Jennifer Rubin began appearing in films in the early 1980s. Rubin was seen as teenagers in such productions as Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Permanent Record (1987). She also had a short but telling role in Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991), and starred in the 1995 TV remake of the old horror yarn The Wasp Woman. The film credits of Jennifer Rubin should not be confused with those of actress Jennifer Rothschild, who in the early stages of her career was likewise billed as Jennifer Rubin.