Violet Jones
Vanessa Violet Johnston, known professionally as Violet Jones, is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, television personality, and actor. She was born October 29, 1991 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jones was a regular on the Kill Tony podcast, one of the top comedy podcasts in the world, with over a million downloads per month. In 2010 she was cast in the CW reality show America's Next Top Model. Shortly after leaving ANTM, Johnston made her first television appearance playing Tara on the half hour sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Johnston made her film debut as Erika in Jurassic Block, a comedic sci-fi horror film. In 2020 her quarter hour special premiered on Amazon's Coming to the Stage.