About

Known credits:
32
Birthday:
1980-12-03
Place of birth:
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Website:
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Jenna Dewan

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting

2023 Devil On My Doorstep Actor Natasha Wallace 58
Average
2022 Let's Get Physical Actor Sadie Smith 59
Average
2022 Come Dance with Me Actor N/A
N/A
2019 Flirty Dancing Actor Herself - Host 70
Good
2019 Soundtrack Actor Joanna Kassem 67
Fair
2019 The Wedding Year Actor Jessica 59
Average
2019 Berlin, I Love You Actor Mandy 57
Average
2018 The Rookie Actor Bailey Nune 83
Very good
2017 World of Dance Actor Herself 75
Good
2013 Witches of East End Actor Freya Beauchamp 73
Good
2013 Slightly Single in L.A. Actor Hallie 58
Average
2012 She Made Them Do It Actor Sarah 59
Average
2012 10 Years Actor Jess 58
Average
2011 Setup Actor Mia 54
Average
2011 The Playboy Club Actor Bunny Janie 63
Fair
2011 Balls to the Wall Actor Rachel Matthews 58
Average
2011 The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy Actor Katherine Prescott 58
Average
2010 Falling Awake Actor Alessandra 59
Average
2009 American Virgin Actor Priscilla White 56
Average
2009 The Six Wives of Henry Lefay Actor Sarah Jane 57
Average
2009 The Jerk Theory Actor Molly 59
Average
2008 Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal Actor Emma Carr 58
Average
2008 Love Lies Bleeding Actor Amber 59
Average
2006 The Grudge 2 Actor Sally 56
Average
2006 Step Up Actor Nora Clark 67
Fair
2006 Take the Lead Actor Sasha 64
Fair
2005 Dark Shadows Actor Sophia 59
Average
2005 Tamara Actor Tamara Riley 56
Average
2002 Janet: Live in Hawaii Actor Dancer 59
Average

Production

2023 Devil On My Doorstep Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2022 Let's Get Physical Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2011 Earth Made of Glass Production Executive Producer 59
Average