Jenna Ashkowitz - star of the series "Chorus". The topic of the article is the biography and creative path of the actress.
early years
American actress Jenna Ashkowitz was born on April 28, 1986 in South Korea. When the future star was three months old, she was adopted by Americans of Polish-Italian and Irish descent. Jenna grew up in New York. They brought her up in the Catholic faith. The girl graduated with honors from a Catholic school in Hicksville, which is famous for the strongest teaching of theatrical skills.
Jenna Ashkowitz began her acting career when she was barely three years old. She participated in the children's program “Sesame Street” and devoted much time to work on the theater stage, playing in the productions of “Les Miserables” and “Spring Awakening”. But the fame for Jenna, of course, came many years later, in 2009.
The girl became widely known for her central role in the musical series “Chorus”, which was broadcast on television from 2009 to 2015. What is this television film about?
The series "Chorus"
The heroes of the film are members of the school choir. Ryan Murphy is the creator of the series. The first season caused positive reviews and was repeatedly nominated for prestigious film awards, including Emmy and Golden Globe. Murphy did not cast in the way most of his colleagues did. He needed actors capable of performing theatrical roles. And so the director spent several months attending various productions on the selection of performers in a future series. That is how he noticed Jenna Ashkowitz, who at that time played in the musical "The King and Me".
The heroine of today's story played in the series Murphy Tinu Cohen-Chang, a girl of Korean descent, imitating a speech impediment. On the set, Jenna Ashkowitz, whose photo can be seen in this article, worked with actors such as Chris Colfer, Dianna Agron, Jane Lynch.
The plot of the series is quite simple. And this suggests that he owes his popularity to good directing and the talented play of young actors. One of the characters in the film - a Spanish teacher - once decides to organize a choir. At first, few supported this idea. The first participants in the choir are school outsiders - teenagers who are bullied by their peers. But the enterprise of Will Schuster (which is exactly the name of the organizer of the choir) is becoming more and more popular every day. Choristers become a real team where everyone is equal and there are no divisions between “losers” and “popular”.
It is worth saying that the filming of the "Choir" was attended not only by novice actors. As invited guests in separate episodes appeared Josh Groban, Whoopi Goldberg, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton.
Jenna Ashkowitz and her book
Between filming in the series, the girl releases the book Choosing Glee, where she tells her success story, describes her childhood and reveals her own secret of happiness. Jenna hopes to inspire young boys and girls by sharing stories about the obstacles that she managed to overcome. So, the actress told her readers about the difficulties, which were many at the beginning of her career. “It’s not easy to live in America with an Asian appearance,” admitted Jenny Ashkowitz. Her filmography is small. In addition to the television series "Chorus", there are no known works in it. However, we can say that the actress is only at the very beginning of her career.
Michael Trevino and Jenna Ashkowitz
What is known about the personal life of the actress? On the set of the Chorus series in San Diego, Jenna Ashkowitz met Michael Trevino, who came there to shoot the movie The Vampire Diaries (he played the role of Tyler Lockwood hybrid ). At that time, the girl was not looking for a relationship, but Michael charmed her literally at first sight. As a result, their relationship lasted several years, but in 2014 the couple broke up. Nothing is known about the cause of the break. Neither Michael nor Jenna gave any comments in the press regarding their relationship.
Hardly experiencing a break with her boyfriend, the girl decided to head off to work and try herself in a new role. She was the producer of the Twinsters documentary, which premiered in 2015 in New York.
Shooting in a music video
Ashkowitz has always admired the shocking pop singer Lady Gaga. And once she happened to star in her music video Marry the Night. As the actress recalls, the opportunity to participate in this music video is the most exciting experience in her life. She was interested in watching Lady Gaga as a director and leader. In the video, Jenna plays the best friend of an extraordinary performer. And, according to her, most of the scenes are pure improvisation.
Jenna considers the adoptive father to be the main personality in her life. According to the girl, it was he who devoted all his time to her education. She achieved a lot thanks to this man. It is known that the actress has an older brother Greg, with whom she has a warm relationship. Jenna often spends time with her little niece. For her, family is in the first place, which is confirmed by an autobiographical book in which Jenna warmly speaks of foster parents.