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Victoria Jackson (born August 2, 1959) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the series Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1992.

Early lifeEdit

Jackson was born in Miami, Florida, the daughter of Marlene Esther (née Blackstad) and James McCaslin Jackson, a gym coach.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> From the age of 5 until she was 18, Jackson's father trained her in gymnastics.<ref name="Tenessean2014">Template:Cite news</ref>

After graduating from high school, Jackson attended Florida Bible College in Hollywood, Florida, later transferring to Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina on a gymnastics scholarship. At Furman, she was cast in her first play. She transferred to Auburn University in 1979 for her senior year, changing her major to theater. Midway through her senior year, she left Auburn to pursue an acting career.<ref name="Tenessean2014" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the 2000s, Jackson earned a degree in theatre from Palm Beach Atlantic University.<ref name="NewTimes" />

Acting and comedyEdit

While doing summer stock theater in Alabama, Jackson met former child actor Johnny Crawford of the 1950s television series The Rifleman, who cast her in his nightclub act. She moved to Los Angeles in 1981,<ref name=LAT1084>Template:Cite news</ref> working various day jobs and performing comedy at night.<ref name=tulsaworld/><ref name=Globe1984>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Her first big break was an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, where she recited poetry while doing a handstand.<ref name=tulsaworld/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She went on to appear on the show 20 times.<ref name=tulsaworld/> In 1984 she appeared in the pilot for W*A*L*T*E*R, a M*A*S*H spin-off that the networks did not pick up.<ref>Template:CitationTemplate:CbignoreTemplate:Dead YouTube link</ref>

Following a role in the short-lived 1985 television series Half Nelson,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jackson received an offer to audition for the cast of Saturday Night Live. Because she was not confident her audition had gone well, she performed several impersonations on her next Tonight Show appearance and sent the tape to SNLTemplate:'s Lorne Michaels. After viewing the tape, Michaels asked Jackson to join the show.<ref name=Casual/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> A regular cast member from 1986 to 1992,<ref name=Herald2005/> Jackson often appeared on the show's weekly Weekend Update segment as a correspondent who goes off topic, reciting poetry and doing backbends or handstands on the desk.<ref name=NewTimes/><ref name=Casual/> She was also known for recurring skit roles where she impersonated Roseanne Barr, Sally Struthers and Zsa Zsa Gabor.<ref name=NewTimes/><ref name=Sally>Template:Cite news</ref>

During her tenure on SNL, Jackson was cast in a number of films, including Baby Boom, Family Business, I Love You to Death,<ref name=Herald2005/> UHF,<ref name="tulsaworld"/> The Pick-up Artist,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Couch Trip,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Casual Sex?.<ref name=Casual>Template:Cite news</ref> Her film career continued after her 1992 departure from Saturday Night Live, but mostly in unknown or unnoticed films. On television, she was cast as the lead of her own sitcom, co-starring George Clooney. When there was a change in management at Fox, the show was scrapped without being broadcast.<ref name="tulsaworld">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1994, she appeared as "Beverly" in the In the Heat of the Night<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> episode "Good Cop, Bad Cop", and in 1999 she appeared as the unrequited love of a small-town man who can control the weather in The X-Files episode "The Rain King".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Jackson had a regular role as Patty in the 2000–2001 Comedy Central sitcom Strip Mall and in the 2003–2004 seasons of the Nickelodeon show Romeo!.<ref name=Herald2005>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2004 and 2005, she had roles in two romantic comedies, Shut Up and Kiss Me! and Her Minor Thing.<ref name=Herald2005/> During this period, Jackson appeared on the game show Hollywood Squares and participated in the show Celebrity Fit Club.<ref name=Herald2005/> She played multiple characters in the 2014 direct-to-video movie Campin' Buddies.<ref name=Stokes>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Political viewsEdit

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Jackson at a Tea Party rally in 2009

A self-described conservative Christian, Jackson has appeared in productions such as the 2007 Christian comedy concert Thou Shalt Laugh 2: The Deuce<ref name=CBN/> as well as a dozen times on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.<ref name=Herald2005/> She has supported the Tea Party movement through appearances at events as well as her website, which was affiliated with the Liberty Alliance.<ref name=Ingersoll>Template:Cite book</ref>

In October 2008, she appeared with other celebrities on The O'Reilly Factor in a National Republican Senatorial Committee advertisement poking fun at Al Franken, a fellow Saturday Night Live alumnus then running for the United States Senate from Minnesota.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Beginning in 2008, Jackson stated that she believed Barack Obama to be a communist.<ref name=NewTimes>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="huffpost 11-01-08">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="media matters 03-09-09">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2015, she claimed that Obama was an "Islamic jihadist" and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, with members of the organization in his cabinet, and that Obama's support for legal abortion and same-sex marriage showed he was not a Christian.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="jihadist">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="rtrs">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2011, Jackson criticized the TV show Glee for showing a kiss between two male actors, citing the Bible to justify her criticism. When accused of homophobia, Jackson countered that the label was merely a "cute liberal buzzword" and suggested that Glee be replaced with a show promoting celibacy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2011, Jackson joined the staff of Patriot Update as a writer and video blogger and host of the talk show Politichicks. Co-hosts included Ann-Marie Murrell, Jannique Stewart, and Jennie Jones.<ref name=Miami>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Jackson wrote a satirical song for "Politichicks" titled "Shariah Law", with the song's lyrics claiming, "They [Muslims] like beheadings and pedophile weddings".<ref name=Miami/> Among her work for Patriot Update was a piece on Occupy Wall Street that was critical of the protesters.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2012, White Hall publishers, part of the Liberty Alliance, released Jackson's autobiography Is My Bow Too Big? How I Went from Saturday Night Live to the Tea Party.<ref name=Ingersoll/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2012, after Todd Akin's remarks regarding pregnancies resulting from rape, Jackson said "If I got raped, I would have the baby. And if I didn't want to keep it because I had these horrible nightmares, I would adopt it out. But I think that God can turn a bad thing into a good thing, and that if I got raped and a beautiful baby who was innocent was born out of it, that would be a blessing."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2014, Jackson filed a petition as an independent candidate for one of two District 2 seats in Williamson County, Tennessee. She received 632 votes, not enough to secure either seat against the incumbent candidates.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2023, Jackson objected to Franklin, Tennessee, holding a gay pride parade.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Jackson married a fellow performer, fire-eating magician Nisan Mark Eventoff, in 1984,<ref name=LAT1084/> and had a daughter. They divorced in 1991.<ref name=NewTimes/> Shortly thereafter, she reconnected with her high school sweetheart, Paul Wessel, then a Miami-Dade SWAT team police officer, and they married and had a daughter.<ref name=Tenessean2014/> When her husband retired in 2013, the couple moved to Nashville, Tennessee.<ref name=Tenessean2014/><ref name=CBN>Template:Cite news</ref> Jackson was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She announced through an Instagram post in August 2024 that her breast cancer had metastasized and she had been diagnosed with an inoperable tumor in her windpipe.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FilmographyEdit

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BooksEdit

  • Is My Bow Too Big? How I Went from Saturday Night Live to the Tea Party, 2012, Template:ISBN
  • Lavender Hair: 21 Devotions for Women with Breast Cancer, 2017, Template:ISBN

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