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Actor

1985-04-29 · United States · Female

11 series in the catalog

Jenn Lyon is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Jennifer Husser on Claws (2017), Mackenzie Bradford-Lopez on Saint George (2014), Lindsey Salazar on Justified (2010), Esther Finch in Dead Boy Detectives (2024), and Gillian in Happy Face (2025).

Early life and education

Lyon grew up in small towns in North Carolina. She is the daughter of a former Methodist minister. She moved around the state a few times growing up for her father's work. She attended Ferndale Middle School and High Point Central High School. She went on to study at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, graduating in 2003.

Career

Upon graduation, Lyon moved to New York where she worked in theatre and formed her own comedy sketch troupe POYKPAC in 2006. Her work with POYKPAC, led to her co-starring in the IFC web comedy television series Good Morning Internet!. As a member of POYKPAC, she was one of its writers and producers.

In 2011, she guest starred in Army Wives and Louie, before being cast in a recurring role as Lindsey Salazar in the FX series Justified, appearing in the series from 2012–2013. In 2013, she was cast as Mackenzie Bradford-Lopez in the FX sitcom Saint George, starring George Lopez, playing the ex-wife of Lopez's character.

Personal life

Lyon married her long-term partner Taige Jensen at the Astoria World Manor in Queens in October 2019. The ceremony was officiated by her father. The couple had met 13 years earlier at a sketch comedy show in Brooklyn.

Lyon has opened up about her experiences with disordered eating and receiving treatment from the Renfrew Center. She considers herself a feminist and has vocally supported reproductive rights, body positivity, and other movements.