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Jenna Dewan

1980-12-03 (43 years old) in 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 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.

Movies

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Devil On My Doorstep
60 %|Nov 11, 2023
TV Movie, Thriller, Drama
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Let's Get Physical
66 %|Oct 15, 2022
Drama, TV Movie
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Berlin, I Love You
49 %|Dec 4, 2019
Drama
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The Wedding Year
59 %|Sep 20, 2019
Comedy
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Slightly Single in L.A.
49 %|Sep 3, 2013
Comedy, Romance
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She Made Them Do It
60 %|Dec 28, 2012
TV Movie, Drama, Crime
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10 Years
58.17999999999999 %|Sep 14, 2012
Comedy, Drama
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Setup
49 %|Oct 17, 2011
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Balls to the Wall
51 %|Apr 30, 2011
Comedy
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The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
44 %|Mar 3, 2011
Western, Action, Adventure, History
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Falling Awake
71 %|Jan 29, 2010
Drama, Thriller, Romance, Music
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American Virgin
50 %|Oct 3, 2009
Comedy
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The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
52.62 %|Jun 18, 2009
Comedy
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The Jerk Theory
59 %|Feb 5, 2009
Comedy
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Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
56.07 %|Aug 2, 2008
Drama, TV Movie
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Love Lies Bleeding
63 %|Jan 15, 2008
Action, Crime, Thriller
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The Grudge 2
55 %|Oct 12, 2006
Horror, Thriller
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Step Up
69 %|Aug 11, 2006
Music, Drama, Romance, Crime
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Take the Lead
69.06 %|Mar 17, 2006
Drama, Comedy, Music
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Dark Shadows
86 %|Jul 1, 2005
Drama, Horror
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Tamara
52.58 %|May 12, 2005
Horror, Thriller
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Janet: Live in Hawaii
71 %|Feb 17, 2002
Music

Series

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The Jennifer Hudson Show
64 %|Sep 12, 2022
Talk
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Come Dance with Me
0 %|Apr 15, 2022
Reality, Family
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Superman & Lois
81 %|Feb 23, 2021
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Flirty Dancing
70 %|Dec 29, 2019
Reality
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Soundtrack
62 %|Dec 18, 2019
Drama
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A Little Late with Lilly Singh
38 %|Sep 16, 2019
Comedy, Talk
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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Tamron Hall
51 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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Busy Tonight
55 %|Oct 28, 2018
Talk, Comedy
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The Rookie
84.39999999999999 %|Oct 16, 2018
Crime, Drama, Comedy
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The Resident
84 %|Jan 21, 2018
Drama
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World of Dance
85 %|May 30, 2017
Reality
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Man with a Plan
67 %|Oct 24, 2016
Comedy
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Supergirl
73.12 %|Oct 26, 2015
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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Lip Sync Battle
64 %|Apr 2, 2015
Reality, Comedy
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Witches of East End
74 %|Oct 6, 2013
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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The Mindy Project
63 %|Sep 25, 2012
Comedy
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American Horror Story
81 %|Oct 5, 2011
Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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The Playboy Club
56 %|Sep 19, 2011
Drama
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Melrose Place
55.83 %|Sep 8, 2009
Drama
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
49 %|Jul 16, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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The Miley and Mandy Show
0 %|Feb 28, 2008
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
67 %|Jan 3, 2005
Comedy, Talk
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Joey
62.779999999999994 %|Sep 8, 2004
Comedy
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Quintuplets
83 %|Jun 16, 2004
Family, Comedy
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
52 %|Sep 5, 1988
Talk
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Entertainment Tonight
35 %|Sep 15, 1981
News