Jenna Dewan

Acting

Jenna Dewan

Born 1980-12-03 · 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.

Acting credits

Step Up poster
6.9

Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.

Step Up

2006

The Grudge 2 poster
5.6

A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong, and strange things begin happening in a Chicago apartment building.

The Grudge 2

2006

Take the Lead poster
6.9

A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.

Take the Lead

2006

Setup poster
4.8

A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back what is rightfully his. When he finally comes face to face with his longtime friend he will be forced to make a life changing choice.

Setup

2011

The Wedding Year poster
5.9

A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.

The Wedding Year

2019

10 Years poster
5.8

A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.

10 Years

2012

Berlin, I Love You poster
4.8

An anthology feature of 10 stories of romance set in the German capital.

Berlin, I Love You

2019

Tamara poster
5.3

Tamara, an unattractive girl who is picked on by her peers, returns after her death as a sexy seductress to enact revenge.

Tamara

2005

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay poster
5.3

A presumed-dead man's current wife and former wives squabble over his funeral arrangements.

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

2009

American Virgin poster
5.0

A Freshman College Girl on a scholarship from an abstinence group that advocates saving sex until marriage discovers that her antics on a night of debauchery, when she reluctantly got drunk for the first time in her life, were captured on camera by a sleazy video producer. Now she and her friends must travel across country to recover the incriminating footage.

American Virgin

2009

She Made Them Do It poster
5.9

"She Made Them Do It" follows the twisted life of Sarah Pender, a charismatic, intelligent young woman who would become one of the country’s most sought after fugitives.

She Made Them Do It

2012

Slightly Single in L.A. poster
4.7

Dale hopes for a meaningful relationship in LA but it eludes her. Then she bumps into a musician she knew before he became a star.

Slightly Single in L.A.

2013

Love Lies Bleeding poster
6.1

A struggling young couple stumbles upon a cache of dirty money after a shootout in their apartment building.

Love Lies Bleeding

2008

The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy poster
4.5

In 1870s Texas, a ruthless bounty hunter and an Irish desperado flee the law with a young criminal claiming to possess a treasure more valuable than gold. Crossing paths with some of the West’s most notorious figures, the three outlaws fight for their lives in the pursuit of fame and fortune. Fueled by an ensemble cast and inspired by actual events, THE LEGEND OF HELL’S GATE blends legend and history into a Western spectacle that recounts a treacherous existence in post Civil War Texas.

The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy

2011

Dark Shadows poster
8.1

The pilot for a proposed remake of the '60s gothic soap opera. It was produced in 2004 for The WB network, but was not picked up and has never aired on television. The pilot instead premiered in 2005 at the Dark Shadows Festival in Los Angeles and has screened at various such festivals in the years since.

Dark Shadows

2005

The Jerk Theory poster
5.8

An aspiring recording artist, Adam, is burned by a bad relationship experience and decides that if women won't respond to the "nice guy" then he'll be "the jerk." This is wildly successful with meaningless relationships, but when Adam meets and falls for Molly, who doesn't fall for his jerk routine, Adam is forced to reconsider his dating philosophy.

The Jerk Theory

2009

Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal poster
5.8

Based on a true story. Five high school cheerleaders, including the daughter of the school principal, run amok -- and teachers, parents and administrators allow them to get away with a wide range of scandalous behavior. Known as the "Fab Five," the girls disregard school rules, drink alcohol and post suggestive pictures on the Internet. But when the new cheerleading coach attempts to discipline them, her superiors ask her to resign.

Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

2008

Devil On My Doorstep poster
6.5

Natasha is a social media influencer who has caught the obsessive gaze of a delivery driver, who takes packages from the route of another driver named Chloe. As Chloe investigates the driver’s admiration of Natasha, she develops her own obsession, leading her to try to infiltrate herself into Natasha’s life by any means — even by adopting a new identity.

Devil On My Doorstep

2023

Balls to the Wall poster
4.7

Ben's fiancée has her heart set on an expensive dream wedding, but her father, Jack, has secretly gambled away all his money. When Ben discovers he has a talent for exotic dancing, Jack pushes him to moonlight as a stripper to finance the wedding.

Balls to the Wall

2011

Let's Get Physical poster
5.9

Leading a double life as a fitness instructor and a prostitution ring with a client list, Sadie receives an anonymous tip and soon after her studio is raided by authorities, With only one question: who exactly was on the client list?

Let's Get Physical

2022

Janet: Live in Hawaii poster
6.6

Janet Jackson performs live at the Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on the final date of her “All for You” concert tour.

Janet: Live in Hawaii

2002

Falling Awake poster
6.1

A young singer-songwriter from the Bronx falls in love, but finds it difficult to escape from the violence in his environment.

Falling Awake

2010