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.

Filmography

• 2023Devil On My Doorstep — Natasha Wallace, Executive Producer
• Come Dance with Me
• 2022Let's Get Physical — Sadie Smith, Executive Producer
• Superman & Lois — Lucy Lane
• 2019Berlin, I Love You — Mandy
• Soundtrack — Joanna Kassem
• 2019The Wedding Year — Jessica
• The Resident — Julian Booth
• The Rookie — Bailey Nune
• Man with a Plan — Jen
• Supergirl — Lucy Lane
• 2013Slightly Single in L.A. — Hallie
• Witches of East End — Freya Beauchamp
• 201210 Years — Jess
• 2012She Made Them Do It — Sarah Jo Pender
• The Mindy Project — Brooke
• American Horror Story — Teresa Morrison
• 2011Balls to the Wall — Rachel Matthews
• 2011Earth Made of Glass — Executive Producer
• 2011Setup — Mia
• 2011The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy — Katherine Prescott
• The Playboy Club — Bunny Janie
• 2010Falling Awake — Alessandra
• 2009American Virgin — Priscilla White
• Melrose Place — Kendra Wilson
• 2009The Jerk Theory — Molly
• 2009The Six Wives of Henry Lefay — Sarah Jane
• 2008Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal — Emma Carr
• 2008Love Lies Bleeding — Amber
• The Miley and Mandy Show
• 2006Step Up — Nora Clark
• 2006Take the Lead — Sasha
• 2006The Grudge 2 — Sally
• 2005Dark Shadows — Sophia
• 2005Tamara — Tamara Riley
• Joey — Tanya
• Quintuplets — Haley

Appearances as themselves (19)

• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• That's My Jam — Self - Guest
• Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts — Self
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• Flirty Dancing — Herself - Host
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Busy Tonight — Self - Guest
• World of Dance — Self
• Lip Sync Battle — Self
• Steve Harvey — Self
• The Talk — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Contestant
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002Janet: Live in Hawaii — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Entertainment Tonight — Self