How much is Jenna Dewan worth?
| Net Worth: | $35 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actress |
| Date of Birth: | December 3, 1980 (age 42) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 1 in (1.57 m) |
About Jenna Dewan
Jenna Lee Dewan is an American actress, dancer, producer, and television hostess. She began her career in the entertainment business as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson and went on to work for the likes of Christina Aguilera, Missy Elliott, and P!nk. Around the same time, she began making a name for herself as a supporting actress in multiple television productions. Her most popular roles are in Step Up, The Playboy Club, American Horror Story: Asylum, Supergirl, and Soundtrack.
She was born on December 3, 1980, in Hartford, Connecticut to Darryll and Nancy Dewan. Her father was a running back on the Notre Dame football team in 1972 and is of Polish and Lebanese descent while her mother is of English and German ancestry. During her childhood, she moved frequently and lived in seven cities before eventually reaching the seventh grade.
She was a varsity cheerleader during her tenure in the Notre Dame Preparatory School. She then transferred to the Grapevine High School where she was also a varsity cheerleader and was voted prom queen during her senior year. After graduating in 1998, she enrolled at the University of Southern California, where she was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Concurrently with her studying at the California university, Jenna began attending various dancing schools to improve her skills.
Her dancing career began in late 1999. Her very first appearance in a music video came that year in Mandy Moore’s So Real. One year later, she impressed Janet Jackson and was offered a spot in the best-selling artist’s music video of the song “Doesn’t Really Matter”. She then appeared in the music video for All for You and was part of her All for You Tour national concert in 2001.
In the early 2000s, Jenna also became an actress. Her film debut came in the 2002 hit comedy The Hot Chick. In 2004, she landed supporting roles in two episodes of Quintuplets and The Young and the Restless. She continued to appear in other television projects such as Joey, Tamara, Dark Shadows, The Grudge 2, and Love Lies Bleeding.
Starting the mid-2000s, she began receiving a lot more acting opportunities, and most importantly, recurring roles. She appeared in Step Up in 2006 and in Magic Mike in 2012. “I really didn’t know how people were going to react to ‘Magic Mike’ because there hasn’t been a movie like it,” Dewan has said. Magic Mike earned $167.2 million at the global box office.
Besides acting and dancing, what helped Jenna Dewan be so successful were her abilities to host television shows such as World of Dance and Flirty Dancing.
Dewan has also worked with many best-selling artists such as Toni Braxton, Missy Elliott, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin, and Christina Aguilera. She appeared in both music videos and on some of the tour dates of these artists, thanks to which both her wealth and popularity were boosted.
Outside of the television projects and dancing, in late 2010, Jenna and her friends Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, Adam Martingano, and Brett Rodriguez started their own production company titled 33andOut Productions. Since then, she has been an active producer of several documentaries and TV series. Her debut as a producer came in the documentary Earth Made of Glass.
Most recently, she teamed up with her then-husband Channing Tatum for the drama television series Step Up, in which she makes guest appearances and is a producer. Her most recent appearances on television projects are in the 2019 films Berlin, I Love You and The Wedding Year.
Her most popular roles during that decade are in the short-lived The Playboy Club, as well as American Horror Story (Asylum), Witches of East End, Supergirl, The Resident, and Soundtrack.
Dewan’s Total Net Worth
In total, it is estimated that Jenna Dewan’s career earnings are at about $20 million dollars. Most of which has been earned in the last 10 years. Her likely tax rate on her earnings will have been about 49% considering she has lived and worked in California and, as she has earned most of her money in years that she has hit the very top tax bracket.
Of her $20 million dollars income, $1-3 million will have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $18 million, will have been taxed at 49%. After tax, it is estimated that her career earnings are at around $9.18 million dollars, having paid $8.82 million dollars in taxes.
Jenna Dewan married Channing Tatum in 2009 and they remained together for ten years. They had one child together, Everly Elizabeth Maiselle Tatum, and when they divorced in 2019 is has been reported that Dewan received a sizable settlement. Between 2009 and 2019 Tatum’s earnings were high and it is speculated that Dewan was a strong supporting influence on his growth, perhaps even sacrificing much of her own career. He also needed to pay child support but it has been reported that he may have been ordered to pay Dewan some $25 million dollars as part of a divorce settlement.
Today, Jenna is partnered with Steve Kazee since 2018 and they also have a child together. In her personal life she has remained stable. Dewan is an animal rights activist and a vegan. In fact, PETA declared her to be one of the three “Sexiest Vegans” of 2017. She has not found herself in any legal trouble or had a history of alcohol abuse. On the contrary she has kept herself in incredible shape and that routine and work ethic has likely also been present in her managing of her finances.
In her personal life Jenna has likely spent $3-4 million dollars of her career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $2-3 million, not including investment assets. In her investments, she may have earned investment returns of $3 million dollars. When adding in her $25 million received as part of her divorce settlement, Jenna Dewan’s net worth is likely over $35 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Jenna Dewan is an established actress and dancer that broke through with her fantastic dancing skills in music videos and realities. She rose to international popularity when she danced for the likes of Janet Jackson, Toni Braxton, and Celine Dion among many others.
