Jill Benjamin is an American actress and comedian. She portrayed Mimi Moon, Austin Moon's mother, on Austin & Ally. She is also known as Sharona Shapen on Henry Danger. She is married to John Henson, who plays Austin's father Mike Moon, Mimi's spouse. Her son, Jackson Wright Henson, was born on March 7, 2011 in a Los Angeles hospital, weighing in at 7 lbs. 11 oz. and measuring 22 inches.
Career[]
Jill Benjamin performed regularly at Chicago's Improv Olympic and The Second City. She later moved to Amsterdam, Holland, when she was cast as a member of the famed improv/sketch comedy theater Boom Chicago. There she met Seth Meyers (Late Night/SNL) and they created their two-person show "Pick-Ups & Hiccups," which played all over the world, including the West End in London, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the Singapore Comedy Festival. Benjamin also wrote and starred in her one-woman show "Playing Dumb with Jill Benjamin" at The Apollo Theater, which received "Critic's Choice" by the Chicago Reader. She resides in Los Angeles and produces and stars in numerous productions, including the staged-reading of the movie "Clue" at The Largo and with the improv group "Deep Dish" at The Hollywood Second City.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend | Dolled Up Girl | Short |
| 2005-2008 | My Name is Earl | Nurse / Women | Killerball (2008) … Nurse; Midnight Bun (2007) … Woman; Stole Beer from a Golfer (2005) … Nurse |
| 2006 | Punk'd | Field agent 2006 | Episode #7.5 |
| Unknown | Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty | Dancing by Myself | |
| Lovespring International | Stacy Shotzenberg | Burke Makes a Friend | |
| Sleeper Cell | VP of Police Commission | Fitna | |
| 2007 | I Hate My 30's | Tattoo Chic | Between a Rock and a Cyberspace |
| 2011 | Community | Nurse | Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking |
| 2012 | Kathy | Herself | Episode #1.5 |
| 2012-2015 | Austin & Ally | Mimi Moon | Successes & Setbacks; Parents & Punishments, Relationships & Red Carpets, Buzzcuts & Beginnings, Mattress Stores & Music Factories |
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