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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jenna Dewan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Rookie

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Kelly Clarkson Show

American Horror Story

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Supergirl

The Resident

Superman & Lois

All Movies (22)

• Devil On My Doorstep2023 · as Natasha Wallace
• Let's Get Physical2022 · as Sadie Smith
• Berlin, I Love You2019 · as Mandy
• The Wedding Year2019 · as Jessica
• Slightly Single in L.A.2013 · as Hallie
• She Made Them Do It2012 · as Sarah Jo Pender
• 10 Years2012 · as Jess
• Setup2011 · as Mia
• Balls to the Wall2011 · as Rachel Matthews
• The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy2011 · as Katherine Prescott
• Falling Awake2010 · as Alessandra
• American Virgin2009 · as Priscilla White
• The Six Wives of Henry Lefay2009 · as Sarah Jane
• The Jerk Theory2009 · as Molly
• Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal2008 · as Emma Carr
• Love Lies Bleeding2008 · as Amber
• The Grudge 22006 · as Sally
• Step Up2006 · as Nora Clark
• Take the Lead2006 · as Sasha
• Dark Shadows2005 · as Sophia
• Tamara2005 · as Tamara Riley
• Janet: Live in Hawaii2002 · as Self

All TV Shows (30)

• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
• Come Dance with Me2022
• That's My Jam2021 · as Self - Guest
• Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts2021 · as Self
• Superman & Lois2021 · as Lucy Lane
• Flirty Dancing2019 · as Herself - Host
• Soundtrack2019 · as Joanna Kassem
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh2019 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
• Busy Tonight2018 · as Self - Guest
• The Rookie2018 · as Bailey Nune
• The Resident2018 · as Julian Booth
• World of Dance2017 · as Self
• Man with a Plan2016 · as Jen
• Supergirl2015 · as Lucy Lane
• Lip Sync Battle2015 · as Self
• Witches of East End2013 · as Freya Beauchamp
• The Mindy Project2012 · as Brooke
• American Horror Story2011 · as Teresa Morrison
• The Playboy Club2011 · as Bunny Janie
• Melrose Place2009 · as Kendra Wilson
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Miley and Mandy Show2008
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Joey2004 · as Tanya
• Quintuplets2004 · as Haley
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self