Jennifer 'Jenny' Schecter is a fictional character on the Showtime television network series The L Word, shown nationally in the United States. She is played by Jewish Canadian actress Mia Kirshner. In a recent poll of fans of the show, Jenny was voted the most hated character on the series, owing to her tendency to cheat on her lovers for no reason, as well as her egotistical and selfish personality, and her frequent periods of getting angry or upset whenever someone badgers or provokes her in the slightest, though she occasionally regrets her actions later..