Key facts
- Born
- ( 1960-03-26 ) March 26, 1960 (age 66) , New York City, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1979–present
- Spouse
- Clark Gregg ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2021 )
- Parents
- Joel Grey (father) Jo Wilder (mother)
- Relatives
- Mickey Katz (grandfather) Ronald A. Katz (uncle)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jennifer
- Family name
- Grey
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Spouse
- Clark Gregg
- Father
- Joel Grey
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Educated at
- Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Jennifer Grey at the 2024 New York Film Festival 1 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Venice
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- birth name
- Jennifer Elise Grey
- Commons category
- Jennifer Grey
- date of birth
- 1960-03-26
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- unmarried partner
- Johnny Depp
- social media followers
- 105907
- name in native language
- Jennifer Grey
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Encyclopedic overview
Jennifer Grey (born March 26, 1960) is an American actress. She made her acting debut with the film Reckless (1984), and had her breakthrough with the teen comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). She earned worldwide fame starring as Frances "Baby" Houseman in the romantic drama film Dirty Dancing (1987), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. Her other feature films include Red Dawn (1984), The Cotton Club (1984), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989), Bounce (2000), Redbelt (2008), The Wind Rises (2013), In Your Eyes (2014), Bittersweet Symphony (2019), and A Real Pain (2024).
Grey's early television work includes the made-for-TV films Murder in Mississippi (1990), Criminal Justice (1990), and If the Shoe Fits as Kelly Carter / Prudence (1990). She starred as herself in the series It's Like, You Know... (1999–2001), won season eleven of the dancing competition series Dancing with the Stars (2010) and starred as Judy Meyers in the Amazon Prime Video comedy Red Oaks (2014–2017). Her voice work in film and television includes the 2018 film Duck Duck Goose and the 2008–2014 animated television series Phineas and Ferb.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jennifer Grey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.