Name	Jill Marie Jones
Height	5' 8"
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	4 January 1975
Place of Birth	Dallas, Texas, USA
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Texas native Jill Marie Jones was a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader for two years, a Dallas Mavericks Dancer for a year, and thanks to her dancing abilities and athletic prowess, she traveled to Egypt, Japan, Korea and Israel with the United Service Organization (USO) and the United States Department of Defense to perform for US troops. She also has been featured on “Monday Night Football” and “The Miss Texas Pageant.” After completing her studies, Jones started modeling before heading to Hollywood to launch a career in acting.

An apprentice of acting coach John Kirby, Jones had her first taste of acting in front of the TV camera when she had a guest spot as the cheerleader captain in the popular teen sitcom “City Guys” episode “Shock Treatment” in 2000. The same year, she also made her debut as a regular in a series in the UPN comedy show “Girlfriends,” starring opposite Tracee Ellis Ross, Golden Brooks and Persia White. For her efforts, she was handed a 2004 BET Comedy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a 2006 Image nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. The success of the series also made Jones and her “Girlfriends” costars among the first women to be honored and appointed to co-host the 2004 NAACP Image Awards. However, Jones decided to leave the stylish sitcom in 2006 after having worked for six seasons because of a disagreement in her contract.

Recently, Jones starred with Kenny Young in the First Look Studio’s feature film Redrum (2007), where she portrayed Tanya Diggs, whose troubled marriage is revitalized when she and her husband learn that taking lives gives life to their own relationship. She next made a cameo appearance as a court reporter in the Gary Hardwick written/directed Universal Remote (2007), which also starred D.C. Douglas, Howard Alonzo and Devin McGinn. She also has completed shooting a new movie called A Perfect Christmas (2007), a classic holiday story that costars Gabrielle Union, Queen Latifah, Morris Chestnut, Rachel True and Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard. Jones' most recent project, Major Movie Star (2008), is a comedy filmed in Louisiana. Directed by Steve Miner, the film stars Jones, Jessica Simpson, Vivica A. Fox and Olesya Rulin.

From summer 2006 to summer 2007, Jones appeared in four television commercials for Bailey's Irish Cream as their new celebrity face. The television ads consisted of multiple vignettes, where Jones starred as Kelly, and was directed by the famed Paul Hunter.