Jena Sims

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Jena Sims
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Sims at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Jena Michelle Sims

(1988-12-30) December 30, 1988 (age 37)
Winder, Georgia, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Spouse
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(m. 2022)​
Children1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition		 Miss Teen USA 2007 (unplaced)

Jena Sims Koepka (born Jena Michelle Sims; December 30, 1988) is an American actress and model. She has appeared in made-for-TV films and B movies such as Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012), 3-Headed Shark Attack (2015) and Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017). She was also named Miss Georgia Teen USA in 2007.

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Early life and education

Sims grew up in Winder, Georgia, and graduated from Winder-Barrow High School in 2007. She briefly attended Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she studied marketing. [1] [2]

Career

Pageantry

In 2004, Sims was crowned Miss Georgia Junior National Teenager, [3] [ dead link ] and later won the Miss Junior National Teenager title 2005. [4] A year later, Sims won the Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Newnan on November 11, 2006. [5] [6] Sims represented Georgia in the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant in Pasadena, California, in August 2007, but did not place. She was the first Miss Georgia Teen USA not to place in the pageant since 2003.

Pageant of Hope

Sims runs a non-profit organisation that hosts beauty pageants for children with cancer and other disadvantages called the Pageant of Hope. [7] The pageants have been held in Georgia, Tennessee, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, and California. [8]

Acting

Sims has starred in Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012), [9] and has appeared in an episode of television series Entourage . [10]

Personal life

On June 4, 2022, Sims married golfer Brooks Koepka. [11] The couple's first child, a son, was born on July 27, 2023. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader Cassie Stratford
2013Dead ReckoningSouthern AssassinShort film
Chocolate MilkShelley
The Anna Nicole Story Third DancerTV movie
Promo LifeMichelle
Last Vegas Dean's Girl
Best Night Ever Hooker #2
2014Angel InvestorsNews Reporter
Kill the Messenger Quail's Girlfriend
2015American Beach HouseLola
3-Headed Shark Attack Dr. Laura Thomas
Bullfrog BullfrogAmanda HendricksShort film
2017 The Last Movie Star Beautiful Woman #1Credited as Jeana Sims
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming NATO Delegate Lee
Fallen AngelGrace AlbrightTV movie
2018Fury of the Fist and the Golden FleeceChastity
Minutes to MidnightTiffani
The Price for SilencePenny
Tales of FrankensteinGertrude
2019Beneath the LeavesAlexa
2021Thursday the 12thLaura Ann
2022Underground - Who & Why?Aditya
2023Apocalypse Love StoryAdult Sam
2024 Nutcrackers Elf

Television

YearTitleRoleEpisodes
2010 True Jackson, VP Cheerleader #2Episode: "The Boss Ate My Homework"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Scorecard Girl (uncredited)Episode: "Long Ball"
Leverage Waitress (uncredited)Episode: "The Zanzibar Marketplace Job"
The Vampire Diaries CherieEpisode: "Isobel"
Entourage Flight Attendant (uncredited)Episode: "Buzzed"
Dexter Masuka's Date (uncredited)Episode: "The Big One"
2011 One Tree Hill TracyEpisode: "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here"
Volcano: The SeriesHot GirlEpisode: "Boyfriend Is Back"
2013The Silicon Assassin ProjectSouthern AssassinEpisode: "Dead Reckoning"
2015 Halt and Catch Fire Club Goer (uncredited)Episode: "Limbo"
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell EmmaEpisode: "National Lampoon's Fireballz"
Satisfaction PaigeEpisode: "...Through Expansion"
2016 Powers Devil GirlEpisode: "Funeral of the Century"
The Eric Andre Show Guantanamo BabeEpisode: "Warren G; Kelly Osbourne"
2022Now and ThenBarmanEpisode: "A Good Day to Give Thanks"

References

  1. ↑ Chenoweth, Paul (August 14, 2007). "Incoming Freshman to Compete for Miss Teen USA". Belmont University. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  2. ↑ Chenoweth, Paul (September 19, 2008). "Sophomore Recently Featured in Woman's World". Belmont University. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  3. ↑ Georgia General Assembly House Resolution 845 Archived 2006-07-19 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2006-11-12.
  4. ↑ Pageant Cast podcast interview with Jena Sims, episode 34 [ permanent dead link ]. Retrieved 2006-11-12.
  5. ↑ "Beauty Queen". Athens Banner-Herald . Athens, Georgia: Morris Communications. December 12, 2006. Archived from the original on November 9, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ Interview: Jena Sims goes big in Corman's 3D "50 FT CHEERLEADER" Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Sims receives Southern hero honor". Athens Banner-Herald. October 29, 2006. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2006.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (Google cache)
  8. ↑ Lowry, Donna (June 11, 2007). "Class Act Kid: Jena Sims". 11Alive.com.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ Bain, Whitney Scott. "Interview: Jena Sims, Star of Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader". starburstmagazine.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  10. ↑ "U.S. Open Champ Brooks Koepka My GF's A Beauty Queen". tmz.com. June 19, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Brooks Koepka marries Jena Sims in gorgeous destination wedding". NY Post.
  12. ↑ "Brooks Koepka and Wife Jena Sims Welcome First Baby Together: 'I Love My Crew'". People.
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