Kelly Jenrette

About

Actress known for playing Annie in the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale. In 2018, she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in the series. She played Annelise Wilkinson in the comedy series Grandfathered. She also appeared in the 2020 season of the anthology series Manhunt: Deadly Games.

Before Fame

She graduated Georgia State University. Her first big acting break came when she was cast in a Kaiser Permanente live production. She went to high schools and performed a play about HIV/AIDS awareness. 

Trivia

She was a voice actor in the animated series Frisky Dingo. She appeared in television series including Happy Endings, Fuller House and Mixed-ish. She played Amara Patterson in All American: Homecoming.

Family Life

She grew up as one of six children. Her husband is actor Melvin Jackson Jr. In 2018, she and her husband became the first African-American married couple to be nominated for an Emmy in the same year.

Associated With

She appeared in The Handmaid's Tale, starring Elisabeth Moss and Joseph Fiennes.