Celebrity | ageism Actress, 43, 'Too Old' to Play 57-Year-Old Man's Wife Jamie Denbo tells upsetting story on Twitter By Evann Gastaldo Posted May 10, 2017 11:16 AM CDT Updated May 14, 2017 1:31 PM CDT Copied Jamie Denbo, right, attends "The Heat" premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre on June 23, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Jamie Denbo, who plays Ginsberg on Orange Is the New Black, is 43. Which is, in Hollywood terms, apparently not young enough to be the wife of a 57-year-old and the mother of an 18-year-old. In a series of tweets last week just now getting mainstream attention, Denbo says she was told she was "too old" to play such a role in a project, which she did not name. "The real wife of the 57 year-old actor is EASILY AT LEAST 50. But this f---er wants to be tv married to a 38 year-old -TOPS," she wrote, adding that the characters involved are in a first marriage, so no, this isn't a situation where the female character is a "re-wife." Per E! News, she refused to name the actor, but did say he's considered an "American treasure." (This situation is not a first.) Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Report an error