Dominique Jennings (born 30 October 1965) is an American actress. She played Virginia Harrison in the

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soap opera '' Sunset Beach''.

Life and career

Jennings was born in

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. Her mother, Ann-Charlotte Dahlqvist, was a Swedish flight attendant, and father,

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, was an American artist and journalist. Her mother was killed in January 1969 during a plane crash while taking off from Los Angeles. Jennings moved back to the United States with her father in 1971. Jennings began her career playing secondary roles in films include '' Bad Influence'', ''

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'' (both 1990), ''

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'' (1994) and ''

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'' (1995). On television, she guest-starred on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 1997, Jennings was cast as Virginia Harrison in the NBC soap opera '' Sunset Beach'' after originally auditioning for another role. She was originally contracted to appear in ten episodes, but was offered a three-year contract after her first day on set, which she accepted. 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. She was nominated in 1999 for a

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at the 15th Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Villainess. Jennings voiced

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in the HBO adult animated superhero series, ''

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'' from 1997 to 1999. Her other credits include the animated series ''

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'' (2002), video games '' 50 Cent: Bulletproof'' (2005) and ''

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'' (2008), and animated film ''

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'' (2022).

Filmography

Film

Television

Video game

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jennings, Dominique American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses American voice actresses Living people Swedish emigrants to the United States 1965 births Actresses from Stockholm 21st-century American women