
Jenna Dewan
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2023
Devil On My Doorstep as Natasha Wallace
2022Let's Get Physical as Sadie Smith
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022Come Dance with Me
2021That's My Jam as Self - Guest
2021Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts as Self
2021Superman & Lois as Lucy Lane
2019Flirty Dancing as Herself - Host
2019Soundtrack as Joanna Kassem
2019Berlin, I Love You as Mandy
2019The Wedding Year as Jessica
2019A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2018Busy Tonight as Self - Guest
2018The Rookie as Bailey Nune
2018The Resident as Julian Booth
2017World of Dance as Self
2016Man with a Plan as Jen
2015Supergirl as Lucy Lane
2015Lip Sync Battle as Self
2013Witches of East End as Freya Beauchamp
2013Slightly Single in L.A. as Hallie
2012She Made Them Do It as Sarah Jo Pender
2012The Mindy Project as Brooke
201210 Years as Jess
2011Setup as Mia
2011American Horror Story as Teresa Morrison
2011The Playboy Club as Bunny Janie
2011Balls to the Wall as Rachel Matthews
2011The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy as Katherine Prescott
2010Falling Awake as Alessandra
2009American Virgin as Priscilla White
2009Melrose Place as Kendra Wilson
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009The Six Wives of Henry Lefay as Sarah Jane
2009The Jerk Theory as Molly
2008Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal as Emma Carr
2008The Miley and Mandy Show
2008Love Lies Bleeding as Amber
2006The Grudge 2 as Sally
2006Step Up as Nora Clark
2006Take the Lead as Sasha
2005Dark Shadows as Sophia
2005Tamara as Tamara Riley
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004Joey as Tanya
2004Quintuplets as Haley
2002Janet: Live in Hawaii as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1981Entertainment Tonight as Self









