Jenna Lee Dewan (/dwn/; 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 P Asylum. She
portrayed Freya Beauchamp on the Lifetime series Witches of East End,
Lucy Lane in The CW series Supergirl and Joanna in the Netflix series
Soundtrack. Dewan has hosted the reality television shows World of
Dance and Flirty Dancing.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.As a child, Dewan moved frequently; she mentioned in an
interview that she lived in seven cities before reaching the seventh
grade. 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
went to University of Southern California and was a member of the
California Gamma chapter of Pi Beta Phi.
and dancer. She started her career as a backup dancer for Janet
Jackson, and later worked with artists including P Asylum. She
portrayed Freya Beauchamp on the Lifetime series Witches of East End,
Lucy Lane in The CW series Supergirl and Joanna in the Netflix series
Soundtrack. Dewan has hosted the reality television shows World of
Dance and Flirty Dancing.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.As a child, Dewan moved frequently; she mentioned in an
interview that she lived in seven cities before reaching the seventh
grade. 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
went to University of Southern California and was a member of the
California Gamma chapter of Pi Beta Phi.
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