'Animal Kingdom' Season 6: Who is Stevie Lynn Jones? Meet the actress playing Josh's love interest
The sixth and final season of ‘Animal Kingdom’ has finally arrived and the first three episodes have been really intriguing. Fans were really excited to see their favorite characters back on screen and how they move ahead in their lives. In the first episode, we saw the Cody boys – Pope (Shawn Hatosy), Deran (Jake Weary), Josh (Finn Cole), and Craig (Ben Robson) – taking revenge on Gia and burning her shop down.
Meanwhile, the next two episodes focused more on Pope finally building something on his lot while Josh is planning to have a meeting with all family members regarding financial matters. In the second episode, we saw Josh telling his siblings and uncle that they might need a new attorney. He sets up a meeting with a new law firm and there we get introduced to a new character named Penny, an assistant who does all the work before a client is given an attorney.
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Played by the supremely talented Stevie Lynn Jones, the character helps Josh in getting him the appropriate consultation so that his money is safe. They also meet at the bar for work and end up having drinks with each other when Penny tells Josh that her husband is in the military and is serving outside the country. Even though Stevie was in the episode for a short amount of time, she made quite an impact on everyone’s minds.
So, let’s get to know more about the actress and where we have seen her before.
Who is Stevie Lynn Jones? The actress is known for her role in ‘Nancy Drew’
Born on October 22, 1995, in Los Angeles, Stevie Lynn Jones began her professional acting career in 2012 with a supporting role in the movie ‘Battle Force’. In the same year, she was seen playing the role of Kayla Lake in the TV movie ‘Rogue’ along with Angela Bassett and Julian McMahon.
Her major first acting role came in 2014 when she made an appearance in the 2014 series ‘Crisis’. She portrayed the role of Beth Ann Gibson on the show and was featured in 13 episodes. Apart from that, she has been seen in several high-end projects such as ‘Unforgettable’, ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’, ‘Criminal Minds’, and ‘Shameless’.
However, she took the world by storm with her impeccable acting in the 2019 series ‘Nancy Drew’. She received a lot of praise for her acting and gained a lot of recognition. Currently, she can be seen playing Penny on ‘Animal Kingdom’.
Apart from acting, she loves traveling and her Instagram account is a testament to her adventures. She has more than 14.6k followers on the image-sharing platform.
It will be interesting how Penny and Josh’s new friendship moves forward. As of now, we are really intrigued with Penny’s entry on the show and whatever we have seen from the latest two episodes of the series. In Episode 4, we saw Penny and Josh spend some time together and as they ended, they kissed each other. So, it seems Penny has some genuine feelings for Josh. However, it is yet to be seen if Josh feels the same or not.
‘Animal Kingdom’ Season 6 returns to TNT with a new episode every Sunday at 9 pm EST.
