Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 03, 1980
Place of Birth
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Credits
55 titles
Jenna Dewan
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.
Known For
Filmography
Devil On My Doorstep
Natasha Wallace
Let's Get Physical
Sadie Smith
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Come Dance with Me
That's My Jam
Self - Guest
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
Self
Superman & Lois
Lucy Lane
Flirty Dancing
Herself - Host
Soundtrack
Joanna Kassem
Berlin, I Love You
Mandy
The Wedding Year
Jessica
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Busy Tonight
Self - Guest
The Rookie
Bailey Nune
The Resident
Julian Booth
World of Dance
Self
Man with a Plan
Jen
Supergirl
Lucy Lane
Lip Sync Battle
Self
Witches of East End
Freya Beauchamp
Slightly Single in L.A.
Hallie
She Made Them Do It
Sarah Jo Pender
The Mindy Project
Brooke
10 Years
Jess
Steve Harvey
Self
Setup
Mia
American Horror Story
Teresa Morrison
The Playboy Club
Bunny Janie
Balls to the Wall
Rachel Matthews
Earth Made of Glass
Executive Producer
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
Katherine Prescott
The Talk
Self
Falling Awake
Alessandra
American Virgin
Priscilla White
Melrose Place
Kendra Wilson
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Sarah Jane
The Jerk Theory
Molly
Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
Emma Carr
The Miley and Mandy Show
Love Lies Bleeding
Amber
The Grudge 2
Sally
Step Up
Nora Clark
Take the Lead
Sasha
Dark Shadows
Sophia
Tamara
Tamara Riley
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Joey
Tanya