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Jennifer Elizabeth "Jenny" Gross is a fictional character from the Australian drama series ''Winners & Losers'', played by Melissa Bergland. She made her debut screen appearance in the pilot episode "Covert Aggression in Netball", which was broadcast on the Seven Network on 22 March 2011. Bergland successfully auditioned for the role of Jenny after her agent submitted her details to the producers. Bergland's signature red hair and glasses were kept by the producers for her character. Bergland made her television acting debut as Jenny. The series revolves around four "losers" who are reunited at their school reunion and then win the Oz Lotto. Jenny is portrayed as being bright, opinionated, funny, loyal and daggy. Bergland said that she had some things in common with Jenny, like sticking up for her opinions and her fashion sense. Jenny comes from a large family, who love her unconditionally. They often helped when she was bullied at school, where she received the nickname "Gross-out". Jenny also had a loyal best friend in Bec Gilbert (Zoe Tuckwell-Smith). The show's creator Bevan Lee explained that Jenny's story arc would be about her growing up and maturing. During the first season, Jenny embarked on a relationship with Rhys Mitchell (Nick Simpson-Deeks), which ended when he revealed he was gay. Bergland named the storyline as one of her favourites. Jenny has also been engaged to Callum Gilbert (Mike Smith), been part of a love triangle and dated an older man. In the third and fourth seasons, she began dating Gabe Reynolds (Nick Russell) and learned that she carried the BRCA1 gene. The character has received a mixed reception from critics. For her portrayal of Jenny, Bergland received the Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent and a nomination for Most Outstanding New Talent in 2012. ==Creation and casting== Bevan Lee had wanted to create a television drama focusing on a group of women for a number of years before he came up with the idea for ''Winners & Losers''. Lee's also created ''Packed to the Rafters'', which focused on family relationships, while ''Winners and Losers'' centred on friendships and was aimed at a younger demographic.〔 Lee commented that the show focuses on the "fun and drama of how we all carry the inner loser inside us, no matter how much life makes a winner of us."〔 ''Winners and Losers'' revolves around the lives of four women: Jenny Gross, Bec Gilbert (Zoe Tuckwell-Smith), Frances James (Virginia Gay) and Sophie Wong (Melanie Vallejo). The girls were "the losers" in high school, but ten years later, they realise that they are really winners once they renew their friendship at their school reunion and afterwards, win the Oz Lotto. When the casting brief was sent out to the talent agencies, Melissa Bergland's agent thought she would be "a good fit" for one of the characters and submitted her details.〔 Bergland was in the final stages of auditions for a production of ''Hairspray'' when she was asked to audition for the role of Jenny in ''Winners & Losers''. The brief she received asked her to dress "daggy", so she attended the audition wearing "what looked like an oversized tent and track pants covered in cat hair." Bergland also wore her own glasses and sported her "signature" red hair, which the producers loved and decided to keep for the character. Bergland was contacted a couple of days after the audition and told that she had won the role.〔 Of learning she had the part, the actress commented "It's daunting and overwhelming but fabulously fun at the same time."〔 Bergland made her television acting debut as Jenny.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Melissa Bergland )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jenny Gross」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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