Jennifer Grey Biography
Jennifer Grey is an American actress. She made her acting debut starring as Cathy Bennario in the film Reckless (1984). She soon gained worldwide recognition for her role as Jeanie Bueller in the teen comedy film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), and earned critical acclaim for starring as Frances “Baby” Houseman in the romantic drama film Dirty Dancing (1987), for which she received 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), Duck Duck Goose (2018), and Bittersweet Symphony (2019).
How old is Jennifer Grey? – Age
The American actress is 61 years old as of 26th March 2021. She was born in 1960 in Manhattan, New York, United States.
Who are Jennifer Grey Parents? – Father and Mother
The American actress is the daughter of stage and Academy Award-winning screen actor Joel Grey and former actress and singer Jo Wilder. Her paternal grandfather was comedian and musician Mickey Katz. Both her parents both came from Jewish families.
Jennifer Grey Health
The actress suffered severe Whiplash in a car collision in Northern Ireland, where vacationing with actor Matthew Broderick whom she had began dating. The actress on her 2010 appearances on Dancing with the stars, she had a physical examination to ensure that she was fit enough to compete and saw a doctor to address chronic neck problems caused by the car crash decades earlier. Her spinal cord was compressed and her surgeon placed a titanium plate in her neck to stabilize it. He also found a suspicious white spot on her thyroid via MRI. The nodule was cancerous and was removed. The actress has stated she believes the cancer was caught before it metastasized and that she is now cancer-free.
Who is Jennifer Grey married to? – Spouse
The American actress currently she is single. She was married to actor/director Clark Gregg on July 21, 2001. After living together they have been blessed with a daughter Stella Gregg, born December 3, 2001. They lived in Venice, California. On July 3, 2020, they announced they had separated amicably on January 18, 2020, and were in the process of divorcing. Their divorce ruling was issued that November and became official on February 16 2021. She once dated Matthew Broderick and actors Michael J. Fox and Johnny Depp and journalist George Stephanopoulos.
Jennifer Grey Acting Career
The actress’s commercial debut was at the age of 19, in an ad for Dr. Pepper, before making her film debut in Reckless (1984), in a small role. She appeared in a small role in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club (1984). That year she starred in the war film Red Dawn.
In 1986 she played the role of jealous sister Jeanie Bueller in the John Hughes comedy film Ferris Bueller’s Day off, opposite Matthew Broderick. The film was commercially successful and received a positive critical reception.
The following year, she reunited with Patrick Swayze, her co-star in Red Dawn, to play Frances “Baby” Houseman in Dirty Dancing. The story is a coming of age love story: spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances “Baby” Houseman falls in love with the camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
The low-budget film was a surprise hit, the first film to sell one million copies on video, and is considered a classic. The film also defined Grey’s career, and she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for the role. Grey’s sole Broadway theatre credit is her 1993 appearance in The Twilight of the Golds.
In the early 1990s, Grey underwent two rhinoplasty procedures. The second was necessary to correct problems stemming from the first. This resulted in a nose that caused even close friends to fail to recognize her, and the major change in her appearance affected her career. She briefly considered changing her name in order to start her career anew, but ultimately decided against this.
From March 1999 until January 2000, Grey starred as herself in the short-lived ABC Sitcom It’s Like, You Know.., which satirized her much-publicized nose job as a running gag.
In 2007, the actress portrayed Daphne on the HBO series John from Cincinnati. In 2010, she played Abbey, the mother of a sick child in the season seven House episode.
The actress was a contestant on season eleven of Dancing with the stars. She was partnered with professional dancer Derek Hough. She came out very strong at first, frequently topping the leaderboard. However, injuries, stress, and exhaustion took their toll on her, and for a couple of weeks she fell behind. In week seven, however, she improved, tying with previous frontrunner Brandy Norwood.
On November 23, 2010, the actress and her partner Hough won the competition. In September 2011 she appeared in the Lifetime movie Bling Ring as Iris Garvey, the mother of Zack Garvey. On November 5 and 6, 2011, She stood in for head judge Len Goodman on the BBC One TV show Strictly Come Dancing.
The actress voiced Mrs. Kurokawa in the English dub version of Hayao Miyazaki’s film The Wind Rises. From 2014 to 2017, Grey portrayed Judy Meyers on Red Oaks. In 2018, the actress co-starred in the film Untogether; the film was released on February 8, 2019.
Jennifer Grey Net worth
The American actress has an estimated net worth of $10 million as of 2021.