SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE
SIGN IN SEARCH MENU
SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE


Jennifer Lyon

Full / Real Name: Jennifer Jane Lyon
Born: 27 February 1972 (53 years old)
Gender: Female

Rate:

6.9

Add to Actor Favourites

Bio

Jennifer "Jenn" Lyon (27 February, 1972 – 19 January, 2010) was an American reality television personality best known as one of the competitors in Survivor: Palau. She finished fourth in the competition.

Born in Nevada, Lyon grew up in Washington and Oregon. She spent one year in Spain as a foreign exchange student and two years in London working as a nanny. While in Oregon, she attended Portland State University for approximately one year.

She then attended Western Oregon State College before transferring to Oregon State University, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition and food management and later pursued her master's degree in the school of family consumer sciences at California State University, Northridge.

Lyon worked as a nanny in the Los Angeles area and was a photographer part time. She previously worked as a nutrition counselor, preschool teacher and photographer's assistant.

She described herself as good-natured, easy-going and opinionated and enjoyed hiking, soccer and photography. She was proud of learning Spanish while participating in the foreign exchange program when she was 18 years old.

On 19 January, 2010, she died from cancer, which had come back from remission and had metastasized to her bones. She was the first cast member of Survivor to die.


Television Roles

Show

Character

Herself


LATEST ARTICLES

New on TV today: Sunday 6 July 2025

Comedy-drama Is'thembu Sika Msongelwa begins a run on Wethu and reality low Icebo Labantu starts on SABC1.


New on TV today: Saturday 5 July 2025

Anime series The Summer Hikaru Died is available on Netflix and Jan Braai vir Erfenis returns to kykNET.


M-Net movies popcorn pack: July 2025

A guide to fliks on M-Net and the movie channels. Titles include Wicked, The Marksman and Chiwetel Ejiofor's Rob Peace.


New on TV today: Friday 4 July 2025

Anton & Giovanni's Adventures in Spain commence on BBC Earth and Blink Kant Bo returns to eExtra.


Die Brug 2 Teasers - July 2025

New leaders will be chosen soon - by... guess who?


Top Shows on DStv Stream: Ka-ching! Mzansi Magic's Inimba hits No. 1

Thumeka's heartbreak puts the show in its Most Popular position since its debut.


New on TV today: Thursday 3 July 2025

The Sandman 2 drops on Netflix and Season 38 of The Pioneer Woman begins on Food Network.


Suidooster crystal ball: life together and life apart

Moving out, moving in, moving on. The soup on five of this month's headline storylines.


New on TV today: Wednesday 2 July 2025

SharkFest 2025 kicks off on Nat Geo Wild and millennial rom-com Smothered begins on M-Net.


Soapie Digest: July 2025

Stay cosy, stay tuned in with this wrap of all the teasers on TVSA in this TV luvvas month.

LATEST SITE ACTIVITY


More activity at TVSA Central



LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS



LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS





×
×

You browser doesn't have Flash, Silverlight, Gears, BrowserPlus or HTML5 support.