Jodi Thelen

Jodi Thelen
Born (1962-06-12) June 12, 1962 (age 64)
St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
Years active1981–2017

Jodi Thelen (born June 12, 1962) is an American actress and mental health counselor.

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Thelen made her screen debut as Georgia Miles, "a willfully free-spirited girl, naive and narcissistic," in the 1981 film Four Friends.

In an interview with Roger Ebert, Thelen said she was emancipated at 15 years old and moved to Minneapolis-St. Paul so she could pursue an acting career. She worked at the Minneapolis Children’s Theater School and the Minnesota Renaissance Players, before moving to Hollywood, Los Angeles in 1979. She acted with the American Theater Arts Company while simultaneously waitressing on Hollywood Blvd.

Thelen appeared on Broadway in Brighton Beach Memoirs in 1983. Her off-Broadway credits include Springtime for Henry, Largo Desolato at The Public Theater, The Nice and the Nasty at Playwrights Horizons, The Chemistry of Change, and A Body of Water, in which she played the dual roles of Sandy and Malka. For the latter, Variety praised her "stunning transformation" between roles, while The New York Times noted the "welcome comic bite" of her Malka portrayal.

Thelen's television credits include Duet, Grace Under Fire, Touched by an Angel, Joan of Arcadia and Twin Peaks.

Later in life, Thelen became a mental health counselor in Seattle, Washington.

Additional screen credits

References

  1. ↑ Corliss, Richard (21 Dec 1981). "Cinema: Tattered Flag". Time. New York City. Archived from the original on 2010-10-15. Retrieved 10 Sep 2026. All three boys have Georgia (Jodi Thelen) on their minds—a willfully free-spirited girl, naive and narcissistic, who thinks herself the avatar of Isadora Duncan and lopes through the '60s in search of a style.
  2. ↑ Roger Ebert (14 Dec 2012). "Interview: Arthur Penn and Steve Tesich". rogerebert.com. Ebert Digital LLC. Retrieved 6 Sep 2026.
  3. ↑ Gerard, Jeremy (13 Feb 1994). "A Body of Water". Variety. New York City. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 10 Sep 2026. Thelen makes a stunning transformation from Sandy to Malka...
  4. ↑ Brantley, Ben (12 Feb 1994). "Review/Theater; Ancient Jewish Solutions For Modern Women's Ills". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 10 Sep 2026. ...Ms. Thelen, as the rabbi's wife, provides a performance with welcome comic bite.
  5. ↑ "Jodi Thelen Mental Health Counselor, LMHC". psychologytoday.com. Psychology Today. Retrieved 10 Sep 2026.