---
name: "Jennifer Echols"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jennifer-echols"
fi1m_id: "jennifer-echols"
imdb_id: "nm0248474"
tmdb_id: 24199
wikidata_id: "Q3177052"
roles: []
born: "25 July 1954"
died: "16 July 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:35:56.472160+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jennifer Echols

## Identity

Jennifer Echols

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jennifer-echols
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jennifer-echols
- **IMDb ID:** nm0248474
- **TMDB ID:** 24199
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3177052
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3177052, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248474/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24199

Actor. Born 25 July 1954 in Houston, Texas, USA. Died 16 July 2018.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 July 1954, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 16 July 2018
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3177052, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248474/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24199

## Biography

Jennifer Echols was an American actress. She was born on 25 July 1954 in Houston, Texas, and died on 16 July 2018 in Sherman Oaks, California.

Echols appeared in numerous supporting and guest roles in film and television from the mid-1990s onwards. Her credits include Nurse Selma in *The Notebook* (2004), the Waffle Hut Waitress in *The Ladykillers* (2004), Mama Jenny in *My Name Is Khan* (2010), and appearances in series such as *Dexter* (2006), *The Mentalist* (2008) and *My Name Is Earl* (2005).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Notebook* (2004), Fi1m 74, as Nurse Selma — [page](https://film.one/film/the-notebook.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Small Apartments* (2012), as Psych Center Receptionist
- *The Home Front* (2010), as Shandra
- *My Name Is Khan* (2010), as Mama Jenny
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Principal's Secretary — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *While the Children Sleep* (2007), as Nurse
- *Dexter* (2006), series, as Nurse — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *10 Items or Less* (2006), as Tracey with an 'E'
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, as Nurse
- *Back to You & Me* (2005), as Brenda
- *Down in the Valley* (2005), as Rita
- *Adam & Steve* (2005), as Triage Nurse
- *Full Clip* (2004), as Girlfriend #2
- *The Notebook* (2004), as Nurse Selma — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-notebook.md)
- *Soul Plane* (2004), as Big Woman (uncredited)
- *The Ladykillers* (2004), as Waffle Hut Waitress
- *The Kiss* (2003), as Post Mistress
- *Friday After Next* (2002), as Church Lady #3
- *Gaydar* (2002), as Frankalina
- *Less than Perfect* (2002), series, as Cafeteria Worker
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Peaches — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Repli-Kate* (2002), as Hospital Receptionist
- *The Division* (2001), series, as Mrs. Coombs
- *American Tragedy* (2000), as 1st Black Woman
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Myra
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, as Book Club Lady
- *Ragdoll* (1999), as Woman Detective
- *Fathers' Day* (1997), as Ball Park Vendor
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), series, as Clerk #1
- *The Jamie Foxx Show* (1996), series, as Traffic School Student #2
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Valerie
- *ER* (1994), series, as Estelle — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Married... with Children* (1987), series, as Gwen, Cynthia

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