Jenna Dewan facts for kids
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Jenna Dewan
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Dewan at the 71st Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon 2012
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Jenna Lee Dewan
December 3, 1980 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
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| Years active | 2000–present |
Jenna Lee Dewan (born December 3, 1980) is an American actress, businesswoman and dancer. She started her career as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson, and later worked with artists including Pink, Missy Elliott, and Christina Aguilera.
She is known for her role as Nora Clark in the 2006 film Step Up. She has also starred on the FX series American Horror Story. She portrayed Freya Beauchamp on the Lifetime series Witches of East End and as of 2016 was playing the recurring role of Lucy Lane in Supergirl.
Personal life
In 2005, Dewan met actor Channing Tatum on the set of their film Step Up. They began dating shortly after filming had finished. The couple became engaged in early September 2008, and married in 2009 in Malibu, California. Their daughter was born in 2013. On April 2, 2018, after nine years of marriage, the couple announced that they were separating.
Dewan is an animal rights activist and a vegan. Dewan is raising her daughter as a vegetarian but says she will let her decide what to eat when she is old enough.
Along with friends and former husband Channing Tatum, Dewan started a production company called 33andOut Productions.
Images for kids
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Jenna Dewan at the Toronto International Film Festival 2011
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Jenna Dewan at Tribeca Film Festival 2010
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Channing Tatum & Jenna Dewan at the 71st Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon 2012
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Jenna Dewan at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con Convention
