As one of the original “Jersey Shore” cast members, Jenni JWOWW is one of the most well-known faces that reality TV from the early 2010s gave us. Taking part in the controversial party-hard-centered show opened doors wide in the entertainment world for both her and her cast mates. However, in Jenni’s case, she has chosen to partially step away from her past reputation as a party girl to join other reality shows, on top of becoming a businesswoman, YouTuber, and film director.
Jenni’s new professional path and changes in appearance have raised many questions, but that’s what we’re here for! Keep with us to learn more about Jenni JWOWW, her projects away from reality TV, her personal life including divorce, her family, and a lot more!
It’s been a while since MTV’s “Jersey Shore” took the world by storm in the 2010s, and didn’t let go for a long time. One of the many marks that the hit TV show left on us was that we never forgot about its stars, especially iconic ones such as JWoww.
Jennie, whose full name is Jennifer Lynn Farley, debuted in the series at 23 years old in late 2009. She comes from East Greenbush, a small town near Albany, New York State, and is one of the few “Jersey Shore” cast members who wasn’t of Italian descent, something she discovered to be in accurate years later, when a heritage test revealed that she had some percentage of the Mediterranean country’s ancestry in her.
While Jwoww’s time in “Jersey Shore” was marked by her party-going and fight-back attitude, her life is now very different. Although she’s never stopped being involved with the show’s franchise, and has starred in the spin-offs “Snooki & JWoww” and “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation”, she’s debuted as a film director, is also an entrepreneur, and is the mother of two young children. Jenni is also a board member of the autism-centered inclusion organization Kulture City, and through her popular YouTube channel gets personal with her audience.
Following her six-season run as a main cast member of “Jersey Shore”, Jenni Farley hasn’t strayed far from reality TV. Starting in 2012, she and Nicole Polizzi – better known as Snooki – starred in “Snooki & JWoww”. The show was centered on the pair’s adventures as they lived together, and later went back to their actual homes in New Jersey. During her time in the show, Jenni also debuted as an actual actress in the series “One Life to Live”, and appeared in the third season of “Marriage Boot Camp”.
Though the original “Snookie and Jenni” show ended in 2015, they went on to star in the spin-off “Snooki & JWoww: Moms with Attitude”. Also that year, Jenni took the winning spot of the celebrity edition of “Worst Cooks in America”.
In the following years, Jennie appeared in several reality shows, including “Jenni & Roger: Domesticated” in which she starred alongside her then-husband Roger Mathews. In 2018, she famously debuted in the “Jersey Shore” revival and reunion “Family Vacation”, which in 2022 surpassed its predecessor in running time.
Jenni has also had her fair share of film experience, both in front of and behind cameras. In 2012 she made a small cameo in “The Three Stooges”, and three years later went on to play Vicky in “The Mint”, of which she was also an executive producer. She wrote and directed the horror films “Devon” and “Nanny Cam”, which premiered in 2024 and 2025 respectively. The latter film is based on some of Jwoww’s childhood experiences, and starred Katie Cassidy.
As many loyal “Jersey Shore” fans remember, Jwoww had a boyfriend when she debuted in the show. His name is Tom Lippolis, whom she famously forgot about during a tequila night when she kissed her co-star Pauly D.
The sub-plot between Jenni and Pauly was very attractive to viewers, who season after season waited for the two give up on their admitted mutual attraction. Nothing more than a friendship came to fruition between the two, with Pauly affirming that he considered her a ‘sister’, and didn’t want to ruin their friendship by taking a romantic route.
Roger Mathews sticks up for estranged wife Jenni "Jwoww" Farley; Asks #JerseyShore fans to stop criticizing her parenting: https://t.co/2nQjVUzo92 pic.twitter.com/ey47PNEQBf
— The Ashley (@TheAshleysRR) June 1, 2019
Although many “Jersey Shore” fans wanted something to come of the whole Jwoww-Pauly situation, her romantic life went beyond that. In 2014 she married Roger Mathews, and welcomed daughter Meilani and son Greyson before filing for divorce in 2018. Around the same time, her ex-boyfriend Lippolis was arrested for trying to extort her by threatening to reveal some alleged secrets about her past to the press.
Following her divorce and a short-lived attempt to revive her flame with Pauly D during their appearance in “Family Vacation”, Jenni entered a relationship with Zack Carpinello, a professional wrestler. The relationship lasted some months into early 2019, and was featured in some episodes of the aforementioned “Jersey Shore” spin-off, but resulted in a break up soon after.
Jenni and Zack later reconciled in late 2019, and became engaged in 2021. However, in 2024, she revealed her intentions of keeping their relationship free of paperwork by refraining from marrying for the time being.
When comparing Jwoww’s beginnings in “Jersey Shore” to the woman she is today, there are many notable differences, both in personality and in experience. However, it doesn’t go unnoticed by her fans and the media that her appearance has changed too, which is a fact that Jenni herself hasn’t shied away from admitting.
That said, Jenni’s first known surgery was breast augmentation she underwent when 18 years old. That was never a secret during her early days as a reality TV star, and she openly revealed having undergone a second surgery in 2015. The reason behind this second surgery was her unhappiness with her appearance after giving birth to her daughter ,and was supported to go through the procedure.by her then-husband.
Later in 2016, Jenni revealed to be open-minded about going through some non-invasive surgeries to prevent aging. Since then, sites such as Life & Style Magazine have closely observed her physical transformation, and it’s believed that Jenni has had some aesthetical procedures done to her face.
Throughout the years, Jenni Farley has launched several businesses. The first was a design firm she owned before debuting in “Jersey Shore”, but that business was left forgotten as she found international fame.
Then in 2010, she launched the fashion brand Filthy Couture, but soon shut it down after being sued over trademark laws, though it’s unclear what brand was suing. Nonetheless, since then Jenni has taken advantage of her fame and her reach on social media and YouTube, to collaborate with a wide variety of brands worldwide, some of which can be found on her website and Instagram account.
All in all, Jenni Farley a.k.a. Jwoww, has had her fair share of experiences on and off television, both on the personal and professional side. However, one thing for sure is that her fans love her for who she is, regardless of the changes she has gone through.
