Jenna Dewan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 3, 1980 (age 45)
- Birthplace
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Biography
Jenna Lee Dewan (born December 3, 1980) is an American actress and dancer. She started her career as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson, and later worked with artists including Christina Aguilera, Pink, and Missy Elliott. She is known for her role as Nora Clark in the 2006 film Step Up. She has also starred on the short-lived NBC series The Playboy Club and had a recurring role on the FX series American Horror Story: Asylum. She portrayed Freya Beauchamp on the Lifetime series Witches of East End, Lucy Lane in The CW series Supergirl and its spin-off, Superman & Lois and Joanna in Soundtrack on Netflix. Dewan has hosted the reality television shows World of Dance and Flirty Dancing and served as a judge on Come Dance with Me. She currently stars as Bailey on ABC's The Rookie. She also had a recurring role on the FOX medical drama The Resident. Dewan was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Nancy Bursch Smith (née Bursch) and Darryll Dewan, who was a running back on the 1972 Notre Dame football team. Her father is of Lebanese and Polish descent and her mother is of German and English ancestry. Her parents divorced when she was young and her mother remarried Claude Brooks Smith. During high school at Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas, Dewan was a varsity cheerleader. She graduated in 1999 and was voted prom queen her senior year. She went to University of Southern California and was a member of the California Gamma Chapter of Pi Beta Phi. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jenna Dewan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Devil On My Doorstep
Movie · as Natasha Wallace
Let's Get Physical
Movie · as Sadie Smith
Come Dance with Me
TV · 11 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Superman & Lois
TV · as Lucy Lane · 6 eps
That's My Jam
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Berlin, I Love You
Movie · as Mandy
The Wedding Year
Movie · as Jessica
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Soundtrack
TV · as Joanna Kassem · 10 eps
Flirty Dancing
TV · as Herself - Host · 6 eps
The Rookie
TV · as Bailey Nune · 84 eps
Busy Tonight
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Resident
TV · as Julian Booth · 8 eps
World of Dance
TV · as Self · 50 eps
Man with a Plan
TV · as Jen · 2 eps
Supergirl
TV · as Lucy Lane · 15 eps
Lip Sync Battle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Slightly Single in L.A.
Movie · as Hallie
Witches of East End
TV · as Freya Beauchamp · 23 eps
10 Years
Movie · as Jess
She Made Them Do It
Movie · as Sarah Jo Pender
The Mindy Project
TV · as Brooke · 1 ep
Steve Harvey
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Setup
Movie · as Mia
Balls to the Wall
Movie · as Rachel Matthews
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
Movie · as Katherine Prescott
The Playboy Club
TV · as Bunny Janie · 3 eps
American Horror Story
TV · as Teresa Morrison · 6 eps
Falling Awake
Movie · as Alessandra
The Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Jerk Theory
Movie · as Molly
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Movie · as Sarah Jane
American Virgin
Movie · as Priscilla White
Melrose Place
TV · as Kendra Wilson · 2 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps
Love Lies Bleeding
Movie · as Amber
Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
Movie · as Emma Carr
The Miley and Mandy Show
TV · 2 eps
The Grudge 2
Movie · as Sally
Step Up
Movie · as Nora Clark
Take the Lead
Movie · as Sasha
Tamara
Movie · as Tamara Riley
Dark Shadows
Movie · as Sophia
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dancing with the Stars
TV · as Self - Contestant · 9 eps
Joey
TV · as Tanya · 1 ep
Quintuplets
TV · as Haley · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Janet: Live in Hawaii
Movie · as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 2 eps