Jolene was born on March 5, 1975 in California. She grew up in San Diego and has lived very close to the Pacific Ocean and learned to be an expert surfer along with her brothers. Star Trek was one of her favorite television shows. She describes herself as having been an awkward-looking child who couldn't get along with other kids. One of her brothers, Josh, still lives in San Diego. Her family gave her the nickname 'Leno'. Jolene began modeling at an early age and did some modeling in Japan and some photograph shoots for a Japanese magazine. She gave up modeling after eight years because she didn't like to be scrutinized by the mostly male camera crew. She currently lives in Los Angeles, and began acting in 1995 and appeared as Corporal Lisa Antoon in the episode'Touch and Go' of JAG. Two years later, she appeared on Veronica's Closet in the episode 'Veronica's Breast Efforts', and in 1999 she played 'Libby' on G vs E, in the episode 'Cougar Pines', and Love Boat: The Next Wave in the episode 'Prom Queen'. In the year 2000, she appeared on C.S.I. as 'Laura Garris' in the episode 'Crate n'Burial and on D.C. in the episode 'Truth' In that year, Jolene also starred as Medea in the TV miniseries 'Jason and the Argonauts'. In the current year of 2001, Jolene appeared in the TV movie 'On the Edge', and in the TV miniseries 'Diamond Hunters' as Ruby Grange. She is currently appearing in the UPN TV series 'Enterprise' as the Vulcan Subcommander T'Pol, which began in late September, 2001, and continues in its fourth season in 2004 and 2005, probably the last season for the sci-fi series.

Jolene is a very good artist, and enjoys attending the Las Palmas Club in Hollywood. She also enjoys acting, writing, movies, sci-fi, dramas, cybertalk/chats, snowboarding, skating, thai boxing and surfing. For several years she dated Steve Summers, a member of the band Sprung Monkey. She likes men who are "so brilliant that they are almost insane", and "men who have hands with big masculine veins that you can squish and move". For a while, Jolene went with the actor Edward Furlong, but in late April or early May, 2003 she was married to Michael Rapino, CEO of Clear Channel TV, in Jamaica. Jolene said that she got down on her knees and proposed to him. Our best wishes to her and Michael for a happy marriage.