Jennifer Lyon is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jennifer Husser on the TNT series Claws (2017), Mackenzie Bradford-Lopez on the FX sitcom Saint George (2014), and Lindsey Salazar on the FX drama Justified (2010).
Lyon is a native of High Point, North Carolina. She is the daughter of Reverend Ken Lyon, a former pastor of the First United Methodist Church. She moved around the state a few times growing up for her father's work.[1] She attended Ferndale Middle School and High Point Central High School. She went on to study at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, graduating in 2003.[2][3]
Upon graduation, Lyon moved to New York where she worked in theatre and formed her own comedy sketch troupe POYKPAC in 2006.[2][4] Her work with POYKPAC, led to her co-starring in the IFC web comedy television series Good Morning Internet!.[5] As a member of POYKPAC, she was one of its writers and producers.[6]
In 2011, she guest starred in Army Wives and Louie, before being cast in a recurring role as Lindsey Salazar in the FX series Justified, appearing in the series from 2012–2013.[7] In 2013, she was cast as Mackenzie Bradford-Lopez in the FX sitcom Saint George, starring George Lopez, playing the ex-wife of Lopez's character.[8]
Lyon married her long-term partner Taige Jensen at the Astoria World Manor in Queens in October 2019. The ceremony was officiated by her father. The couple had met 13 years earlier at a sketch comedy show in Brooklyn.[9]
Lyon has opened up about her experiences with disordered eating and receiving treatment from the Renfrew Center.[10] She considers herself a feminist and has vocally supported reproductive rights, body positivity, and other movements.[11]
