She appeared in a couple of school plays while attending a local high school, and upon matriculating in 1988, she enrolled at Marquette University’s Diederich College of Communication, from which she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in 1992. Jeannie was raised alongside her eight siblings in Milwaukee by their mother who was a housewife, and their father who worked for the “Milwaukee Journal” as a film and theatre critic.Ī post shared by grew up being interested in movies and TV series, as she and her siblings spent the majority of their spare time watching TV with their parents. It’s loosely based on her and Jim’s family life, following a couple who are raising their five children in New York City, while living in a two bedroomed flat. She’s an actress, film producer and writer, who’s probably known best for having written and produced 21 episodes of her husband Jim Gaffigan’s comedy “The Jim Gaffigan Show”, which aired in 20 and also starred Ashley Williams and Michael Ian Black. Jeannie Louise Gaffigan (nee Noth) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA, on 9 March 1970 – her zodiac sign is Pisces and she holds American nationality. 6 Love life and marriage with Jim Gaffigan.