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Jenna Kanell - Wikipedia

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Jenna Kanell
Born	Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present

Jenna Kanell is an American actress, director, writer and stunt performer. She gained recognition for her portrayals of Tara Heyes in Terrifier (2016) and Kim Hines in The Bye Bye Man (2017)—both horror films in which she performed her own stunt work. Her film career has since expanded to a variety of genres such as the political drama The Front Runner (2018), the horror-comedy Renfield (2023), and the action comedy Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024).

On television, Kanell has made appearances on shows such as the Disney+ miniseries WandaVision (2021) and the Showtime anthology series The First Lady (2022).

Early life

Kanell was born in Brookline, Massachusetts.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Jenna Kanell delivered a TEDx Talk on the experience of writing, directing, and producing the short film “Bumblebees” alongside her disabled younger brother Vance Kanell.^[1] The project went on to screen at over forty film festivals and events around the world, winning numerous awards and bringing the siblings to speak at institutions such as Harvard Medical School.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Kanell gained recognition for her portrayal of Tara Heyes in Damien Leone's slasher film Terrifier (2016)—which obtained a cult following after its Netflix debut. Kanell later had a supporting role as Kim Hines in Stacy Title's horror film The Bye Bye Man (2017), which received negative reviews. However, her performance was well-received; Variety wrote, "...the one who, all too briefly, steals the movie: Jenna Kanell."^[7] Both performances garnered comparisons to Neve Campbell's portrayals in The Craft (1996) and Scream (1996).^[8]^[9]

She has since starred in several significant short films, including "Max & the Monster", a dark comedy short film she wrote, directed, and produced which premiered on the opening night of the 2018 Austin Film Festival,^[10]^[11] and Ben Joyner’s sci-fi short film “Abducted”, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.^[12] A Voice for the Innocent, a resource for survivors of abuse, incorporated the former film into their training at the time of release.^[13]

After her appearance in Marvel’s WandaVision in 2021, Looper spotlighted her in an article titled “Why The Med Tech In WandaVision Looks So Familiar”, calling her an “up-and-coming triple-threat...and general cinematic jack of all trades.”^[14]

Personal life

Jenna Kanell is a third generation American of Ashkenazi descent, with roots tracing back through Eastern Europe.^{[citation needed]}

She has expressed socialist political views and has said that her moral compass is guided by ecofeminism. Jenna has practiced strict veganism for years, citing environmental racism, animal welfare, and bodily health as the prime motivators.^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Sassy Pants	Anna
2016	Terrifier	Tara Heyes	Stunt performer
2017	The Bye Bye Man	Kim Hines	Stunt performer
2018	The Front Runner	Ginny Terzano
2022	Faceless After Dark	Bowie	Also writer and producer
2022	Terrifier 2	Tara Heyes^[a]	Cameo
2023	Renfield	Carol	Stunt performer
2024	Bad Boys: Ride or Die	Nicole
2024	Red One	Krampus Guest

Television

Year	Title	Role	Episode(s)
2011	Drop Dead Diva	Nina Dunn	season 3, episode 5
2014	The Vampire Diaries	Jessie	season 6, episode 1
2017	Shots Fired	Cara	season 1, episode 3
2017	NCIS: New Orleans	Laura Dawson	season 4, episode 5
2019	Step Up: High Water	Director	season 2, episode 3
2019	Hot Date	Erin	season 2, episode 3
2020	The Resident	Safety Coordinator	season 3, episode 11
2020	Your Worst Nightmare	Joi Partain	season 6, episode 2
2021	WandaVision	Med Tech	season 1, episode 5
2022	Queens	Patti	season 1, episode 3
2022	The First Lady	Activist	season 1, episode 6
2022	Young Rock	Jamie	season 2, episodes 4 and 11
2022	Tales	Rebecca, stunt performer	season 3, episode 9

Music videos

Works cited

Hafdahl, Meg (February 8, 2020). The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films. Skyhorse. ISBN 978-1510751-76-7.

Notes

^ Kanell is credited in this film as "Tara" although she only makes a cameo appearance through a photograph.

References

^ Greenleaf, Vicki (April 5, 2018). "Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Asks the Entertainment Industry to Help Change the Way We Define & View Disability". PR Newswire. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Jenna Kanell". Alliance of Women Directors. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Easterseals' Disability Film Challenge Aims to Help an Overlooked Industry Group". 21 April 2017.
^ "Kanell, Jenna | International Early Childhood Inclusion Institute". Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
^ "Winners of the Disability Film Challenge, Jenna Kanell and Katy Tulka – Welcome to World Woman Foundation".
^ "Jenna Kanell's schedule for STEMIEFest2020".
^ Glelberman, Owen (January 12, 2017). "Film Review: 'The Bye Bye Man'". Variety. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
^ Anderson, Jeffrey. "Film Review:Terrifier Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
^ Anderson, Jeffrey (January 20, 2017). "'Bye Bye Man' is spooky but fun". GoErie.com. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
^ "'The Front Runner' Set as Austin Film Festival's Closing-Night Film". 12 September 2018.
^ "2018 Austin Film Festival: Jenna Kanell | MAX & THE MONSTER". YouTube. 8 December 2018.
^ "Abducted | 2021 Tribeca Festival".
^ "Discussing Max & the Monster". Spotify. 15 May 2020.
^ "Why the Med Tech in WandaVision Looks So Familiar". 5 February 2021.
^ "Jenna Kanell talks Horror Movies, Quarantine, Writing & Directing, Fan Tattoos". YouTube. 9 December 2020.
^ "10 Things You Didn't Know about Jenna Kanell". 10 February 2021.
^ "Meet Jenna Kanell | Actor, Stunt Performer, & Filmmaker". 22 April 2021.
^ "Flick Connection Podcast #24 w/ Jenna Kanell (Actress & filmmaker)". YouTube. 23 October 2018.

External links

Jenna Kanell at IMDb

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