Jenna Dewan
Acting • Born 1980-12-03
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.
Filmography
52 credits
Tamara
Movie • 2005
Tamara Riley
Dark Shadows
Movie • 2005
Sophia
The Grudge 2
Movie • 2006
Sally
Step Up
Movie • 2006
Nora Clark
The Jerk Theory
Movie • 2009
Molly
Love Lies Bleeding
Movie • 2008
Amber
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Movie • 2009
Sarah Jane
Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
Movie • 2008
Emma Carr
Setup
Movie • 2011
Mia
Falling Awake
Movie • 2010
Alessandra
10 Years
Movie • 2012
Jess
Balls to the Wall
Movie • 2011
Rachel Matthews
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
Movie • 2011
Katherine Prescott
Janet: Live in Hawaii
Movie • 2002
Self
Slightly Single in L.A.
Movie • 2013
Hallie
She Made Them Do It
Movie • 2012
Sarah Jo Pender
Devil On My Doorstep
Movie • 2023
Natasha Wallace
Berlin, I Love You
Movie • 2019
Mandy
Take the Lead
Movie • 2006
Sasha
Let's Get Physical
Movie • 2022
Sadie Smith
The Wedding Year
Movie • 2019
Jessica
American Virgin
Movie • 2009
Priscilla White
Joey
TV • 2004
Tanya
Quintuplets
TV • 2004
Haley
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV • 2019
Self
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
TV • 2021
Self
Melrose Place
TV • 2009
Kendra Wilson
The Playboy Club
TV • 2011
Bunny Janie
Witches of East End
TV • 2013
Freya Beauchamp
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Teresa Morrison
The Rookie
TV • 2018
Bailey Nune
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Supergirl
TV • 2015
Lucy Lane
The Mindy Project
TV • 2012
Brooke
Lip Sync Battle
TV • 2015
Self
Superman & Lois
TV • 2021
Lucy Lane
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Busy Tonight
TV • 2018
Self - Guest
Come Dance with Me
TV • 2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
World of Dance
TV • 2017
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The Resident
TV • 2018
Julian Booth
Soundtrack
TV • 2019
Joanna Kassem
Flirty Dancing
TV • 2019
Herself - Host
Man with a Plan
TV • 2016
Jen
The Miley and Mandy Show
TV • 2008
That's My Jam
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self