Victoria Jackson
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Victoria Jackson (b. August 2, 1959, in Miami, Florida) is a squeaky-voiced American comedian and actress, probably best known as a cast member of the NBC television sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1992. Jackson became famous for her appearances on Weekend Update with Dennis Miller, reciting poetry while doing backbends or handstands (she entered college on a gymnastics scholarship) on the desk (with Miller cracking a suggestive comment about her at the end) or, in the cases of the episode hosted by Steve Martin and another hosted by Demi Moore, singing and dancing on the Weekend Update desk. One episode (host Andie MacDowell with musical guest Tracy Chapman) had Jackson play Santa Claus' wife, Mrs. Claus, who was so lonely around the holidays that she seduces Dennis Miller in song (transcript: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/89/89iupdate.phtml).
Jackson also makes sporadic film appearances, including leading roles in Casual Sex? (with Lea Thompson) and UHF (with "Weird Al" Yankovic, whom she dated in 1990).
She graduated from Furman University in South Carolina after spending one year at Auburn University.
She appeared in the Nickelodeon show Romeo!, with Lil' Romeo as the nanny, "Mrs. Rodgers." However, she was only in the series for its first two seasons, from 2003 to 2004.
Jackson is a self-proclaimed devout Christian and frequently appeared on programs such as The 700 Club and Politically Incorrect. She has also appeared in an extremely raunchy Comedy Central series, Strip Mall, in 2000. In 2005, Jackson starred in the second edition of the VH1 show Celebrity Fit Club. She also voiced Penelope in Garfield and Friends (1991-1994).
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