Jenna Dewan-Tatum Biography

Jenna Dewan Tatum (born Jenna Lee Dewan; December 3, 1980) is an American actress and dancer. She began 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 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 was Freya Beauchamp on the Lifetime series Witches of East End and as of 2016 was playing the recurring role of Lucy Lane in Supergirl. Dewan has been married to actor Channing Tatum since 2009.

Early life

Dewan was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Nancy Smith (ne 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. 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 graduated in 1999 from Grapevine High School and was voted prom queen during her senior year. She went to University of Southern California and was a member of the California Gamma Chapter of Pi Beta Phi.

Career

Dancing

Dewan first appeared in Janet Jackson's "Doesn't Really Matter" video, and later in "All for You" and the All for You Tour. Dewan 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.

Acting

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.

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.

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 US in November 2011.

Dewan appeared in the romantic-comedy film 10 Years, produced by her husband Channing Tatum. The film was released on September 14, 2012. That same year, she appeared in American Horror Story: Asylum, the second season of the horror television series, as Teresa Morrison.

In 2013, Dewan began starring in the Lifetime series Witches of East End as Freya Beauchamp, one of the lead characters. In the fall of 2015 she began a recurring role in the CBS series Supergirl playing Lucy Lane, the sister of Lois Lane and girlfriend of James Olsen.

33andOut Productions

Along with friends Reid Carolin, Adam Martingano, Brett Rodriguez and husband Channing Tatum, Dewan started a production company called 33andOut Productions. 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.

Personal life

In 2006, 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 in Maui, and married on July 11, 2009, at Church Estates Vineyards in Malibu, California. Their daughter, Everly, was born in May 2013 in London, England.

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 gets old enough.

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Waterborne	Devi
2005	Tamara	Tamara Riley
2006	Step Up	Nora
2006	Take the Lead	Sasha
2006	The Grudge 2	Sally Johnson
2008	Love Lies Bleeding	Amber	Direct-to-video
2009	Falling Awake	Alessandra
2009	'	Sarah Jane
2009	'	Molly Taylor
2009	American Virgin	Priscilla White
2011	'	Katherine Prescott
2011	Balls to the Wall	Rachel Matthews
2011	10 Years	Jess
2011	Setup	Mia
2012	Slightly Single in L.A.	Hallie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Quintuplets	Haley	Episode: "Little Man on Campus"
2004	'	Donna	2 episodes
2005	Joey	Tanya	Episode: "Joey and the Break-up"
2008	Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal	Emma Carr	Television film
2009	Melrose Place	Kendra Wilson	2 episodes
2011	'	Bunny Janie	Main cast; 3 episodes
2012-13	American Horror Story: Asylum	Teresa Morrison	6 episodes (2 uncredited)
2013	She Made Them Do It	Sarah Pender	Television film
2013-14	Witches of East End	Freya Beauchamp	Main cast; 23 episodes
2014	'	Brooke	Episode: "Be Cool"
2014	So You Think You Can Dance	Herself	Guest judge; 3 episodes
2015-present	Supergirl	Lucy Lane	Recurring Role (13 episodes)
2016	Lip Sync Battle	Herself	Episode: "Channing Tatum vs. Jenna Dewan-Tatum"

Music videos

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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2007	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Dance Scene	Step Up