From ‘Dharma & Greg’ to ‘Shifting Gears’: Jenna Elfman Talks About Her Career, Family, and Travel

She Still Adores Her Breakout TV Show.

“What I loved most about ‘Dharma & Greg’ is that it never Jenna Elfman is starring felt like work,” says in two TV series! the 53-year-old actress, who’s now starring in “Dark Winds” on the AMC network and the ABC sitcom “Shifting Gears.” “I felt like I was a kid that was playing in her sandbox of imagination … The proudest moment of my career was when [the show] was so successful. I’m very proud that I infused joy into people’s homes.”

Her First Job.

Was bagging groceries at Hughes Market in Northridge, Calif., and her first car was “a gold Chevy Cavalier station wagon that “my mom and dad passed down.”

The Childhood Memory.

The memory that makes her smile is “laying on the driveway with my dad and handing him tools while he worked on a ’67 Chevy Malibu engine.”

Her Favorite Comfort Food.

Pizza with black olives from a famous pizza place in Austin, Texas.

Her Craziest Fan Interaction.

Was when “they followed me into the bathroom at an event and asked me through the crack of the stall for a photo. I said, ‘Might I please finish using the restroom first, and then we can talk about it outside?'”

She Has Big Travel Plans.

“[I want to] go to Croatia with my sons and my sister,” says Jenna, who’s been married to actor Bodhi Elfman since 1995. They have two boy. “We’re due for a trip, and have distant relatives there because my dad’s side is Croatian.”