Jenna Dewan
Acting
Born: December 3, 1980 (age 45) · Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Highest Rated
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
American Horror Story
2011
Supergirl
2015
Step Up
2006
The Rookie
2018
Superman & Lois
2021
The Resident
2018
The Grudge 2
2006
Take the Lead
2006
10 Years
2012
Setup
2011
Joey
2004
Tamara
2005
Photos (11)
Movies (21)
Step Up
Nora Clark
The Grudge 2
Sally
Berlin, I Love You
Mandy
The Wedding Year
Jessica
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Sarah Jane
Take the Lead
Sasha
10 Years
Jess
Setup
Mia
Tamara
Tamara Riley
Love Lies Bleeding
Amber
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
Katherine Prescott
Slightly Single in L.A.
Hallie
American Virgin
Priscilla White
She Made Them Do It
Sarah Jo Pender
Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
Emma Carr
Let's Get Physical
Sadie Smith
Devil On My Doorstep
Natasha Wallace
Balls to the Wall
Rachel Matthews
The Jerk Theory
Molly
Dark Shadows
Sophia
Falling Awake
Alessandra
TV Shows (15)
The Rookie
Bailey Nune · 84 eps
American Horror Story
Teresa Morrison · 6 eps
Supergirl
Lucy Lane · 15 eps
The Resident
Julian Booth · 8 eps
Superman & Lois
Lucy Lane · 6 eps
The Mindy Project
Brooke · 1 eps
Man with a Plan
Jen · 2 eps
Joey
Tanya · 1 eps
Witches of East End
Freya Beauchamp · 23 eps
Quintuplets
Haley · 1 eps
Melrose Place
Kendra Wilson · 2 eps
Soundtrack
Joanna Kassem · 10 eps
The Miley and Mandy Show
2 eps
The Playboy Club
Bunny Janie · 3 eps
Come Dance with Me
11 eps
Self / Appearances (19)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 7 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 3 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest · 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 5 eps
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant · 3 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Talk
Self · 1 eps
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self · 1 eps
Lip Sync Battle
Self · 1 eps
Steve Harvey
Self · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 2 eps
Busy Tonight
Self - Guest · 1 eps
That's My Jam
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
Self · 1 eps
World of Dance
Self · 50 eps
Janet: Live in Hawaii
Self
Flirty Dancing
Herself - Host · 6 eps
