Jen Affleck is 27 years old and an original member of MomTok, the group of Utah Mormon mothers whose TikTok videos became Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Born May 29, 1999, she has been on the show since its first season, competed on Dancing with the Stars eight weeks after giving birth to her third child, and is now the only original cast member headlining the franchise’s Orange County spinoff. She is also expecting her fourth child with her husband, Zac Affleck, a pregnancy she announced in June 2026 while the couple was in the middle of a move from Utah to California.
Early Life
Jennifer Lynn Affleck was born Jennifer Knupfer. Her mother, Maria, is from Ecuador. Maria moved to the United States at 25, was raised Catholic, and converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after meeting missionaries. She met Jen’s father, Rick, at Brigham Young University.
Jen was raised mostly in the Bay Area, California, and moved to Utah at 14. The household was large: two biological siblings, two adoptive siblings, and more than 20 foster children passed through the home over the years. In an October 2025 Instagram post, she described “growing up in a low-income Latina family in an all-white, wealthy high school.”
Her mother was a Jennifer Lopez fan, and Jen was named after her. Faith stayed central in her life. Hulu’s cast biography calls her “the most active Mormon in the MomTok group,” and she is one of the more devout members of the circle.
Rise to Fame: MomTok and the Countertop Dances
Before the show, Affleck started a wedding videography business in January 2021 with no professional experience behind her, then drew more attention by posting about her pregnancy on TikTok. She is an original member of MomTok, the group of Mormon mom creators built around Taylor Frankie Paul. Within the group, she became known for a specific habit: filming dance videos standing on her kitchen countertops.
The audience grew well past Utah. As of October 2026, her TikTok account has 2.7 million followers and 113.2 million likes. Her Instagram has 1,673,362 followers, and her YouTube channel has about 121,000 subscribers. She is managed by Select Management Group, and her TikTok bio lists the management contact directly.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
Affleck is an original cast member of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which premiered on Hulu on September 6, 2024. Her first season had two storylines that followed her for years. She split her baby blessing invitations into groups her castmates described as “saints” and “sinners,” a divide that ran through the season. Then, on the cast trip to Las Vegas, Zac learned she had been at a Chippendales show. He accused her of having no values or morals, threatened divorce by text through the night, and she took an Uber to his hotel at 2 a.m. The couple later did intensive couples therapy, and Jen told TooFab that returning to Chippendales together was Zac’s idea, a form of exposure therapy.
Her time on the show has not been continuous. She stepped away from filming in the middle of Season 2 while dealing with prenatal depression, and she stepped back again during Season 3 for her mental health before returning for Season 4. Season 5 premiered on September 10, 2026. People covered her storylines in episodes 1 and 5, which center on fights with Zac over her acting and modeling ambitions. In one storyline, People reported, Zac threatened divorce if she took an acting role that involved an on-screen relationship. Her castmates that season included Layla Taylor, and the season also carried a rift with Whitney Leavitt that started on Dancing with the Stars and continued in front of the Mormon Wives cameras.
Season 5 also gave her a storyline away from the group drama: she performed an original song, Pink Back, about postpartum identity and getting herself back, built around a flamingo metaphor. Some viewers accused the song of copying American Idol winner Hannah Harper’s earlier song of the same name, and fellow cast member Demi Engemann reacted to the claim publicly.
Dancing with the Stars Season 34
Affleck’s casting for Dancing with the Stars Season 34 was announced during the Mormon Wives reunion special by host Nick Viall. Whitney Leavitt was cast in the same season. Affleck was paired with Jan Ravnik, a first-season pro who had danced on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.
The timing was the hard part. She started the competition eight weeks postpartum, after her daughter Penelope was born in July 2025. She lasted seven weeks. On Halloween Night, October 28, 2025, she and Ravnik were eliminated and finished 9th. Their final dance was a Contemporary to Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do,” which scored 32 out of 40 from the judges, with 2 marathon points bringing her total that night to 34. Across the season, her scores topped out at 24, bottomed out at 18 for her Salsa, and averaged 21.9.
Her run also drew outside noise. Former pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy said on a podcast that Ravnik had “absolutely no business being a pro,” and the comment trailed the pair for the rest of their run. Leavitt appeared to smile at the Halloween Night elimination, a moment viewers caught, and the two women addressed it again in Season 5 of Mormon Wives, where Leavitt spoke about it in a confessional.
In December 2025, Zac gave her a framed display of the gold fringe dress from her viral TikTok Night performance. Parade reported that he told her the dress represented her postpartum run on the show, and she cried opening it.
The Orange County Move
Hulu announced The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County on April 22, 2026. Four days later, Affleck confirmed she was joining, posting a cast clip to Instagram and TikTok. People reported the announcement and her confirmation. She is the only original Utah cast member in the spinoff. The rest of the cast is Bobbi Althoff, Madison Bontempo, Aspyn Ovard, Avery Woods, Salomé Andrea, Ashleigh Pease, McCall DaPron and Chandler Higginson. McCall DaPron is Mayci Neeley‘s sister. She has admitted the spinoff nearly lost her before it began, saying of her mental health during her fourth pregnancy: ‘I almost wasn’t even part of the OC show just because it got so bad’ (Us Weekly).
The move to the spinoff was the end of a longer relocation. The family left Orem, Utah in 2024 so Zac could start medical school in New York City. They spent time in Arizona while his studies shifted, and Jen was based in Los Angeles during Dancing with the Stars. For Orange County, she and the children moved from Utah to California, and production on the first season was finishing up by about August 2026.
The spinoff premieres November 12, 2026. All 10 episodes drop at once, on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ internationally.
Marriage to Zac Affleck
Affleck met Zac Affleck on Mutual, the Latter-day Saint dating app, in 2018. She was 18. He had recently come home from a two-year LDS mission in the Dominican Republic. They married on June 28, 2019, in Newport Beach, California.
Zac was raised in Holladay, Utah, played baseball at Olympus High School, and graduated from Brigham Young University in July 2024. That same year he was accepted to a medical school in New York. He attended briefly, transferred to a school in Arizona, and then applied to leave medical school during the couple’s separation, telling Jen in a Season 2 episode that he wanted to support her career. He is not a doctor, and he did not finish medical school.
Jen has been the household’s main earner for most of the marriage. She said on the show that she is “the provider,” and Zac talked about being a stay-at-home dad on The Viall Files in May 2025.
After Season 1 aired, the couple separated in 2024. Season 2 followed the separation on camera. They reconciled, and her third pregnancy was announced in February 2025. The Chippendales fight in Season 1 and the arguments in Season 5 have kept the marriage in the show’s center, and the two have said plainly that it is not settled. In an exclusive interview published in August 2026, Jen told People the two are “working through a lot behind closed doors” during her fourth pregnancy. People’s September 2026 Season 5 coverage continued to report on them as a married couple. An April 2026 TikTok in which she appeared without her wedding ring, talking about her “next chapter,” set off split speculation online. Two months later, the couple announced her fourth pregnancy together.
One family story has followed them since Season 1. Jen said on the show that Zac’s father was Ben Affleck’s second cousin. In Season 2, Zac said the connection had always been a running joke in his family, and a source familiar with Zac’s family told People there is no relationship between the two family trees. The story ended with a joke of its own: in September 2025, Jen co-starred with Ben Affleck in a Dunkin’ ad, where she was billed as the “Value Affleck.”
Children and Baby No. 4
The couple has three children. Nora was born in 2021. Lucas, called Luca, was born in 2023. Penelope was born in July 2025. Jen went into labor on June 27, 2025, at a nail salon, and the birth was announced on July 2.
On June 18, 2026, she announced her fourth pregnancy on Instagram with the caption “Chapter Four.” The announcement did not include a due date. The pregnancy has been difficult. Three weeks after arriving in Orange County, she dealt with an infected wisdom tooth, and she told People she had prenatal depression during the first trimester.
Brand Deals, Business and Being the Breadwinner
Affleck’s income comes from the platforms and the show. Select Management Group handles her deals. Her partnership with Quest Nutrition was the occasion for the August 2026 People exclusive in which she discussed the pregnancy and the marriage, which gives a sense of how her brand work and her press now run together: the sponsored post and the personal interview are the same cycle.
The money question comes up because she has answered it herself. Reality TV salaries are not public, her husband left medical school, and she has called herself the provider on camera. What she earns from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Hulu has never been broken down in public, and no verified net worth figure exists for her. The estimates published online are covered in the FAQ below.
2025 to 2026: Recent Developments
The last two years moved fast. She gave birth to Penelope in July 2025, started Dancing with the Stars eight weeks later, and was eliminated in late October. In April 2026 she confirmed the Orange County move, in June she announced her fourth pregnancy, and in September she was back on screens in Season 5 of the original show, arguing with Zac about whether she should act at all.
Season 6 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is filming with a changed cast: Taylor Frankie Paul and Mikayla Matthews have both left. Whether Affleck appears in Season 6 has not been announced. Her confirmed next screen project is the one she moved states for, and it arrives November 12.
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Jen Affleck?
Jen Affleck was born on May 29, 1999. She is 27 years old as of October 2026.
Who is Jen Affleck’s husband?
Her husband is Zac Affleck, a Utah native and Brigham Young University graduate who started medical school in New York in 2024 and later left. They met on the dating app Mutual in 2018 and married on June 28, 2019, in Newport Beach, California.
Are Jen and Zac Affleck still together?
Yes, based on the most recent reputable coverage. The couple separated in 2024 and reconciled during Season 2 of Mormon Wives. In August 2026, Jen told People the two are “working through a lot behind closed doors,” and People’s September 2026 Season 5 coverage reported on them as a married couple. No divorce filing has been reported.
How many children does Jen Affleck have?
She has three children with Zac: Nora (born 2021), Lucas (born 2023) and Penelope (born July 2025). She announced her fourth pregnancy on June 18, 2026.
Is Jen Affleck related to Ben Affleck?
No. Jen said in Season 1 that Zac’s father was Ben Affleck’s second cousin, but Zac later said the claim had always been a family joke, and a source familiar with Zac’s family told People there is no relationship between the two families. In September 2025, Jen and Ben Affleck appeared together in a Dunkin’ ad, with Jen billed as the “Value Affleck.”
How did Jen Affleck do on Dancing with the Stars?
She was eliminated on Halloween Night, October 28, 2025, and finished 9th in Season 34. Her partner was Jan Ravnik. She started the competition eight weeks after giving birth, and her final dance, a Contemporary to “Look What You Made Me Do,” scored 32 out of 40 from the judges.
Is Jen Affleck in The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County?
Yes. She is the only original Utah cast member in the spinoff, which Hulu announced on April 22, 2026. She confirmed she was joining on April 26, 2026. The series premieres November 12, 2026, with all 10 episodes on Hulu in the US and Disney+ internationally.
Where does Jen Affleck live now?
She moved from Utah to California in 2026 for the Orange County spinoff, after earlier moves to New York City in 2024 for Zac’s medical school and time in Arizona. She and the children relocated for filming, and production on the first season was finishing up by about August 2026.
What is Jen Affleck’s net worth?
There is no verified figure. Published estimates range from about $400,000 to $5 million, and the sites posting them do not base the numbers on disclosed financial records. Any single figure should be treated as an unverified estimate.
