Jenn Proske Biography

Jennifer "Jenn" Proske (pronounced /?pr"?sk/, born August 8, 1987) is a Canadian American actress, best known for portraying Becca Crane in Vampires Suck.

Early life

Jenn Proske was born in Toronto, Canada, to an American ex-professional dancer and a Canadian advertising creative director born in Slovenia, who owns a sandwich shop. She has a younger sister named Becca. Her family moved to Orange County, California when she was four. There she became involved in stage shows for children: at six, she portrayed Ticklish the Dwarf in a new version of Snow White. She kept on acting while attending Tesoro High School. She spent six months in Australia studying and working at the Sydney Theatre Company, led by Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton. In May 2009 she graduated cum laude in Acting and Theatre Arts from the College of Fine Arts at Boston University, where she got a Master in Criminal Justice. Then, she left her job as a floral designer at the Saint Regis resort of Orange County and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress.

Personal life

In 2012, Proske was engaged to actor Stephen Schneider. The wedding took place on May 26, 2013.

Career

After acting in several shows while in high school and college, Proske was hired for her first professional role in Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling, in 2008. She portrayed Shelby. In 2009, she portrayed Titania and Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Mysterium Theater of Santa Ana and had the role of Mariah in an Off-Broadway production of Pope Joan.

She was hired for her first movie role in 2010, as Becca Crane "? a parody of Bella Swan from the Twilight saga "? in Vampires Suck. She had originally been called for the role of Iris, the parody of Alice Cullen. Vampires Suck received almost universally negative reviews, but Proske's performance was praised by several critics.

In 2011 she joined the short film The Infamous Exploits of Jack West and the pilot of the TV series Home Game. In November, she was Serena, the raped daughter of a senator, in the eight and ninth episodes of the eight season of CSI: NY.

In 2012, she was hired for the roles of Beth in the TV series House of Lies, of Dina Van Cleve in the TV movie Sexting in Suburbia, directed by John Stimpson, and of Meghan Weller, a stage actress, in the episode Theatre Tricks of the thirteenth season of Law & Order: SVU. She also portrayed Amanda Martino in the second episode of Major Crimes. In August, she filmed the fourth episode of The CW series Beauty & the Beast.

In 2013, Proske will portray Abby, an East Coast girl who falls in love with FBI Special Agent Mike Warren (Aaron Tveit), in the TV series Graceland.

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Vampires Suck	Becca Crane	Featured movie, lead role
2011	The Infamous Exploits of Jack West	Cambria West	Short
2011	Home Game	Tess	TV series, unaired pilot
2011	CSI: NY	Serena Matthews	TV series, guest Episodes 8x08-8x09
2012	House of Lies	Beth	TV series, guest Episode 1x08, "Veritas"
2012	Law & Order: SVU	Meghan Weller	TV series, guest Episode 13x11, "Theatre Tricks"
2012	Sexting in Suburbia	Dina Van Cleve	TV movie
2012	Major Crimes	Amanda Martino	TV series, guest Episode 1x02, "Before and After"
2012	Beauty & the Beast	Clarissa Withworth	TV series, guest Episode 1x04, "Basic Instinct"
2013	Graceland	Abby	TV series, recurring role

Theatre

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre
2003	Stage Door	Terry Randall	Tesoro High School theatre
2004	Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice	Tesoro High School theatre
-	Aurora Borealis	Choreographer, dancer	Boston University theatre
-	In This Body	Lead Ensemble	Piven Theatre, Chicago
2008	Lizzie Stranton	Gertrude	Boston University theatre
2008	Steel Magnolias	Shelby	Huntington Beach Playhouse
2009	A Midsummer Night's Dream	The Girl	Mysterium Theater, Santa Ana
2009	Pope Joan	Mariah	Off-Broadway

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2010	Beverly Hills Film and TV Festival	Best New Actress	Vampires Suck