Jennifer Mary "Jenna" Elfman (née Butala; born September 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her leading role as Dharma on the ABC sitcom "Dharma & Greg" (1997–2002), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1999, as well as three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. After making her film debut in "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997), she has appeared in "Krippendorf's Tribe" (1998), "Dr. Dolittle" (1998), "EDtv" (1999), "Keeping the Faith" (2000), "Town & Country" (2001), "" (2003), "Clifford's Really Big Movie" (2004), and "Big Stone Gap" (2014).