Dominique Jennings

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Dominique Jennings
Born (1965-10-30) 30 October 1965 (age 57) [1]
Stockholm, Sweden
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 when the plane she was on crashed into the ocean 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, she was cast as Virginia Harrison in the NBC soap opera, Sunset Beach . Jennings was cast into the role of Virginia after she auditioned for another part in the program. She was originally contracted to appear in ten episodes of the program. However, after her first day on set, Jennings was offered a three-year contract, 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 including 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

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References

  1. ↑ "Dominique Jennings | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  2. ↑ Havens, Candace (December 31, 1998). "Michael Zaslow leaves a legacy of love". Ludington Daily News. (Shoreline Media Inc.). Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Watch out for... Dominique Jennings". Upscale: The Successful Black Magazine: 85. 1998.
  4. ↑ "Passenger List of Downed Plane". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. 15 Jan 1969. p. 16. Retrieved 5 Aug 2021.
  5. ↑ Turner, Mike (April 7, 1998). "Tough Enough". Soap Opera Weekly . Source Interlink Media.
  6. ↑ Zulli, JoAnna (February 22, 1999). "Davidson backtracks to Y&R". New York Post. (News Corporation). Retrieved October 15, 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Nominations for 15th Soap Opera Digest Awards Announced". PR Newswire. November 13, 1998. Archived from the original on October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  8. ↑ DeVore, Britta (January 18, 2022). "'The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild' Posters Put an 'Ice Age 3' Character Front and Center". Collider.
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