Jill Remez is an American

United States

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 actress known for her acting work in several film

Film

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s and television program

Television program

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s as well as her skill at puppetry

Puppetry

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, having been one of the puppeteers behind Miss Piggy

Miss Piggy

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 for The Jim Henson Company

The Jim Henson Company

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. She portrayed Juanita Vasquez on the television soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Passions

Passions

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.

Remez was born and grew up in the Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 area and schooled in drama at the University of California at Irvine. As well as her work as an actress and puppeteer, she also does theater work and teaches acting at Lesly Kahn's Kahnstitute. She currently makes her home in Los Angeles with her husband and five year-old son.

External links

• Official site
• Jill Remez at Hollywood.com