Jennifer Landon

Private life

Landon is the daughter of actor Michael Landon and his third wife, Cindy Clerico. She is also the half-sister of screenwriter Christopher B. Landon and director Michael Landon, Jr.

Landon graduated from Brentwood School before moving to New York City to attend New York University, where she appeared in several theater productions.

Career

Landon got her first acting job at age five from her father, when he cast her to play a little girl in one of the final episodes of his television series, Highway to Heaven. Before his death in 1991, Jennifer would work with her father once more when he cast her as Jennifer Kramer in the pilot for what would have been his next television series, Us.

In 2004, Landon co-starred in an independent film, L.A. DJ. In early 2005, she was cast to play the character of Gwen Norbeck for one episode on the soap opera, As the World Turns. She was soon signed to a three-year contract with the series. Landon won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series three years in a row for her portrayal of Gwen. In late 2006, the character's storyline focused on her pursuing a music career recording two singles, "Slide" and "I Saw Love". Performed by Landon, both songs were written in real life by Nini Camps. They are available on iTunes. From April to July 2007, Landon played dual roles on As the World Turns; her regular character Gwen Norbeck Munson, and a lookalike named Cleo Babbitt. Landon left the show in 2008, but reprised her role in September 2010 during the final two weeks of the series

On May 1, 2012, it was announced that Landon would become the third adult actress to portray the role of Heather Stevens on The Young and the Restless. She portrayed Heather for less than a year, before her character was written off. In 2016 She was cast as Lilith Bode, the wife of a serial killer, on the final season of Banshee.