Jenna Kanell Height, Weight, Age, Facts, Family

Jenna Kanell is an American actor, director, writer, voice artist, and stunt performer who is known for having been cast as Tara Heyes in the slasher film Terrifier, Kim in the supernatural horror film The Bye Bye Man, Ginny Terzano in the political drama film The Front Runner, Carol in the action comedy horror film Renfield, and Nicole in the buddy cop action comedy film Bad Boys 4. In addition to that, she has also been a part of a variety of shows and movies which include the likes of The Wizard of Agni, Love Transcends, A Girl Named Clyde, Demonica’s Reign, Shots Fired, Alone, Drop Dead Diva, Sassy Pants, Blood Type: Unknown, Super Sunday, Dating Avi, EMERGE, Dandelion, The Vampire Diaries, The Good Die Young, NCIS: New Orleans, Hindsight, 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Bigfoot (#1 Will Blow Your Mind), Ziggy, Misfortune, Vici, Holden On, Home Auto Life, Room for Murder, Princess Avengers: World Cleansers, Step Up: High Water, The Girl in the Trench Coat, Hot Date, The Resident, Miniature, The Silver Screen Scream Show, Jenna Misconstrues Everything, Your Worst Nightmare, The Yellow Woman, WandaVision, Queens, The First Lady, Young Rock, Abducted, Cipher, Terrifier 2, Tales, The Wild Man, The Last Black Dinosaur, Faceless After Dark, and Night of the Missing.

Born Name

Jenna Kanell

Nick Name

Jenna

Sun Sign

Scorpio

Born Place

Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Nationality

Education

Jenna Kanell has received training in Krav Maga (an Israeli martial art).

Occupation

Actor, Director, Writer, Voice Artist, Stunt Performer

Family

• Siblings – Vance Kanell (Younger Brother)

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 4 in or 162.5 cm

Weight

54 kg or 119 lbs

Race / Ethnicity

White

Jenna Kanell is of Ashkenazi descent.

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

She identifies as a queer, gender non-conforming female.

Distinctive Features

Thin frame

Jenna Kanell Facts

1. Jenna uses she/her and they/them pronouns.
2. By the time she was 12 years old, she was able to speak, read, and write cursive, conversational Hebrew.
3. Jenna Kanell appeared as Anna in the 2012 comedy-drama film Sassy Pants, starring Anna Gunn, Ashley Rickards, Haley Joel Osment, Diedrich Bader, and Jenny O’Hara.
4. Along with Samantha Scaffidi, David Howard Thornton, and Catherine Corcoran, Jenna Kanell co-starred as Tara Heyes in the slasher film Terrifier in 2016.
5. In 2017, she brought to life the character of Kim Hines in the supernatural horror film The Bye Bye Man. It is based on the chapter “The Bridge to Body Island” in Robert Damon Schneck’s book The President’s Vampire and Jenna’s co-stars for the film include Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount, Cressida Bonas, Doug Jones, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Faye Dunaway.
6. She was cast as Ginny Terzano (deputy press secretary) in the 2018 political drama film The Front Runner, based on the 2014 book All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid by Matt Bai.
7. In 2019, Jenna Kanell appeared as Erin in the comedy television series Hot Date.
8. She played Med Tech in the superhero romantic mystery drama television miniseries WandaVision in 2021. The show’s lead cast consists of Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Debra Jo Rupp, Fred Melamed, Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris, and others.
9. In 2022, she was seen as Jamie (the cameraperson on The Straight Line with Randall Park) in the television sitcom Young Rock. The show is based on the life of professional wrestler and actor Dwayne Johnson (also known by his ring name “The Rock”).
10. As a director, Jenna Kanell has worked on various projects such as Bumblebees, Void, Civil, The Refuge, Support Group, Produce the Vote, Max & the Monster, Dusso, Boy’s Club, #SLUT, Fear Haus, Deathless, Bliss Is Orange, Trap Door in the Sun, and Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill).
11. Jenna Kanell has practiced veganism for years and has cited environmental racism, animal welfare, and bodily health as the prime factors for her choice.

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