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.
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RevenueActing
Primarily2023 Devil On My Doorstep as Natasha Wallace Executive Producer
2022 Let's Get Physical as Sadie Smith Executive Producer
2019 Berlin, I Love You as Mandy
2019 The Wedding Year as Jessica
2018 The Rookie as Bailey Nune
2013 Slightly Single in L.A. as Hallie
2012 She Made Them Do It as Sarah
2012 10 Years as Jess
2011 Setup as Mia
2011 Balls to the Wall as Rachel Matthews
2011 Earth Made of Glass Executive Producer
2011 The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy as Katherine Prescott
2010 Falling Awake as Alessandra
2009 American Virgin as Priscilla White
2009 The Six Wives of Henry Lefay as Sarah Jane
2009 The Jerk Theory as Molly
2008 Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal as Emma Carr
2008 Love Lies Bleeding as Amber
2006 The Grudge 2 as Sally
2006 Step Up as Nora Clark
2006 Take the Lead as Sasha
2005 Dark Shadows as Sophia
2005 Tamara as Tamara Riley
2002 Janet: Live in Hawaii as Dancer