Jessica Pentland: Everything About Roseanne Barr’s daughter?

Jessica Pentland

Jessica Pentland is a TV writer and also popular as the daughter of Roseanne Barr. Jessica Pentland’s mother popular figure in Hollywood.  She won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work on the show Roseanne. She gained a much wider audience after she became a stand-up comedian in 1980.

Jessica Pentland: Bio Summary

Full NameJessica Lyn Pentland
famous asRoseanne Barr’s daughter
Age 48 years old as of 2023
Date of Birth1975
Place of Birth Denver, Colorado, United States
NationalityAmerican
Siblings  Jake PentlandBrandi BrownJennifer PentlandBuck Thomas
Parents  Roseanne Barr, Bill Pentland

How old is Jessica Pentland?

Jessica Pentland was born in 1975 in Denver, Colorado, United States. She is the daughter of  Roseanne Barr and her ex-husband Bill Pentland. As of 2023, she is 48 years old. She has three biological siblings- Jake Pentland and Jennifer Pentland– and two stepsiblings Buck Thomas and Brandi Brown. Jessica is the eldest child of Barr and Pentland with Jennifer being the second oldest and Jack the last born. Her mother was just 17 when she had her elder sister Brandi Brown. Buck Thomas is the last born of the comedian.

ALSO, READ; Jake Pentland: Who is Roseanne Barr’s son?

 Roseanne Barr’s daughter is a writer

 Roseanne Barr’s daughter Jessica was a writer on her show Roseanne. She wrote some of the episodes of her mother’s award-winning show. According to her IMDB profile, she is also known for Black Girls Heart Charlie (2009) and Childhood Thoughts (2015). Jessica’s father was also a writer and actor on the show. Her brother Jack also made some appearances on the show. Her brother Jack was in season 3 “Like, A New Job.” He played the bratty boy in the restaurant flipping spoons.

Roseanne Barr with her children Brandi Ann Brown, Jake, Jennifer, and Jessica Pentland, and Ben Thomas, at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City, on September 8, 1994.

Her parents divorced when she was 14

Jessica’s parent  Roseanne Barr and Bill Pentland ended their marriage in 1990 when she was just 14. The couple got married on February 4, 1974, and called it a quit after 16 years in 1990. The reason behind their divorce was not made known to the public. Four days after their divorce, on January 20, 1990, Jessica Pentland’s mother married fellow comedian Tom Arnold and became known as Roseanne Arnold during the marriage.

ALSO, READ; Bill Pentland: Where is Roseanne Barr’s ex-husband now?

Her sister claims their mother ‘Mom forced me to survive in the woods for being fat’

Jessica Pentland’s younger sister Jennifer claims when she was 15 years old she was surprised in their Los Angeles home by a group of large men who, with no warning, placed her in handcuffs, drove her to an airport, and flew her to Utah. she was brought to a wilderness survival camp where she was forced to live in the woods for two months.

She ate little more than raisins, peanuts, raw cornmeal, and half-cooked beans. As far as she can tell, Jennifer now 47 believes her only transgression was “being fat.” The trouble began when Jessica Pentland was 14 and her sister Jennifer was 13, around 1990. As her mother adjusted to the newfound fame of a hit sitcom, she was also dealing with her divorce from Pentland’s father, Bill. Pentland and her siblings became pawns in their parents’ court battle as pagesix reported.

ALSO, READ; Brandi Brown: Where is Roseanne Barr’s daughter she gave up for adoption now?

“At the lawyers’ advice, any action we took was recorded and used to further the narrative of whichever parent was suing the other at the time,” Jennifer Pentland wrote in her book, “This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir”. “If I came home to my mom’s house from my dad’s with dirt under my nails, [Barr’s lawyers] would write that down. If I gained weight, the lawyers would note that, too.”

Roseanne Barr is a grandmother of seven

Jessica Pentland’s mother is a grandmother of seven. The last grandchild Roseanne welcomed was when Jake and his wife had their first child in April 2021. The star shared a lovely picture of the family of three cuddling on a couch.

ALSO, READ; Buck Thomas: Where is Roseanne Barr’s son now?

On November 13, 2021, Roseanne showed how much she loved her grandchildren by sharing an image of her posing with all six of them. The actress appears to be a doting grandmother who can’t help but proudly posts social media images of her grandchildren. It is unclear whether any of these kids also belongs to Jessica Pentland.

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  • Kennedy Gedzah is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST (2018). He is the Owner and has been the lead content creator at Dicytrends.com since 2020. His Passion for providing people with credible and well-researched information on the internet led him to build Dicytrends.com. With more than 5 years of experience in blogging and writing, he has amassed sufficient knowledge on various topics, including biographies, fashion and lifestyles, Entertainment, and more. You can contact him via email: Kgedzah@gmail.com

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Kennedy Gedzah is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST (2018). He is the Owner and has been the lead content creator at Dicytrends.com since 2020. His Passion for providing people with credible and well-researched information on the internet led him to build Dicytrends.com. With more than 5 years of experience in blogging and writing, he has amassed sufficient knowledge on various topics, including biographies, fashion and lifestyles, Entertainment, and more. You can contact him via email: Kgedzah@gmail.com

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