Patricia Joanne "Jenny" O'Hara (born February 24, 1942) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for her roles as Nita on Big Love (2006–2009), Janet Heffernan on The King of Queens (2001–2007), Dixie on My Sister Sam (1986–1988), She has been married to actor Nicholas Ullett since 1986; they have 2 children.

Filmography

• 2026The Remedy — Maria
• 2025A Good Death — Gertrude
• Good American Family — Almeda
• The Pitt — Candace O'Grady
• 2024Shangri-La — Daphne Becker
• 2022We Are Gathered Here Today — Faye Stone
• 2021Joanne Is Dead
• 2020Killing Eleanor — Eleanor Magnus
• Never Have I Ever — Dr. Keyes
• Perry Mason — June Pitlick
• 2020Poor Greg Drowning
• 2019Transparent: Musicale Finale — Bryna
• 201830 Nights — Dorothy
• 9-1-1 — Nora
• A Million Little Things — Enid
• 2018Duck Butter — Nathalie
• Station 19 — Judith
• The Resident — Shirley Harris
• Atypical — Older Woman, Lillian
• 2017Emily
• The Good Doctor — Ruby
• American Housewife — Mrs. Smith
• 2016Pushing Dead — Dan's Mother (voice)
• Recovery Road — Jane Stewart
• 2015Martha — Martha
• 2015You Cast A Spell On Me — Great Grandmother
• 2014BFFs — Suzie
• Transparent — Bryna
• 2013As High as the Sky — Aunt Barbara (voice)
• Chicago Fire — Ellie
• Emily Owens, M.D. — Julia
• 2012Sassy Pants — Grandma Pruitt
• The Mindy Project — Dot
• 2012The Sacred — Ms. Jenson
• Franklin & Bash — Nanette
• 2011Hit List — Phil's Mother
• 2010Devil — Jane Kowski
• Hot in Cleveland — Helen
• 2010How to Make Love to a Woman — Mrs. Conners
• Rizzoli & Isles — Sister Winifred Callahan
• Drop Dead Diva — Carla Shane
• 2009Extract — Joel's Secretary
• Childrens Hospital — Georgene Lefkowits
• 2007The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey — Mrs. Hickey
• Big Love — Nita
• 2006Two Weeks — Julia
• 2005Forty Shades of Blue — Celia
• Ghost Whisperer — Margaret Devine
• Grey's Anatomy — Nadia's Mother
• Inconceivable — Lucy
• Supernatural — Julia Wilkinson
• The Closer — Karen Silva
• Twins — Ms. Rowan
• Boston Legal — Judge Kimberly Ohlund
• House — Fran
• Cold Case — Frances Campbell
• 2003Matchstick Men — Mrs. Schaffer
• 2003Mystic River — Esther Harris
• NCIS — Alice Brodie
• Nip/Tuck — Rachel Rosenberg
• 2003Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom — Extra
• 2002Nancy Drew — Hannah Green
• The Court
• Reba — Grammy Hart
• Six Feet Under — Garland Duncan
• 20001961 — Marge Carpenter
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Sandra Walkey
• 2000If These Walls Could Talk 2 — Marge Carpenter
• Strong Medicine — Nancy
• 2000The Truth About Jane — Beth
• Roswell — Ida Crawford
• 1999The Color of Courage — Dorothy Renfrew
• 1998An Unexpected Life — Harriet Rothman
• Costello — Lottie Murphy
• 1998Pumpkin Man — Mrs. Shadboldt
• The King of Queens — Janet Heffernan
• Smart Guy — Principal Whitfield
• The Practice — Louise Morgan
• 1997Wishmaster — Wendy Derleth
• 1996A Case for Life — Judge Barnes
• 1996An Unexpected Family — Harriet Rothman
• Dangerous Minds — Jean Warner
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Life's Work
• 1996Terminal — Margaret Desmond
• 1995A Mother's Prayer — Val
• The Drew Carey Show — Judge White
• 1994Angie — Kathy
• Chicago Hope — Dorothy Carlson
• ER — Rhonda Sterling
• Party of Five — Sylvia Wringler
• 1993At Home with the Webbers — Mrs. Nelson
• NYPD Blue — Mrs. Follender
• 1991Career Opportunities — Dotty Dodge
• 1991Cast a Deadly Spell — Amber Peru
• 1991The Less Than Perfect Daughter — Irene Harmon
• Beverly Hills, 90210 — Pam Scanlon
• Law & Order — Carol Janssen
• Live-In
• Murphy Brown — Lisa
• 1988The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick — Lisa
• L.A. Law — Dr. Sarah Evans
• My Sister Sam — Dixie Randazzo
• 1983Another Woman's Child — Peggy
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• Remington Steele — Amy Fogelson / Agnes Fowley
• St. Elsewhere — Sue Follett
• Bret Maverick
• Simon & Simon
• 1980Blinded by the Light — Rose
• 1980Heart Beat — Betty Bendix
• Secrets of Midland Heights — Lucy Dexter
• 1980The Last Married Couple in America — Dancing Lady at First Party
• 1980The Last Song — Deb Pierce
• 1980The Women's Room — Mrs. Martinelli
• Blind Ambition — Liz Garfield
• Highcliffe Manor — Rebecca
• 1979Letters from Frank — Patty Miller
• Mrs. Columbo
• Tales of the Unexpected — Pearson's Wife
• The Facts of Life — Miss Emily Mahoney
• Trapper John, M.D.
• 1978A Fire in the Sky — Ann Webster
• Black Beauty — Ruth Manly
• CHiPs
• 1977Good Against Evil — The Woman
• 1977The Hunted Lady — Carol Arizzio
• 1976Brinks: The Great Robbery — Maggie Hefner
• Charlie's Angels — Bloody Mary
• Quincy, M.E.
• 1976The Return of the World's Greatest Detective — Dr. Joan Watson
• Barney Miller — Sgt. Holly Scofield, Teresa Schnable
• 1975Rock-a-Die Baby — Shelley
• Starsky & Hutch
• The Rockford Files — Operator
• Kojak — Ann Murray
• Police Story
• ABC Afterschool Special — Irene Harmon
• The Streets of San Francisco
• Biter — Barbara
• Swim Fishy

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2009Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe — Self