts..."von", denotes land ownership, and "Oy" refers to a region in the lower Rhine. The family name predates any national borders and the ancestoral estates are in present day Holland. In fact, ruins of a castle still exist there. In current Dutch, the "Oy" mimics the Dutch word for stork and our family crest does portray a stork.."
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