Tiffany Jerimovich is a fictional character on the FX Network television series The Bear. Tiff was created by Christopher Storer and played by Gillian Jacobs. She is the ex-wife of Richie Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and the mom of his daughter Evie. Jacobs first played Tiff in an uncredited voice role (voicemail outgoing message) in the final episode of season 1, and first appeared onscreen in the Christmas flashback "Fishes."

Tiffany is Richie's ex-wife and the mother of Evie. When she was young she worked as a babysitter, taking care of kids including Claire, and photos of Claire and Tiff as adult friends appear scattered on the table in the restaurant basement with other family nostalgia in the season two episode "Beef." Tiff's current job involves working with children, Frank implies that she is a schoolteacher like his parents had been.^[1] As of the season-three episode "Apologies" she reported that "[the] kids are still kind of fucked up from COVID."^[2] A key Richie-Tiff plot point in the flashback episode "Fishes" is that she wants to move to a house in a neighborhood with good schools; Richie lied to Tiff that Jimmy had offered him a job, which gave Tiff hope of a turnaround in their household finances that would allow such a move. Jimmy had little to no interest in employing Richie but chose not to reveal Richie's dishonesty to pregnant Tiffany at the Christmas Eve dinner table.^[3][4]

Tiffany and Richie divorced sometime prior to the beginning of the series. Gillian Jacobs, who plays Tiff, told The Hollywood Reporter in 2024, "I do feel like she ended it, but I don't know what her breaking point was."^[5] The same year she speculated to Bustle.com, "He had a very intense relationship with Michael, and that really dominated his life in a lot of ways. And I wonder if she felt second to that at some point."^[6] Richie was still paying divorce-related bills in season one. Tiffany told Richie in season two that she was engaged to be married to another man.^[7] Tiff and Richie remain devoted co-parents Evie, which keeps them connected, said Jacobs in 2025: "There's always a connection there. She's engaged, which is not easy for Richie. But they treat each other with a lot of love and kindness even though there's a lot of sadness and regret there."^[8]

In the Richie-centric "Forks" episode, Tiff calls her ex to tell him that her boyfriend Frank proposed and she said yes. Jacobs told a reporter that the emotional moment was enriched by the "presence" of her scene partner: "I did get to do the scene with him. That helped enormously. A lot of times when you're doing those scenes, the other person isn't on the other end of the phone and the script supervisor or the director or or the first AD is reading it with you...I was very lucky that Ebon was on the other side of the phone call. So, it wasn't nearly as difficult as it could have been because I got to act with him."^[4] The pair also share a scene in "Apologies" in season 3, as they watch their daughter play at the park, while "Secret Love" by Stevie Nicks plays on the soundtrack. Jacobs said of their exchange at the playground that, "We haven't become best friends again after divorce. We're very connected because of our child, and we're clearly spending time together with each other. But it is also like he symbolizes family and connection and all of these things to her. Going into this new marriage, not feeling like she has a lot of family, it's like am I bringing anything of my previous life with me, or is it all going to now go away, and I don't want it to."^[4] Moss-Bachrach told NPR in 2025, "I do think there's a lot of tenderness there, and she genuinely loves him. Do we learn more about what happened with them? We spend more time with them together as parents, as exes. In terms of, like, a literal sense of, like, a flashback of the two of them, that's not something that we've shot...I spent a lot of time kind of daydreaming and thinking about [their relationship ans how and why they broke up] and filling in the blanks. And these are thoughts and fantasies and ideas that I will never share."^[9]

Tiff got remarried in the season-four episode "Bears," to Frank (Josh Hartnett), which caused her to reveal her fears of being cut loose from the clan but at the wedding she and Carmy agreed that they remain "cousins," and Uncle Jimmy reassured her that she is a Bear forever. Jacobs said in 2024, "In my mind, she's very good friends with Sugar. I love Abby [Elliott]. We were in this indie movie called Life Partners years ago, so I feel that ease and connection [with her]. We have a tiny moment in 'Fishes' in the kitchen where I'm leaving, she comes in. She's like, You good? I'm like, No. That, to me, is emblematic of a great friendship."^[6] Tiff's biological family is just as messy as the Berzattos and she has little contact with them. At the time of Tiff's wedding her biological mom was in Boulder, Colorado, with "a guy."^[10]

Jacobs is Chris Storer's long-term partner and introduced him to her Community costar Joel McHale, actress Molly Gordon,^[6] and possibly Chris Witaske.^[11] Jacobs and Moss-Bachrach were part of the Girls cast at the same time.^[12]

Jacobs' first appearance as the character Tiff is an uncredited voice role in "Braciole," and she has appeared periodically in seasons two, three, and four, most prominently in the season four "Bears" episode set at her character's wedding, and in the 2026 special "Gary." In "Gary," Tiffany is very pregnant with Evie and very supportive of Richie's planned road trip with his friend, but her level of concern, expressed in a series of calls between the spouses, begins to increase over the course of the day.^[13]

Awards Daily wrote in 2024, "Among the many guest stars that appear in The Bear and meld into character without creating any distraction to the show, Gillian Jacobs as Richie's ex-wife is one of the most important. Despite appearing sparingly in the show, Tiffany's presence hangs over nearly every decision (good or bad) that Richie makes."^[4]

• Characters of The Bear (TV series)