Jill Bartlett is an American actress raised in Highland, Indiana. After attending Valparaiso University on a softball scholarship and graduating with a degree in communications and theater, she moved to Chicago and trained at Second City and Improv Olympic. Jill Bartlett has performed in various stage productions, among them a starring role in “The Vagina Monologues” at the Apollo Theater. She later went on to Los Angeles, joining the comedy troupe Dry Hump and appearing in a number of television shows. Among these are Guilty or Innocent?, Lovespring International,
Las Vegas , and MTV's
Punk'd .
Denise is played by Jill Bartlett in Comedy Central's new series,
American Body Shop . Raised by a single mother (a Las Vegas blackjack dealer), she was a cheerleader in high school who clung steadfastly to her virginity, waiting for the right guy. After she was let down by the man she thought that she would marry, she immediately broke up with him and hasn't had any bedroom fun since. Denise also gave up training as a dental hygienist after she discovered, to her amazement, that the insides of people's mouths are swarming with bacteria. She wound up a receptionist at the body shop, showing a natural aptitude for customer service and organizing documents.
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