Jack Harcourt Deveraux and Jennifer Rose Horton Deveraux are fictional characters and a supercouple from the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives, whose history spans from 1989 until 2006. The two have been portrayed by more than one actor/actress since their inception, but were originally, most recently and most famously portrayed by Matthew Ashford and Melissa Reeves. Fans have nicknamed the couple "J&J" or JnJ" (for Jack and Jennifer) on internet message boards. For their portrayal of Jack and Jennifer's romance, Ashford and Reeves won Soap Opera Digest Awards for Favorite Supercouple in 1991 and Best Love Story in 1992.
Jack and Jennifer are generally considered to be Days of our Lives' last supercouple, and the only one who made their mark as a supercouple in the 1990s rather than the 1970s or 1980s. While there have been popular couples after Jack and Jen, none are generally considered to have made it to supercouple status.
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—Robert M. Fresco. Jack Arnold. Sheriff Jack Andrews (Nestor Paiva)
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—Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929)