Search
What's Hot
Watchlist: Add New Fall Shows
Mega Buzz
Lost: Where Are They Now?
Fall TV Day-By-Day Grid

Jennifer Grey: Biography

Jennifer Grey
18 photos
  • Birth Name: Jennifer Elise Grey
  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/26/1960, Aries
  • Profession: Actor
User Rating: (153 ratings)
Add Your Rating: 1 stars2 stars3 stars4 stars5 stars
Jennifer Grey Fast Facts:
  • Although she grew up in a showbiz family, her famous father forbade her from acting until she was 18.
  • First professional job was a Dr Pepper commercial.
  • Film debut was in 1984's Reckless.
  • Big break came when she snagged the role of Frances "Baby" Houseman in 1987's Dirty Dancing with Patrick Swayze; she'd appeared earlier with Swayze in Red Dawn.  
  • Underwent a botched rhinoplasty procedure in the early 1990s that required additional surgery; the result left her virtually unrecognizable even to close friends.
  • Costarred in the late '90s television series It's Like, You Know..., in which she played herself and poked fun at her celebrity status and plastic surgery.
  • Appeared as a crazy love interest to real-life husband Clark Gregg in an episode of his series The New Adventures of Old Christine.
  • Demonstrated she still had some dirty-dancing skills on Dancing With the Stars in 2010.
  • Jennifer Grey Relationships:
  • Jo Wilder - Mother
  • Matthew Broderick - Ex-fiancé
  • Johnny Depp - Ex-fiancé
  • Joel Grey - Father
  • James Grey - Brother
  • Mickey Katz - Grandfather
  • Stella Gregg - Daughter
  • Clark Gregg - Husband
  • Jennifer Grey Awards:
  • 1988 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee

Photos

Jennifer Grey, Joel Grey Lester Cohen/WireImage.com
The Mortified Sessions, David Nadelberg Sundance Channel
Dancing with the Stars, Jennifer Grey, Derek Hough Adam Taylor/ABC
Dancing with the Stars, Derek Hough, Jennifer Grey Adam Taylor/ABC
Dancing with the Stars, Jennifer Grey, Derek Hough Adam Larkey/ABC
Dancing with the Stars, Derek Hough, Jennifer Grey Adam Larkey/ABC
more Jennifer Grey photos (18 total photos)
Advertisement

Shop

The Jennifer Grey Handbook - Everything You Need to Know about Jennifer Grey
Buy The Jennifer Grey Handbook - Everything You Need to Know about Jennifer Grey from Amazon.com
From Emereo Publishing (Paperback)
Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy New: $19.95 (as of 06/19/13 1:49 AM EST - more info)

more Jennifer Grey products

Our Partners

Related Websites

You might be also interested in the following websites:

Most Popular TV Shows

  1. The Bachelorette
  2. Arrested Development
  3. True Blood
  4. Pretty Little Liars
  5. Mad Men
more popular tv shows

Most Popular Celebrities

  1. Kate Middleton
  2. Kim Kardashian
  3. Ben Affleck
  4. Jennifer Garner
  5. Jennifer Lawrence
more popular celebrities

Most Popular Movies

  1. Man Of Steel
  2. This Is The End
  3. Fast & Furious 6
  4. Now You See Me
  5. The Purge
more popular movies

Top Videos

  1. The Voice
  2. The Voice
  3. The Young and the Restless
  4. The Bachelorette
  5. The Young and the Restless
more top videos
  • © CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Ad Choice
  • Terms of Use
  • Mobile User Agreement