Skip to main content
Jennifer Gareis

Jennifer Gareis

Actor · b. 1970 · Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Jennifer Gareis (August 1, 1970, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and former beauty queen. She gained recognition as Miss New York USA in 1994 and reached the Top 6 in the Miss USA pageant. Her acting career began with guest roles in films such as The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) and Private Parts (1997). She later starred in Miss Congeniality (2000), Boat Trip (2002), and The 6th Day (2000). On television, she became known for her role as Grace Turner in The Young and the Restless (1997–2014). Since 2006, she has played Donna Logan in The Bold and the Beautiful, a role for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2024. In addition to acting, Gareis worked as a model and appeared in magazines such as Glamour and Esquire. She holds a degree in accounting from Franklin & Marshall College and an MBA from Pepperdine University. Gareis is married to Bobby Ghassemieh and has two children.

Movies12

  • Movie6.5

    Miss Congeniality

    2000 · 4.4K votes

  • Movie6.0

    The 6th Day

    2000 · 2.4K votes

  • Movie6.5

    Private Parts

    1997 · 400 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Boat Trip

    2002 · 715 votes

  • Movie4.5

    The Groomsmen

    What Boys Like

    2003 · 6 votes

  • Movie4.8

    Point of Entry

    2007 · 14 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Lifebreath

    1997 · 5 votes

  • Movie5.5

    The Harvesting

    2018 · 19 votes

  • Movie4.3

    Downward Angel

    2001 · 3 votes

  • Movie4.4

    Gangland

    2001 · 15 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Luckytown

    2000 · 25 votes

  • Movie

    Escape

    2006

Series4

  • TV7.1

    Diagnosis: Murder

    1993 · 128 votes

  • TV7.8

    Veronica Mars

    2004 · 739 votes

  • TV5.7
  • TV6.0

    Miss USA

    1963 · 4 votes