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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 3, 1980
Place of Birth
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
- Jenna Dewan Tatum
- Jenna Dewan-Tatum
- Jenna Lee Dewan
- جنا دیوان
Jenna Dewan
2.6 Popularity
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
6.1
Natasha Wallace
Devil On My Doorstep
2023
5.9
Sadie Smith
Let's Get Physical
2022
6.4
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
0.0
Come Dance with Me
2022
3.8
Self
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
8.1
Lucy Lane
Superman & Lois
2021
7.0
Herself - Host
Flirty Dancing
2019
6.0
Joanna Kassem
Soundtrack
2019
4.7
Mandy
Berlin, I Love You
2019
5.9
Jessica
The Wedding Year
2019
Credits
Devil On My Doorstep
as Natasha Wallace
2023
6.1
Let's Get Physical
as Sadie Smith
2022
5.9
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
6.4
Come Dance with Me
2022
0.0
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
as Self
2021
3.8
Superman & Lois
as Lucy Lane
2021
8.1
Flirty Dancing
as Herself - Host
2019
7.0
Soundtrack
as Joanna Kassem
2019
6.0
Berlin, I Love You
as Mandy
2019
4.7
The Wedding Year
as Jessica
2019
5.9
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
2019
3.6
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.4
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
5.1
Busy Tonight
as Self - Guest
2018
5.5
The Rookie
as Bailey Nune
2018
8.5
The Resident
as Julian Booth
2018
8.4
World of Dance
as Self
2017
8.2
Man with a Plan
as Jen
2016
6.8
Supergirl
as Lucy Lane
2015
7.3
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2015
6.4
Witches of East End
as Freya Beauchamp
2013
7.3
Slightly Single in L.A.
as Hallie
2013
4.8
She Made Them Do It
as Sarah
2012
5.9
The Mindy Project
as Brooke
2012
6.2
10 Years
as Jess
2012
5.8
Setup
as Mia
2011
4.9
American Horror Story
as Teresa Morrison
2011
8.1
The Playboy Club
as Bunny Janie
2011
5.5
Balls to the Wall
as Rachel Matthews
2011
4.8
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
as Katherine Prescott
2011
4.2
Falling Awake
as Alessandra
2010
6.1
American Virgin
as Priscilla White
2009
4.9
Melrose Place
2009
5.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as Sarah Jane
2009
5.2
The Jerk Theory
as Molly
2009
5.8
Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
as Emma Carr
2008
5.7
The Miley and Mandy Show
2008
0.0
Love Lies Bleeding
as Amber
2008
6.3
The Grudge 2
as Sally
2006
5.5
Step Up
as Nora Clark
2006
6.9
Take the Lead
as Sasha
2006
6.9
Dark Shadows
as Sophia
2005
8.2
Tamara
as Tamara Riley
2005
5.2
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.8
Joey
as Tanya
2004
6.3
Quintuplets
2004
8.3
Janet: Live in Hawaii
as Dancer
2002
6.9
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.5
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.0