Jenny Lumet
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Jenny Lumet is an American
actress and screenwriter noted for her award-winning screenplay for Rachel Getting Married
. The film was directed by the Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme
.
The daughter of noted filmmaker Sidney Lumet
and journalist Gail Lumet Buckley, and granddaughter of Lena Horne
, she began her career in acting, turning only recently to screenwriting.
She was married to actor Bobby Cannavale
from 1994–2003, they had a son.
She married Alexander Weinstein and they have a daughter.
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actress and screenwriter noted for her award-winning screenplay for Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married is a 2008 drama film directed by Jonathan Demme, and starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin and Debra Winger. The film was released in the U.S. to select theaters on October 3, 2008. The film opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival. The film also...
. The film was directed by the Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme
Robert Jonathan Demme is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. Best known for directing The Silence of the Lambs, which won him the Academy Award for Best Director, he has also directed the acclaimed movies Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married, the Talking Heads concert movie Stop...
.
The daughter of noted filmmaker Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet was an American director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit. He was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Director for 12 Angry Men , Dog Day Afternoon , Network and The Verdict...
and journalist Gail Lumet Buckley, and granddaughter of Lena Horne
Lena Horne
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer.Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the...
, she began her career in acting, turning only recently to screenwriting.
She was married to actor Bobby Cannavale
Bobby Cannavale
Robert M. "Bobby" Cannavale is an American actor known for his leading role as Bobby Caffey in the first two seasons of the television series Third Watch. He also had a recurring role as Officer Vince D'Angelo on the comedy series Will & Grace.-Early life:Cannavale grew up in Union City, New...
from 1994–2003, they had a son.
She married Alexander Weinstein and they have a daughter.