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Jenna Dewan

Actor, Producer
Born December 3, 1980 (43 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • 10 Years
  • Setup
  • Tamara
  • American Virgin
  • Berlin, I Love You
  • The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
  • Balls to the Wall
Known For
  • Step Up
  • Witches of East End
  • 10 Years
  • Tamara
  • The Rookie
  • American Virgin
  • Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
  • The Jerk Theory
  • Setup
  • The Playboy Club
  • Berlin, I Love You
  • Love Lies Bleeding
  • The Wedding Year
  • Step Up
  • Soundtrack
  • Slightly Single in L.A.
  • The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
  • She Made Them Do It
  • Let's Get Physical
  • Devil on My Doorstep
  • The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
  • Balls to the Wall
  • Falling Awake
  • Come Dance With Me

Filmography

2023
Devil on My Doorstep · as Natasha Wallace
2022
Let's Get Physical · as Sadie Smith
2022
Come Dance With Me (TV Series)
2021
Superman & Lois (TV Series) · as Lucy Lane
2019
Soundtrack (TV Series) · as Joanna Kassem
2019
The Wedding Year · as Jessica
2019
2019
2018
The Rookie (TV Series) · as Bailey Nune
2018
The Resident (TV Series) · as Julian Booth
2016
Man with a Plan (TV Series) · as Jen
2016
No Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Tuesday
2015
Supergirl (TV Series) · as Lucy Lane
2014
Blaze and the Monster Machines (TV Series) · as Bunnie
2013
Witches of East End (TV Series) · as Freya Beauchamp
2013
2013
2012
The Mindy Project (TV Series) · as Brooke
2011
Setup · as Mia
2011
American Horror Story (TV Series) · as Teresa Morrison
2011
The Playboy Club (TV Series) · as Bunny Janie
2011
2011
Balls to the Wall · as Rachel Matthews
2011
2009
Falling Awake · as Alessandra
2009
American Virgin · as Priscilla White
2009
2009
2008
The Jerk Theory · as Molly
2008
2008
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
Tamara · as Tamara Riley
2005
Waterborne · as Devi
2005
Dark Shadows · as Sophia
2004
Joey (TV Series) · as Tanya
2004
Quintuplets (TV Series)
2002
The Hot Chick · as Bianca Salsa Girl
2002
2001
Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as College Girl #3
1973
The Young and the Restless (TV Series) · as Donna

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