Jennifer Grey (born March 26, 1960, in New York City) is an American actress.
She is the daughter of well known stage and screen actor Joel Grey and the granddaughter of comedian and musician Mickey Katz. Grey is an alumna of The Dalton School, an elite private school in New York City.
After small roles in The Cotton Club and American Flyers, she landed the role of angry sister Jeanie in the hit 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Grey, who had starred alongside Patrick Swayze in Red Dawn reunited with him again in 1987 to star in her biggest role yet, playing Frances "Baby" Houseman in Dirty Dancing.
Grey also appeared in the TV movie The West Side Waltz in 1995 on Thanksgiving evening on CBS, written by acclaimed playwright Ernest Thompson. The movie also stars Shirley Maclaine, Liza Minnelli, and Kathy Bates.
After a few years out of the spotlight, Grey returned with the short-lived ABC sitcom It's Like, You Know... (1999–2000) as a struggling actress named Jennifer Grey. With her reappearance, Grey sported a new nose after some plastic surgery.
In one episode of the sitcom, however, Grey even poked fun at herself with a storyline about a much-publicized nose job and the following exchange:
Arthur Garment: You know, you look different somehow.
Jennifer Grey: Well, you see a movie ten years ago…
Arthur Garment: I saw it just recently.
Jennifer Grey: … on a small TV screen…
Arthur Garment: This was a revival. Huge movie screen.
Jennifer Grey: … sitting so far back…
Arthur Garment: Front row. Right up close.
Jennifer Grey: Nose job!
Arthur Garment: Oh. [pauses] Just one?
She was also on the sitcom Friends.
Jennifer also had a small role in the 2000 film Bounce with Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck.
Grey's husband since July 2001 is actor Clark Gregg (The New Adventures of Old Christine). The couple has one child, daughter Stella, born December 3, 2001. She co-starred in a Lifetime TV movie Road to Christmas with her husband.
