Jennifer "Miss Jenn" is one of the main characters in the Disney+ Original Series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. She is Carlos Rodriguez's godmother. Miss Jenn is currently the Drama Teacher at East High School. In Season 4, she played Ms. Darbus in East High School's Fall Production of High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
Background[]
Miss Jenn is the school new drama teacher, Miss Jenn is high-energy and low-reality. She truly believes musicals can save lives. If only she believed in telling the truth on her résumé. She's moved back home to Utah after she left New York under mysterious circumstances, packing up in a hurry. Forces student choreographer Carlos to do a Kickstarter for the musical when the school board won't give her the $50,000 budget she asks for. Suffers serious imposter syndrome and would ultimately do anything for these kids. Her most-used (and most-loathed) app is Tinder.[1]
Biography[]
Early life[]
Jennifer was born in 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah. When Jennifer was 14, her mother and her step-father split up. In 1998, she started High School at North High School. She started dating Zack a Lacrosse Player when they were in High School. They both graduated from North High School in 2002. Zack broke up with Jennifer shortly after graduation before he left to go to College in New York City.
Season One[]
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Season Two[]
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Season Three[]
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Season Four[]
Relationships[]
Family[]
Unnamed father
Unnamed mother
Jack (step-father)
Carlos Rodriguez (godson)
Friends[]
Carlos Rodriguez (friend/godson/student)
Mr. Mazzara (admirer/co-worker/friend)
Mike Bowen (boyfriend/friend)
Love Interest(s)[]
Mr, Mazzara (boyfriend)
Mike Bowen (ex-boyfriend)
Zack Roy (ex-boyfriend)
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- The Auditions
- The Read-Through
- The Wonderstudies
- Blocking
- Homecoming
- What Team?
- Thanksgiving
- The Tech Rehearsal
- Opening Night
- Act Two
Season 2[]
- New Year’s Eve
- Typecasting
- Valentine's Day
- The Storm
- The Quinceañero
- Yes, And…
- The Field Trip
- Most Likely To
- Spring Break
- The Transformation
- Showtime
- Second Chances
Season 3[]
- Happy Campers
- Into the Unknown (mentioned)
- Color War
- Camp Prom (mentioned)
- Let It Go
Season 4[]
- High School Musical 4
- HSM v. HSM
- A Star is Reborn
- Trick or Treat
- Admissions
- Trust the Process
- Night of Nights
- Born to Be Brave
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Her real name is Jennifer, but, as of right now, her last name is unknown.
- So far she has had two duet one with Lucas Grabeel, who played Ryan Evans in High School Musical called "A Role of a Lifetime" in her dream during The Tech Rehearsal. In "The Field Trip", she has a duet with Zack called "Around You."
- In the song A Role of a Lifetime for Miss Jenn's dream sequence Lucas Grabeel mentions "Elphaba" from Wicked the Musical. Miss Jenn replies "I'm more of a Glinda" which is a reference to when Kate Reinders played Glinda in Wicked the Musical.
- Her parents split up when she was 14.
- She was originally supposed to be a background dancer in the original movie High School Musical, but she was one of the dancers that were cut from the film.
- She went to North High School and graduated in 2002 with Zack who was her High School Sweetheart.
- She was waited listed from University of Utah.
- In New Year's Eve, she reveals that she is 35 years old even though she never states it out loud but she does mentioned that she hasn't seen Zack Roy since he dumped her shortly after they graduated from High School when they were 18 years old. They didn't see each other for the next 17 years until New Year's Eve, which means she is 35 years old.
- In "The Storm", she reveals to Nini Salazar-Roberts that she originally auditioned to be apart of the original Broadway cast of the Broadway musical Frozen.
- In "The Quinceañero", Carlos Rodriguez chosen Miss Jenn to be his madrina (Spanish for "godmother") at his quinceañero.
- Her favorite book is The Wizard of Oz.
- In "Trick or Treat", she dresses up as Mary Poppins from Mary Poppins for Halloween.
- Her dream role was to played Glinda in the Broadway musical Wicked. She auditioned for the role multiple times.