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Penny Johnson Jerald (born
March 14 1961) is an
American actress with an extensive career in film and television, best known for her portrayals of Beverly Barnes on
The Larry Sanders Show, of
Kasidy Yates on, and of
Sherry Palmer on
24. She is often credited (as on
DS9) as
Penny Johnson.
Jerald began her career with small guest roles, and appeared in
Do The Right Thing in
1989,
The Paper Chase from
1984 to
1986 and
General Hospital in 1986, before she became recognized world over playing the title character's indispensable, unflappable personal assistant Beverly Barnes on
The Larry Sanders Show. Throughout the
1990s, Jerald guest starred in many
television series such as
Parker Lewis Can't Lose,,
Grace Under Fire,
Cosby and
Family Law.
Following
Larry Sanders, Jerald appeared in the
1997 film
Absolute Power and guest starred in 17 episodes of playing adventurous freighter captain
Kasidy Yates, who was also the romantic interest for the series' main character
Benjamin Sisko, a role which she held from
1995 to the show's end in
1999. She also had a recurring guest role on
ER playing Lynette Evans from
1998 to
1999. She then appeared as Roscoe Dellums in the
Emmy Award winning TV movie "
The Color of Friendship."
More recently, Jerald has guest starred on
Frasier,
The Practice,
Touched by an Angel and
The X-Files. Jerald earned her most well-recognised role in
2001 when she appeared in the pilot episode of the
Kiefer Sutherland-led
FOX series,
24, playing
Sherry Palmer, the wife of
Senator David Palmer. Given that each season of the show takes place over the course of one day, most actors on
24 are restricted to one or two outfits. To date, Jerald is the only real exception to this rule, having worn around six different costumes in the first season, two in the second season and at least three in the third season.
In
2003, Jerald played
Condoleezza Rice in, a TV movie about the
September 11 terrorist attacks. She reprised the role in the miniseries
The Path to 9/11, which aired September 10-11, 2006, another TV movie about the September 11 terrorist attacks. Jerald also teaches acting workshops and produces and directs for Outreach Christian Theater Company, which she and her musician husband Gralin Jerald founded in 1994. The Jeralds have been married since 1982 and have one adult daughter, Danyel.
Jerald also guest-starred on the sitcom
Eve, playing Shelly's mother Beverly. As of 2007, Penny currently has a recurring role on
ABC midseason drama
October Road.
Trivia
Penny Johnson Jerald appeared with her
24 co-star
Dennis Haysbert in the
Clint Eastwood-directed
Absolute Power.
She appeared with
Megalyn Echikunwoke, who played her character's daughter Nicole Palmer in
24, in the sci-fi TV series
The 4400. The characters they play, Rebecca Parrish and Isabelle Tyler, respectively, were allegedly killed in a stand-off in "The Great Leap Forward", the final episode of season four.
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