Jenna Elise was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in Vancouver, WA. She is the fourth of five children to Alan Glanville, a barge captain and Kimberly Glanville, a school teacher. She attended Azusa Pacific University where she studied theatre arts, and spent much of her extra time performing in operas in the music department, and with her improvisation group. She was first discovered by Jeffrey Gorski of JAG Talent Management and was also represented by Renae Bell of Cavaleri & Associates Talent Agency in Studio City, CA. Her first breakout role was as the lead Kat in the "I'll Haunt You When I'm Dead" television movie on the BioChannel, directed by Jeremy Kasten. Show less «