Boyd, Jenna 1993-

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Boyd, Jenna 1993-

PERSONAL

Full name, Jenna Michelle Boyd; born March 4, 1993, in Bedford (some sources cite nearby Fort Worth), TX; daughter of Mike (an airline pilot) and Debbie (a homemaker) Boyd; sister of Cayden Boyd (an actor). Avocational Interests: Ice skating, horseback riding.

Addresses:

Agent—Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Becca Kovacik, Hofflund Co., 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 420, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Actress. Appeared in commercials.

Awards, Honors:

Young Artist Award nomination, best supporting young actress in a television movie, miniseries, or special, 2003, for Mary Christmas; Young Artist Award, best leading young actress in a feature film, 2004, for The Missing; Saturn Award nomination, best performance by a younger actor, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, Sierra Award nomination, youth in film, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination, best youth actress in a lead or supporting role, and Young Artist Award nomination, best supporting young actress in a feature film, all 2004, for Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star; Teen Choice Award nomination, choice female movie breakout performance, 2005, and Young Artist Award nomination, best supporting young actress in a feature film, 2006, both for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Loretta Kravitz, The Hunted, Paramount, 2003.

Sally Finney, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (also known as Dickie Roberts: (Former) Child Star), Paramount, 2003.

Dot Gilkeson, The Missing, Columbia, 2003.

The girl, In an Instant, Eye Wonder Films/LPK Productions, 2005.

Bailey, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (also known as The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants), Warner Bros., 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Felice Wallace, Mary Christmas, PAX, 2002.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Elizabeth "Zee" Foster, The Gathering, Lifetime, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Kid, "Car Wash," The Geena Davis Show, ABC, 2001.

Five-year-old Shannon, "Shannon's' Song," Titus, Fox, 2001.

Hannah Gallo, "Christmas? Christmas!," Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 2001.

Voice, "The Piper," Special Unit 2 (also known as SU2), UPN, 2002.

Seven-year-old girl, "The Secret," Six Feet Under, HBO, 2002.

Sasha Rittle, "Cross-Jurisdictions" (pilot for the spinoff series CSI: Miami), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as C.S.I., CSI: Las Vegas, and Les experts), CBS, 2002.

Maddy Crane, "Milfay," Carnivale, HBO, 2003.

Julie, "Children of Ghosts," Ghost Whisperer, CBS, 2007.

As a child, appeared in episodes of the series Barney.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

New Frontiers: Making "The Missing," Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Back Stage West, March 31, 2005.

Elle Girl, July 1, 2005.

Los Angeles Times, June 19, 2005.

US Figure Skating, November, 2002.

Venice, September 1, 2003.

Young Rider, November, 2003, p. 2.