Actress, Jennifer Wenger, To Co-star On “true Blood”

June 23, 2009 - PRLog -- Los Angeles, CA -- HBO’s award-winning drama series, “True Blood”, returned for a highly anticipated second season on June 14th, 2009.  According to cast members, this coming season will prove to be even more creatively explosive than the last.  Actress, Jennifer Wenger, makes her HBO debut this season.

“True Blood” details the whimsical co-existence of vampires and humans in small town Louisiana. Thanks to the invention of synthetic blood, humans have been taken off the menu and vampires have become fellow citizens overnight. Disconcerting to nearly everyone but Sookie Stackhouse (played by Academy Award winner Anna Paquin), a young, telepathic waitresses. As an outcast herself, she is optimistic about the integration of vampires.  Drawn to the mysteries of their world, she falls in love with vampire Bill Compton (played by Stephen Moyer). "The story-telling and the characters in True Blood are all beautifully complex which makes my job as a composer very exciting because I have such a rich world to play with thematically."

Wenger is mostly known for her emotion-evoking appearance in the documentary, “Confessions of a Superhero”, directed by Matthew Ogens.  “Confessions of a Superhero” explores the fascination, obsession and allure of fame through the eyes of some very unique people struggling to make it in Tinseltown.  As “Confessions...” made its festival circuit, Wenger found herself drawing attention from fans across the nation.  Apart from the daily fan-mail she receives, the fans have also created a Facebook Fan Page.  To view this fan page, please visit www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64079159398

Along with her budding acting career, Jennifer Wenger, is a regular performer as “Justice” on the superhero comedy website, www.LuckyLegendary.com.  Showcasing the adventures of Captain Lucky, Tauren, Justice, Leawyn, Star Stud and Mystic Jade, the Lucky Legendary superhero team fight to protect the innocent with their special comedy, laugh-out-loud humor and pop-culture exploitation.  Known for their weekly web comic and their live action web series,  Wenger has helped amass a huge fan base for Lucky Legendary.

Wenger most recent network television appearance was on NBC’s sit-com, “My Name Is Earl”.  The series stars Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Eddie Steeples and Nadine Velazquez.  Wenger can be seen as “Young Woman” in the episode “Killerball”.  To view Wenger’s demo reel, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U1jujnw8Hs

On June 11, 2009, Jennifer Wenger attended the Academy of Television event, LGBT Youth in TV: Teens, Tweens and Inbetweens.  Wenger is a strong supporter of the LGBT community and was asked the walk the red carpet and appear to show this support.  She appeared alongside her teammates from Lucky Legendary.

Wenger’s episode of “True Blood” will air on Sunday June 28th on HBO.  For more information on True Blood visit www.hbo.com/trueblood.  For interview requests or further publicity materials please contact Chandler Poling: chandler@cw3pr.com

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