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Trivia

  • Jenna is ranked #16 in the "100 Hottest Brunettes of AIM".
  • Jenna was a member of Pi Beta Phi at the University of Southern California.
  • Jenna's parents are named Darryll Dewan and Nancy Lee Bursch Smith, and her step-father is named Claude Brooks Smith.
  • Jenna lists her childhood role models as Madonna and Paula Abdul.
  • Jenna is a trained dancer in Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Tap, Lyrical, Modern and Salsa.
  • Jenna attended Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas and the University of Southern California.
  • As of 2006, Jenna resides in Los Angeles, California.
  • Music Video Appearances:
    - "Bouncing Off the Ceiling (Upside Down)" by A*Teens
    - "Honey Bee" by Belle Perez
    - "One Heart" by Celine Dion
    - "Get Up" by Ciara
    - "You're No Good" by Ellie Campbell
    - "All For You" by Janet Jackson
    - "It Really Doesn't Matter" Janet Jackson
    - "So Real" by Mandy Moore
    - "Gossip Folks" by Missy Elliott
    - "Give It Up To Me" by Sean Paul ft. Keyshia Cole
    - "Juarmento" by Ricky Martin
    - "He Wasn't Man Enough For Me" by Toni Braxton
  • Tours as a Back-up Dancer:

    - Ricky Martin's "Livin' la Vida Loca Tour"
    - N'Sync's "Pop Odyssey Tour"
    - Justin Timberlake's "Justified and Lovin' It Tour"
    - P. Diddy's "We Invented the Remix Tour"
    - Janet Jackson's "All For You World Tour"
    - Billy Crawford's "Big City Tour Live"
  • Jenna loves horror films but used to be scared of them as a child.
  • As of 2006, Jenna is 5'3" tall.
  • Jenna was a presenter at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards.
  • People Magazine named Jenna a "Dancing Queen."
  • Jenna's favorite show is So You Think You Can Dance and her favorite dancing movie is Dirty Dancing.
  • Jenna and Channing Tatum went to a taping of So You Think You Can Dance.
  • Jenna is half-Lebanese.
  • Jenna was a very outgoing child.
  • Jenna began taking dance classes when she was 5 years old.
  • Boyfriends:
    - Justin Timberlake: March 2002 - March 2003
    - Shane West: May 2003 - August 2005
    - Channing Tatum: 2005 - Present

Quotes

  • Jenna: It was amazing. I started dance when I was five years old and danced pretty much throughout my life. Then at age sixteen, an agent – a dance agent from LA, actually – found me and asked if I went to LA if he could represent me. I said sure. So, right at eighteen I moved to LA and started auditioning. I went to college as well, I went to USC. I was auditioning dance-wise and just started booking work. Booked the Janet Jackson tour and was gone… And that was where my life took me in the beginning. (laughs)
  • Jenna: (on the movie 'Tamara') My agent sent it to me for an audition. I read it and I loved the fact that to play Tamara you had to play two different characters. Not only two different characters, but completely different sides of the spectrum – the poor, picked on, unattractive girl and the vixen, the revenge-filled powerful woman. I knew it would be a challenge and I was really excited. And I always kind of wanted to do a horror movie, so I was excited about that. I really like the character of Tamara.
  • Jenna: I'm about 50/50 when it comes to technology. I can check my email and search for stuff, but if I hear we're on this and this and this site, then I need an exact link to get there otherwise I'm going to get lost.

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