‘Jimmy’ star Jen Lilley says keeping Jesus at center of marriage helped through ‘extremely difficult times’

Actor Jen Lilley says shared Christian faith has helped sustain her marriage through difficult periods. She described keeping Jesus at the centre of her relationship as a personal source of strength, and said she weighs her family’s wellbeing when deciding which acting roles to accept.

Lilley married engineer Jason Wayne in 2007 and they have four children, including two adopted through foster care. While playing Gloria Stewart in the biopic “Jimmy”, Lilley said she was struck by Gloria and Jimmy Stewart’s lifelong companionship, trust and humour; she also noted that he returned from the Second World War with symptoms consistent with what is now called PTSD.