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Jenna Dewan
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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 Chr…
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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.
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2023
Devil On My Doorstep
Movie Natasha Wallace
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2022
Let's Get Physical
Movie Sadie Smith
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Come Dance with Me
TV show
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2021
That's My Jam
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
TV show Self
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2021
Superman & Lois
TV show Lucy Lane
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2019
Flirty Dancing
TV show Herself - Host
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2019
Soundtrack
TV show Joanna Kassem
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2019
Berlin, I Love You
Movie Mandy
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2019
The Wedding Year
Movie Jessica
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2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV show Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2018
Busy Tonight
TV show Self - Guest
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2018
The Rookie
TV show Bailey Nune
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2018
The Resident
TV show Julian Booth
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2017
World of Dance
TV show Self
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2016
Man with a Plan
TV show Jen
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2015
Supergirl
TV show Lucy Lane
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2015
Lip Sync Battle
TV show Self
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2013
Witches of East End
TV show Freya Beauchamp
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2013
Slightly Single in L.A.
Movie Hallie
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2012
She Made Them Do It
Movie Sarah Jo Pender
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2012
The Mindy Project
TV show Brooke
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2012
10 Years
Movie Jess
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2012
Steve Harvey
TV show Self
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2011
Setup
Movie Mia
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2011
American Horror Story
TV show Teresa Morrison
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2011
The Playboy Club
TV show Bunny Janie
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2011
Balls to the Wall
Movie Rachel Matthews
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2011
Earth Made of Glass
Movie Executive Producer
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2011
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
Movie Katherine Prescott
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2010
The Talk
TV show Self
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2010
Falling Awake
Movie Alessandra
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2009
American Virgin
Movie Priscilla White
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2009
Melrose Place
TV show Kendra Wilson
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Movie Sarah Jane
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2009
The Jerk Theory
Movie Molly
