About
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |