Dominique Jennings

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Dominique Jennings
Born (1965-10-30) 30 October 1965 (age 58) [1]
OccupationActress
Years active1990–2011, 2022–present
SpouseLonnie Brandon

Dominique Jennings (born 30 October 1965) is an American actress. She played Virginia Harrison in the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach . [2] [3]

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Life and career

Jennings was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her mother, Ann-Charlotte Dahlqvist, was a Swedish flight attendant, and father, Richard Slater Jennings, was an American artist and journalist. Her mother was killed in January 1969 during a plane crash while taking off from Los Angeles. [4] Jennings moved back to the United States with her father in 1971.

Jennings began her career playing secondary roles in films include Bad Influence , Die Hard 2 (both 1990), A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) and Seven (1995). On television, she guest-starred on Living Single , Martin , The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , The Wayans Bros. , and The Jamie Foxx Show . In 1997, Jennings was cast as Virginia Harrison in the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach after originally auditioning for another role. She was originally contracted to appear in ten episodes, but was offered a three-year contract after her first day on set, which she accepted. [5] In February 1999, it was announced that Sunset Beach had decided to end Jennings' contract with the serial, after they axed Virginia from the series. However, producers decided to not to kill her off and did not rule out a future return. [6] She was nominated in 1999 for a Soap Opera Digest Awards at the 15th Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Villainess. [7]

Jennings voiced Wanda Blake in the HBO adult animated superhero series, Todd McFarlane's Spawn from 1997 to 1999. Her other credits include the animated series The Zeta Project (2002), video games 50 Cent: Bulletproof (2005) and Tom Clancy's EndWar (2008), and animated film The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022). [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Bad Influence Woman at Tar Pit
1990 Die Hard 2 WZDC Newscaster
1994 A Low Down Dirty Shame Funeral Guest
1995 Seven TV News Reporter
2022 The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild EllieVoice [9]
2024 Mufasa: The Lion King TBAVoice [10]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Knots Landing ReporterEpisode: "The Question Game"
1993 Living Single GirlEpisode: "Full Court Press"
1995 Sketch Artist II: Hands That See ToddTelevision film
1995 Martin CarlaEpisode: "The Ex-Files"
1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TherapistEpisode: "A Decent Proposal"
1995 Hang Time Miss DesireeEpisode: "The Candidate"
1996 Baywatch Nights Lea Jane BroussardEpisode: "Vengeance"
1996 The Wayans Bros. InaEpisode: "Goin' to the Net"
1997 Life with Roger LindaEpisode: "The Boxer Rebellion"
1997–1999 Sunset Beach Virginia Harrison 204 episodes
1997–1999 Todd McFarlane's Spawn Wanda BlakeVoice, 18 episodes [9]
1999 The Jamie Foxx Show KarenEpisode: "Why Don't We Just Roll... Reversal"
1999 Angel MacEpisode: "Parting Gifts"
2001 Dead Last StewardassEpisode: "Death Is in the Air"
2002 That's Life ReceptionistEpisode: "What's Family Got to Do with It?"
2002 The Zeta Project Agent RushVoice, 6 episodes [9]
2003 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out News AnchorTelevision film
2011 Body of Proof Linda GleasonEpisode: "Your Number's Up"

Video game

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 50 Cent: Bulletproof Alex

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