Which actress played Jeanette Peterson, Ted's final girlfriend before the Mother? Abby Elliott played Jeanette Peterson.
Jeanette appears late in How I Met Your Mother as one of Ted Mosby's most chaotic relationships. She begins stalking Ted after seeing him featured in a magazine, then abruptly confronts him at a movie theater and becomes his girlfriend. Her intense behavior quickly earns her the gang's description of being “crazy.”
Jeanette's storyline spans five episodes, beginning with “P.S. I Love You” in season 8 and continuing into season 9. She damages Ted's apartment, destroys Barney's Playbook, and throws Robin's locket off a bridge. These escalating incidents make her a comic example of Ted's poor romantic judgment.
A common mix-up is confusing Jeanette with Robin, Victoria, or Tracy, the Mother. Jeanette is Ted's last relationship before he meets Tracy at the Farhampton train station. The character ultimately ends up with Kevin, a psychiatrist. Elliott later became widely known for Saturday Night Live and for playing Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto on The Bear.