Who Is Kevin Smith’s Wife? All About Jennifer Schwalbach Smith

Mar. 15, 2025

Kevin Smith and his wife Jennifer Schwalbach Smith in 2022.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Film directorKevin Smithhas been happily married to Jennifer Schwalbach Smith for 25 years.

“I can’t speak for her, but I just like seeing her. I just like being around her.She’s my human,” Kevin told PEOPLE in October 2024 after the couple celebrated their milestone anniversary.

Kevin, who is best known for his hit movies likeClerksandJay and Silent Bob,has gone through some tough times in recent years, likesuffering a heart attackin 2018 andgoing into treatmentto deal with past traumas. Through it all, the couple has stuck together.

In a Mother’s Day tribute post to Jennifer onInstagramin 2023, Kevin gushed about how great she is, calling her a “true maternal magician” and adding, “Thank you for affording me the opportunity over the past few decades to make something far greater than just a series of increasingly goofier movies!”

Here’s a look at everything there is to know about Kevin Smith’s wife, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith.

They first met when she interviewed him

Kevin Smith and his wife Jennifer Schwalbach Smith in 2002.Sebastian Artz/Getty

Sebastian Artz/Getty

Eventually, he asked her if she wanted to go to the Spirit Awards with him in Los Angeles, and their relationship got a slow start since they were both so busy. Over the course of some time they ended up going out on a dinner date and Kevin said he “spent all my free time at night talking to Jen on the phone, like we were still in high school.”

She’s an actress

Jennifer Schwalbach.John Stanton/WireImage

John Stanton/WireImage

Jennifer has had various roles, including some where she worked alongside Kevin. She played Emma “Mrs. Hicks” Bunting inClerksand Missy inJay & Silent Bob Strike Back. She’s also appeared in movies such asJersey Girl,Red State, Tusk, Yoga HosersandZack and Miri Make a Porno. She voiced Blunt-Girl inJay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movieand served as a producer on it, as well as onTuskandYoga Hosers.

She’s a mom

Kevin Smith with his wife Jennifer Schwalbach and their daughter Harley Quinn Smith in 2019.Kevin Winter/Getty

Kevin Winter/Getty

Jennifer and Kevin are the proud parents of one child, their daughter Harley Quinn Smith. She was born on June 26, 1999, and appeared inCruel Summer. She has also worked with her dad almost as often as her mom has, appearing inClerks III, some of theJay and Silent Bobmovies andYoga Hosers.

“It’s such a cool gift to be able to work with somebody you’re related to,” Harley Quinn toldE! Newsonce when talking aboutworking alongside her dad. “We have pretty similar minds, so it’s kind of like you’re shooting with another version of yourself.”

They’ve been married since 1999

Kevin Smith Instagram

Jennifer and Kevin celebrated their 20 year anniversary in 2019. The two got married in 1999 when Jennifer was pregnant with Harley Quinn, something Kevin called a “shotgun wedding” in anInstagram postdedicated to celebrating their 22nd anniversary.

“We barely knew each other when we exchanged vows back in 1999 — but at this point, nobody knows me better than Jen,” Kevin wrote. “22 years ago, we took a leap of faith on behalf of a child we hadn’t yet met — and that bet on one another has paid off with a lifetime of milestones and memories for the both of us.”

She’s a vegetarian

Kevin Smith and his wife Jennifer Schwalbach Smith.Kevin Smith Instagram

Kevin has been open about the fact that he went vegan after his massive heart attack in order to be healthier. His daughter is the one who pushed him toadopt a vegan diet. She told PEOPLE, “That wasn’t so much advice, as it was, ‘You have to do this.’ I didn’t really give him a choice. There was no way that was not going to happen.”

In oneYouTube video, Harley Quinn said she had been a vegetarian since about 2016, adding that she partially got the idea of going vegetarian because her mom had been “a vegetarian for a very long time.” Harley Quinn said that while her mom never pushed her beliefs on her, it inspired her own decision to stop eating animal products.

She has modeled inPlayboy

Jennifer Schwalbach Smith and Kevin Smith.Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

In a 2017Facebook post, Kevin talked about the moment whenPlayboyasked him and other film directors to shoot some “erotic pictorials” for the 50th anniversary of the magazine.

“I told the folks at the magazine that my wife Jen was my idea of eroticism, and since we’d met when she’d interviewed me for @usatoday, I thought it’d be geeky-hot to cast Jen as Lois Lane, meeting Superman for a rooftop rendezvous.” He called it a “wild one-off experience that neither of us ever imagined would happen.”

source: people.com