Jenna Elfman is best known for her role on the TV sitcom "Dharma & Greg", which ran for five years on ABC from 1997 to 2002. Elfman won a Golden Globe Award for her role as Dharma.

Elfman also starred in "Courting Alex", which became a midseason replacement on CBS in January 2006.

Elfman also starred in the movies Krippendorf's Tribe, Edtv, Looney Tunes: Back In Action, Town & Country, and Keeping the Faith.

Jenna was born Jennifer Mary Butala in Los Angeles, California, to Sue Grace and Richard Wayne Butala, a Hughes Aircraft executive of part Croatian descent. Her uncle is Tony Butala of The Lettermen. She studied with acting teacher Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse before beginning her television career.

In 1991 Jenna converted to Scientology, which she had been introduced to by Bodhi Elfman. She married Elfman in 1995, making noted composer Danny Elfman her uncle-in-law.