While a
USA Today reporter, Schwalbach met film director
Kevin Smith while interviewing him for an assignment. She got a job briefly at
MTV and resigned after becoming pregnant with their daughter. According to his commentary for the DVD release of the 2001 film
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Smith was looking for someone to play Missy, one of the female diamond robbers. Schwalbach asked to play the role and he decided to give her a chance. Their daughter,
Harley, also appeared at the beginning of the film as
baby Silent Bob. Schwalbach went on to have supporting roles in other Smith-related productions such as
Jersey Girl (in which Harley also appeared), and an episode of the Canadian TV series
Degrassi: The Next Generation in which Smith appeared in the episode "Goin' Down the Road: Part 1". She also played a prostitute in the 2002 film
Now You Know. In January 2004, Schwalbach Smith appeared nude, with a
Superman look-alike, for
Playboy Magazine's 50th Anniversary Issue, in a photograph taken by her husband. Her directorial credit is as co-director with
Malcolm Ingram for
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party, an extensive 3+ hour documentary on the making of
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The film was shown at Vulgarthon 2005 in Los Angeles, a private film festival hosted by Kevin Smith, and was shown again at Vulgarthon 2006 in
Red Bank, New Jersey. In 2006's
Clerks II, she played Dante Hicks' fiancée, Emma Bunting; and a minor role of Betsy in Smith's 2008 film
Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Schwalbach appeared as Esther Cooper in Kevin Smith's horror film,
Red State and voiced Blunt-Girl in ''
Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie!''. In 2010, she and her husband began co-hosting a podcast called
Plus One. As of June 2025, there were 77 episodes. On February 23, 2011, Kevin Smith revealed on
G4tv's
Attack of the Show that on May 9, 2011, he would be launching SModcast Internet Radio (S.I.R.) which would stream live content and feature live shows including
SMorning with Jen & Kev, later renamed
Plus One Per Diem, a morning radio show featuring Smith and Schwalbach. ==Personal life==