Jenna Lee Dewan-Tatum has a net worth that reaches $6 million. She is an actress, producer, model and dancer. Jenna was born on December 3rd, 1980 in Hartford, Connecticut. She went to Grapevine High School in Texas and joined the cheerleaders. She also received the title of prom queen during her senior year. After graduating in 1999, she attended Southern Carlifornia University and was a member of Pi Beta Phi‘s chapter in California. Jenna is also a vegan and animal rights activist. Her parents are Nancy Smith and Darryll Dewan, who was a member of the Notre Dame football team in 1972.
Jenna Dewan Net Worth $6 Million
Before starting her acting career, Jenna was a back-up dancer for singers like Sean Combs, Janet Jackson, ‘N Sync, Toni Braxton, Billy Crawford, Celine Dion, Pink, Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake and Ricky Martin. Her first music video appearance was in Janet Jackson‘s Doesn‘t Really Matter and All for You. After that she joined Jackson in a tour promoting the former. Dewan admitted that Janet was a big help forming her career, giving her the experience needed to tackle the acting industry.
Her acting career is where her net worth really started rising. Her debut was on the television screens with a TV show Quintuplets in 2004 on the Fox channel. After that she had guest appearances on The Young and the Restless, Joey and Melrose Place. She got her first leading role in the inde supernatural horror flick Tamara, released in 2005. She appeared in The Grudge 2 ,Take the Lead and was the female lead in Step Up throughout 2006. This film was a huge success – it grossed $119 million worldwide and was undoubtedly a big factor for Jenna‘s current $6 million net worth.
From 2008 through to 2010 she appeared in TV films like Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal or DVD releases such as American Virgin and Setup.
In 2010 Dewan with Brett Rodriguez, Adam Martingano, Reid Carolin and her husband Channing Tatum established a production company 33andOut Productions. The documentary Earth Made of Glass that premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2010 was their first production.
In 2011 Jenna was chosen to star in the pilot of The Playboy Club. It was picked up for a second season, but because of ratings not meeting expectations, it was dropped after airing just three episodes. In the same year she also starred in The Jerk Theory. In 2012 she appeared in American Horror Story: Asylum‘s second season and in comedy drama 10 Years, with her husband Channing Tatum as the producer.
Her most recent acting job is one of the lead roles on the Lifetime series Witches of East End, Freya Beauchamp.
As for her personal life, Jenna met her current husband Channing Tatum while filming Step Up in 2006. They started dating soon after finishing filming. They became engaged in Semptember of 2008 and joined in holy matrimony in July of 2009. They had their daugher in May of 2013 and named her Everly.
This should give you an idea why Jenna Dewan‘s net worth is as high as $6 million and how she got from a background dancer to a serious and recognized actress.
