Jenna Dewan

Jenna Lee Dewan (/dəˈwɑːn/; 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 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 Nune on ABC's The Rookie. She also had a recurring role on the FOX medical drama The Resident.

Jenna Dewan
Dewan in 2012
Born	Jenna Lee Dewan (1980-12-03) December 3, 1980 (age 43) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupations	Actress dancer
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Channing Tatum ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2019)​
Partner(s)	Steve Kazee (2018–present; engaged)
Children	3

Early life

Dewan was born December 3, 1980^[1] in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Nancy Smith (née Bursch) and Darryll Dewan, who was a running back on the 1972 Notre Dame football team.^[2] Her father is of Syrian, Lebanese and Polish descent and her mother is of Cornish, German and English ancestry.^[3][4]

As a child, Dewan moved frequently; she mentioned in an interview that she lived in seven cities before reaching the seventh grade.^[5] While attending high school at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, Maryland, Dewan was a varsity cheerleader. She transferred to Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas. She was also a varsity cheerleader there and was voted prom queen during her senior year. She attended the University of Southern California and was a member of the California Gamma chapter of Pi Beta Phi.^[6][7]

Career

Dancing

Dewan first appeared in Janet Jackson's "Doesn't Really Matter" video in 2000 and later in "All for You" and the All for You Tour in 2001.^[8] She credits working with Jackson for aiding her career, allowing her to later work with many other artists and giving her the experience necessary to co-star in the dance film Step Up.^[9] In 2016, Dewan modeled as the face of dancewear manufacturer Danskin in a campaign and photo shoot that captured and featured her athleticism as a dancer.^[10]

Acting

In 2006, Dewan co-starred with Channing Tatum in Step Up, as well as starring in Take the Lead that same year.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2008, Dewan starred in the Lifetime made-for-television film Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal which follows five rule-breaking teens. She portrayed the role of disciplinarian Coach Emma Carr. In November 2009, she appeared in the straight-to-DVD comedy American Virgin alongside Rob Schneider.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2011, Dewan was cast in the NBC pilot of The Playboy Club. In May 2011, NBC picked up the series for a full season. She portrayed the role of Bunny Janie, a provocative Playboy bunny who works at a Playboy Club in Chicago in 1961. The series premiered on September 19 to 5.2 million viewers with mixed reviews from critics. Due to low ratings, NBC cancelled the series after just three episodes in October 2011.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2011, Dewan starred in the film The Jerk Theory. This was first released in Germany in 2009. It was later released in the United States in November 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Dewan appeared in the romantic-comedy film 10 Years, alongside her then-husband Channing Tatum, who also co-produced. The film was released on September 14, 2012. That same year, she appeared as Teresa Morrison in American Horror Story: Asylum, the second season of the horror television series.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013, Dewan began starring in the Lifetime series Witches of East End as Freya Beauchamp, one of the lead characters. In late 2015, she began a recurring role in the CBS/CW series Supergirl as Lucy Lane, and reprised the role in its spinoff Superman & Lois.^[11] She also had a recurring role in FOX's The Resident. Dewan's upcoming projects include The Wedding Year, Berlin, I Love You and Soundtrack.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

She joined the cast of ABC's The Rookie as Bailey in its third season, and was promoted to series regular in its fourth season.^[17]

In 2018, Dewan makes an appearance on the television series Seatbelt Psychic and receives a spooky reading from the famous medium Thomas John.^[18]

In 2022, Dewan starred and executive produced in the Lifetime film Let's Get Physical as part of the "Ripped from the Headlines" feature film. She portrays Sadie Smith who is loosely based on Zumba instructor Alexis Wright with the film inspired by Alexis' and her side prostitution gig.^[19]

33andOut Productions

Along with friends Reid Carolin, Adam Martingano, Brett Rodriguez and Channing Tatum, Dewan started a production company called 33andOut Productions.^[20] Their first production is a documentary called Earth Made of Glass that follows Rwandan President Paul Kagame and genocide survivor Jean-Pierre Sagahutu. It premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.^[21] Dewan and Tatum collaborated in a YouTube Premium/Starz television series Step Up, where they executive produced together.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

In 2006, Dewan started dating actor Channing Tatum after meeting on the set of their film Step Up. They married on July 11, 2009, in Malibu, California.^[22][23] They have one daughter, named Everly Elizabeth Maiselle Tatum born on May 31, 2013.^[24] On April 2, 2018, the couple announced that they were separating.^[25][26] Six months later, Dewan filed for divorce from Tatum.^[27] Their divorce was finalized in September 2024.^[28]

In October 2018, it was confirmed that Dewan was in a relationship with actor Steve Kazee.^[29][30] In February 2020, she and Kazee announced their engagement.^[31][32] Their first child, a son named Callum Michael Rebel Kazee was born on March 6, 2020.^[33] On January 17, 2024 it was confirmed via Dewan's Instagram that she and Kazee were expecting their second child.^[34] Their daughter, Rhiannon Lee Kathryn Kazee, was born on June 14, 2024.^[35]

PETA declared her to be one of three "Sexiest Vegans" of 2017.^[36] She is not currently vegan or vegetarian.^[37]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Hot Chick	Bianca Salsa Girl
2005	Waterborne	Devi
	Tamara	Tamara Riley
2006	Take the Lead	Sasha Bulut
	Step Up	Nora Clark
	The Grudge 2	Sally
2008	Love Lies Bleeding	Amber	Video
	The Jerk Theory	Molly Taylor
	Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal	Emma Carr	TV movie
2009	Falling Awake	Alessandra
	The Six Wives of Henry Lefay	Sarah Jane
	American Virgin	Priscilla White
2011	The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy	Katherine Prescott
	Balls to the Wall	Rachel Matthews
	10 Years	Jess
	Setup	Mia
2012	Slightly Single in L.A.	Hallie
2013	She Made Them Do It	Sarah Pender	TV movie
2019	Berlin, I Love You	Mandy
	The Wedding Year	Jessica
2022	Let's Get Physical	Sadie Smith
2023	Devil on My Doorstep	Natasha	TV movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Quintuplets	Haley	Episode: "Little Man on Campus"
	The Young and the Restless	Donna	Episode: "Episode #1.7935" & "#1.7938"
2005	Joey	Tanya	Episode: "Joey and the Break-Up"
2009	Melrose Place	Kendra Wilson	Episode: "Windsor" & "Gower"
2011	The Playboy Club	Bunny Janie	Main Cast
2012–2013	American Horror Story	Teresa Morrison	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2013–2014	Witches of East End	Freya Beauchamp	Main Cast
2014	The Mindy Project	Brooke	Episode: "Be Cool"
	So You Think You Can Dance	Herself/Guest Judge	Episode: "Episode #11.12" & "#11.15"
2015	The Real Girl's Kitchen	Herself	Episode: "The H Word"
2015–2016	Supergirl	Lucy Lane	Recurring Cast: Season 1
2016	Lip Sync Battle	Herself/Competitor	Episode: "Channing Tatum vs. Jenna Dewan-Tatum"
	No Tomorrow	Tuesday	Episode: "No Holds Barred"
2017	Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry	Herself	Episode: "Jenna Dewan-Tatum/Emily VanCamp/Pauly D"
2017–2018	World of Dance	Herself/Host	Main Host: Season 1-2
	Man with a Plan	Jen	Guest Cast: Season 1-2
2018	Blaze and the Monster Machines	Little Bunny (voice)	Episode: "Breaking the Ice"
2018–2019	The Resident	Julian Booth	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2019	Soundtrack	Joanna	Main Cast
2019–2020	Flirty Dancing	Herself/Host[38]	Main Host
2020	Robot Chicken	College Girl #3 (voice)	Episode: "Buster Olive in: The Monkey Got Closer Overnight"
2021–present	The Rookie	Bailey Nune	Recurring Cast: Season 3, Main Cast: Season 4-present
2022	Come Dance with Me	Herself/Judge[39]	Main Judge
2022–2023	Superman & Lois	Lucy Lane	Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3[40]
2023	That's My Jam	Herself	Episode: "Jenna Dewan & JoJo Siwa vs. Nikki Glaser & Jay Pharoah"
	Celebrity Family Feud	Herself/Contestant	Episode: "Episode #10.8"

Music Videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)
1999	"So Real"	Mandy Moore
2000	"He Wasn't Man Enough"	Toni Braxton
	"Upside Down"	A-Teens
	"Doesn't Really Matter"	Janet Jackson
	"Honey Bee"	Belle Perez
2001	"All for You"	Janet Jackson
	"You're No Good"	Ellie Campbell
2002	"Gossip Folks"	Missy Elliott
2003	"One Heart"	Celine Dion
	"Juramento"	Ricky Martin
2006	"(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me"	Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole
	"Get Up"	Ciara featuring Chamillionaire
2010	"Not Myself Tonight"	Christina Aguilera
2019	"Happy Anniversary, All I Want for Christmas Is You!"[41]	Mariah Carey

Producer

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Earth Made of Glass	Executive producer	Documentary
2018–2022	Step Up	Executive producer
2019–2020	Flirty Dancing	Producer
2022	Let's Get Physical	Executive producer
2023	Devil on My Doorstep	Executive producer

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2007	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Dance Scene (with Channing Tatum)	Step Up	Won
2012	Peabody Award	Executive producer (with Channing Tatum)	Earth Made of Glass

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External links

• Jenna Dewan at IMDb 
• Jenna Dewan on Instagram