| Jenna Boyd | |
| Birth Name: | Jenna Michelle Boyd |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Bedford, Texas, US |
| Known For: | Mary Christmas The Missing The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 2001–present |
| Children: | 1[1] |
| Relatives: | Cayden Boyd (brother) |
| Alma Mater: | Pepperdine University |
Jenna Michelle Boyd (born March 4, 1993) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress with roles in the 2003 films The Hunted, and The Missing, and the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. On television, she appeared on all four seasons of the Netflix comedy-drama Atypical (2017–2021).
Boyd was born in Bedford, Texas. She was discovered at age two in a modeling search.[2] [3] She and her parents and younger brother Cayden (also an actor) moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. In September 2019, she moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma as part of the Tulsa Remote program.[4]
She is a graduate of Pepperdine University, where she earned a business degree.[5]
Boyd began her career at age three, appearing in episodes of the children's TV show Barney & Friends. She simultaneously acted and figure skated. In she played the daughter of a family hired by the titular character (David Spade) to help him recapture his childhood. Boyd's big break came when she was cast in The Missing, alongside Cate Blanchett and Evan Rachel Wood. Although the film itself was not particularly well-received, critics praised Boyd's performance.
In 2005 Boyd played leukemia-suffering Bailey Graffman in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. She appeared in the Lifetime miniseries The Gathering as the daughter of a doctor (Peter Gallagher) searching for his wife; and in the Ghost Whisperer episode "Children of Ghosts", as a troubled teenager living in a foster home. In 2017, she had the recurring role of Paige Hardaway, girlfriend of the autistic main character Sam Gardner, in the Netflix series Atypical.[6]
In 2017 she stated that she had become a consultant for the multi-level marketing company Rodan + Fields.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Loretta Kravitz | |||
| 2003 | Sally Finley | |||
| 2003 | Dot Gilkeson | |||
| 2005 | In an Instant | The Girl | ||
| 2005 | Bailey | |||
| 2012 | Complicity | Rachel | ||
| 2012 | Last Ounce of Courage | Maddie Rogers | ||
| 2014 | Runaway | Abby | ||
| 2022 | Good Mourning | Sabrina the Stalker |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Kid | Episode: "Car Wash" | ||
| 2001 | Titus | 5-Year-Old Shannon | Episode: "Shannon's Song" | |
| 2001 | Just Shoot Me! | Hannah Gallo | Episode: "Christmas? Christmas!" | |
| 2002 | Special Unit 2 | voice role; episode: "The Piper" | ||
| 2002 | Six Feet Under | 7-Year-Old Girl | Episode: "The Secret" | |
| 2002 | Sasha Rittle | Episode: "Cross Jurisdictions" | ||
| 2002 | Mary Christmas | Felice Wallace | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Carnivàle | Maddy Crane | Episode: "Milfay" | |
| 2007 | Ghost Whisperer | Julie Parker | Episode: "Children of Ghosts" | |
| 2007 | Elizabeth 'Zee' Foster | TV miniseries | ||
| 2008 | Criminal Minds | Jessica Evanson | Episode: "Minimal Loss" | |
| 2016 | Code Black | Vanessa | Episode: "Hero Complex" | |
| 2017–2021 | Atypical | Paige Hardaway | Recurring role |
| Year | Award | Category | Role | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Special – Supporting Young Actress | Felice Wallace in Mary Christmas | ||
| 2004 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress | Sally Finney in | ||
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress | Dot Gilkeson in The Missing | ||||
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female | Dot Gilkeson in The Missing | |||
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Youth in Film | Dot Gilkeson in The Missing | |||
| Saturn Award | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Dot Gilkeson in The Missing | |||
| 2005 | Teen Choice Award | Choice Movie Breakout Performance – Female | Bailey Graffman in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | ||
| 2006 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress | Bailey Graffman in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | ||
| 2008 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress | Julie Parker in Ghost Whisperer |