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Jenna Dewan

Jenna Dewan

Acting

December 3, 1980 (45 years old)
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Female
25 Movies
31 TV Shows

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.

The Rookie
The Rookie

The Rookie

2018 8.5

as Bailey Nune

Age 37 (now 45)
84 eps
Step Up
Step Up

Step Up

2006 6.9

as Nora Clark

Age 25 (now 45)
Supergirl
Supergirl

Supergirl

2015 7.3

as Lucy Lane

Age 34 (now 45)
15 eps
10 Years
10 Years

10 Years

2012 5.8

as Jess

Age 31 (now 45)
Tamara
Tamara

Tamara

2005 5.3

as Tamara Riley

Age 24 (now 45)
American Virgin
American Virgin

American Virgin

2009 4.9

as Priscilla White

Age 28 (now 45)
American Horror Story
American Horror Story

American Horror Story

2011 8.1

as Teresa Morrison

Age 30 (now 45)
6 eps
Witches of East End
Witches of East End

Witches of East End

2013 7.3

as Freya Beauchamp

Age 32 (now 45)
23 eps
The Resident
The Resident

The Resident

2018 8.4

as Julian Booth

Age 37 (now 45)
8 eps
Superman & Lois
Superman & Lois

Superman & Lois

2021 8.1

as Lucy Lane

Age 40 (now 45)
6 eps
Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

2008 5.8

as Emma Carr

Age 27 (now 45)
Take the Lead
Take the Lead

Take the Lead

2006 6.9

as Sasha

Age 25 (now 45)
The Jerk Theory
The Jerk Theory

The Jerk Theory

2009 5.8

as Molly

Age 28 (now 45)
The Wedding Year
The Wedding Year

The Wedding Year

2019 6.0

as Jessica

Age 38 (now 45)
She Made Them Do It
She Made Them Do It

She Made Them Do It

2012 5.9

as Sarah Jo Pender

Age 32 (now 45)
Love Lies Bleeding
Love Lies Bleeding

Love Lies Bleeding

2008 6.1

as Amber

Age 27 (now 45)