Jenna Dewan
Interesting Biography Facts
Real name
Jenna Lee Dewan
Occupation
American actress and dancer
Birth Date
December 3, 1980
Age
43 years
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
Birthplace
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Education
Grapevine High School (1999), University of Southern California, Notre Dame Preparatory School
Nationality
USA
Jenna Dewan family members
Father's Name
Darryll Dewan
Mother's Name
Nancy Lee Bursch
Is Jenna Dewan a lesbian/bisexual?
No
What is Jenna Dewan marital status?
Married
Who is Jenna Dewan husband?
Steve Kazee
How many children does she have?
2 kids Everly Elizabeth Maiselle Tatum, Callum Michael Rebel Kazee
Jenna Dewan husband
There’s no information about Jenna’s love life in her early 20s, so we gonna start from the most important and famous men in her life.
Channing Tatum (former husband)
Date of birth: April 26, 1980
He is her first husband and a man with whom she had been together almost a decade. They first met on the set of quite popular movie “Step up” in 2006. After 3 years of relationship, they married on July 11 in Malibu. Unfortunately, in 2018 the couple decided to separate from each other for a while. But it didn’t work, and they divorced in November 2019.
Steve Kazee (fiance)
Date of birth: October 30, 1975
The next man in Dewan’s life is an actor Steve Kazee. They started dating in 2018 while Jenna was still officially married to Channing. Steve is quite a successful actor and singer. He is from Ashland, Kentucky. The couple confirmed their engagement 3 months after Jenna’s divorce and are living happily to the present day.
Jenna Dewan kids
Everly Elizabeth Maiselle Tatum (daughter)
Date of birth: May 31, 2013
Everly is Jenna’s first child, who was born in the marriage with Channing. Everly’s middle names are an honor to her great-grandmothers (Elizabeth is after Jenna’s grandmother and Maiselle is after Channing’s grandmother). It was very difficult for both of parents to decide with who she should stay after divorce, so they split custody time fairly 50/50.
Callum Michael Rebel Kazee (son)
Date of birth: March 6, 2020
The son Callum is Jenna’s second child and first one with Steve. Both parents announced the birth of their first son through social media, where they wrote very heartwarming posts about their baby.
Who are Jenna Dewan parents?
Darryll Dewan (father)
Darryll is of Lebanese and Polish descent. He used to be a player on the 1972 Notre Dame football team. Jenna parents divorced when she was young and her father remarried Sally Buhr Dewan, a mother of his three sons.
Nancy Lee Bursch Smith (mother)
Her mother is of German and English ancestry. After divorce Nancy married Claude Brooks Smith.
Jenna Dewan siblings
Nathan Dewan (half-brother)
Shane Dewan (half-brother)
Daniel Dewan (half-brother)
Nathan, Shane and Daniel are Jenna’s younger half-brothers from the father’s side. They spend time together on holidays as we can see it from Jenna’s Instagram.
Missy Dewan (paternal half-sister)
Nothing is known about Missy but we assume she was born before Jenna.
Bio
Jenna Dewan is an actress, former model, and dancer. She was always devoted to dancing and toured alongside some of the greatest in music entertainment, most notably Janet Jackson and Ricky Martin. This recognition and experience gave her chance to try herself as an actress in “Step up” and earn enough popularity to win Teen Choice Award for this role. Later Jenna also tried herself as producer. First movie she ever produced was documentary film called “Earth made of glass”.
Interesting and fun facts
- Jenna is vegan and also tries to inculcate this lifestyle to her daughter Everl.
- She believes in ghosts and other stuff like that.
- Attended the University of Southern California, but did not graduate.
- She posed nude for the May issue of Allure magazine.
- Her favorite actress is Reese Witherspoon and Jenna even wanted to make a comedy with her