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