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Aliases: Jenna Dewan Tatum , Jenna Dewan-Tatum , Jenna Lee Dewan , جنا دیوان

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

American Horror Story
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8

American Horror Story

(2011) Teresa Morrison
The Rookie
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9

The Rookie

(2018) Bailey Nune
Superman & Lois
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8

Superman & Lois

(2021) Lucy Lane
Supergirl
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7

Supergirl

(2015) Lucy Lane
The Resident
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8

The Resident

(2018) Julian Booth
Witches of East End
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7

Witches of East End

(2013) Freya Beauchamp
Step Up
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7

Step Up

(2006) Nora Clark
Devil On My Doorstep
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7

Devil On My Doorstep

(2023) Natasha Wallace

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Natasha Wallace
2022 Sadie Smith
N/A
2021 Self
Lucy Lane
2019 Herself - Host
Joanna Kassem
Jessica
Self
Self - Guest
Mandy
2018 Self - Guest
Bailey Nune
Julian Booth
2017 Herself
2016 Jen
2015 Lucy Lane
Self
2013 Freya Beauchamp
Hallie
2012 Sarah
Brooke
Jess
2011 Mia
Teresa Morrison
N/A
Rachel Matthews
Katherine Prescott
2010 Alessandra
2009 Priscilla White
N/A
Sarah Jane
Molly
2008 Emma Carr
Amber
2006 Sally
Nora Clark
Sasha
2005 Tamara Riley
Self
2004 Tanya
N/A
Sophia
2002 Dancer
1988 Self - Guest
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Executive Producer
2022 Executive Producer
2011 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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