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Jenna Dewan

Actor, ProducerBorn December 3, 1980 (44 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

  • The Grudge 2
  • 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
  • The Rookie
  • Tamara
  • American Virgin
  • Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
  • The Jerk Theory
  • Setup
  • The Playboy Club
  • Berlin, I Love You
  • The Wedding Year
  • Love Lies Bleeding
  • Step Up
  • Soundtrack
  • Slightly Single in L.A.
  • She Made Them Do It
  • The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

Featured Videos

    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
    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
    2006
    Step Up · as Nora Clark
    2006
    Take the Lead · as Sasha
    2005
    Dark Shadows · as Sophia
    2005
    Tamara · as Tamara Riley
    2005
    Waterborne · as Devi
    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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