Jennifer Prediger

Biography

Prediger's first film role was as an out-of-town guest and temptress in 'Uncle Kent', a film directed by Joe Swanberg that premiered at Sundance in 2011 and was purchased by IFC. She has also gone to Sundance with three other films - as the composting love interest in 'The Foxy Merkins' in 2014 (dir. Madeleine Olnek), the nosy roommate in 'A Teacher' in 2013 (dir. Hannah Fidell) and as the tentative Vice Principal in 'First Girl I Loved' in 2016 (dir. Kerem Sanga). Jennifer plays an obsessed cinephile in the Gotham Award nominated comedy 'Red Flag' (dir. Alex Karpovsky), released by Tribeca Film. Jennifer is the star of the dark comedy 'Living Room Coffin' and the site specific fringe festival playwright in the upcoming feature 'Hollywood Fringe'. Prediger also has leading roles in 'Richard's Wedding' and 'Applesauce' (dir. Onur Tukel) and 'Pollywogs' (dir. Karl Jacob). Jennifer plays a lusty doctor in 'The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes' (dir. Nancy Andrews) which won a Gotham Award for Breakout Series. She also appears in 'Uncle Kent 2' (dir. Todd Rohal) and '7 Chinese Brothers', 'Infinity Baby' and 'Frances Ferguson' (dir. Bob Byington) - all of which premiered at SXSW. She plays opposite Max Casella in Applesauce (dir. Onur Tukel) which premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. 'Apartment Troubles' (formerly Trouble Dolls) is her first feature film as a director and writer, co-directed and written with Jess Weixler. The film stars Prediger and Weixler and features Megan Mullally, Will Forte and Jeffrey Tambor, and was released by Gravitas in spring 2015 and aired on Showtime. She also produced 'Song of Back and Neck' (dir. Paul Lieberstein) that premiered at Tribeca in 2018.

Known for

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2023	Smile As You Kill	Christine
2022	Dinner in America	Renae
2019	Frances Ferguson	Mom
2018	Josie	Ms. Elkins
2018	Living Room Coffin	Iris Hawthorn
2018	Funeral	Billy
2017	Infinity Baby	Lydia
2017	Fits and Starts	Female Shopper
2017	Newly Single	Emily
2016	First Girl I Loved	Assistant Principal Heather Wiggins
2016	Rainbow Time	Sarah
2016	Uncle Kent 2	Jenny
2015	7 Chinese Brothers	Woman with Glasses
2015	Applesauce	Kate
2015	Devil Town	Carol Humphrey
2015	Abby Singer/Songwriter	Doll House Love Interest
2015	The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes	Dr. Linda Wiley
2014	Apartment Troubles	Olivia
2013	Life of Crime	Marshall's Assistant
2013	A Teacher	Sophia
2013	Red Flag	River
2013	The Foxy Merkins	Ashley, Margaret's Composting Girlfriend
2013	Pollywogs	Jullie
2012	Richard's Wedding	Alex
2011	Uncle Kent	Kate

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2018	Song of Back and Neck	Producer
2014	Apartment Troubles	Director
2014	Apartment Troubles	Writer