Jenna Elfman, born Jennifer Mary Butala in Los Angeles, began her career in showbiz not as an actor but a dancer. In addition to appearing in music videos from Depeche Mode and Anthrax, she was also one of the dancers to perform at the 1991 edition of the Academy Awards and was even hired to dance onstage alongside rock trio ZZ Top on tour, one her final dancing gigs before she decided to segue into acting. Her first screen credit, fittingly, was as ballet dancer in a 1992 episode of "Murder She Wrote." Elfman eventually landed her big break as the adorably flaky newlywed Dharma Finkelstein Montgomery in the sitcom "Dharma & Greg," and she has remained a frequent presence on TV screens ever since.

Elfman logged guest-starring roles in various TV series before and after the monster hit "Dh

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