Jenna Gering began a 15-year career first as a model. She was born Jenna Hudlett, daughter of Jeanne and Fred Hudlett in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on July 6, 1971. At age 14, Jenna Gering was spotted by a modeling scout and soon after spent a great deal of time traveling throughout Europe and Asia, appearing in catalogs, magazines and commercials. Her first real acting breakthrough came in the form of the English-speaking telenovela, Miami Sands (1998) in 2001. Afterwards, Jenna would expand on a list of performances, mostly rooted to the small screen. She co-starred in the horror TV-movie, Sabretooth (2002), sharing the survival terror with Josh Holloway and David Keith against a stalking sabretooth tiger. Other television work included appearances on NYPD Blue (1993), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Two and a Half Men (2003), The King of Queens (1998), Las Vegas (2003), CSI: NY (2004), Quarterlife (2007) and Castle (2009). Outside of her screen-work, Jenna also works as an acting teacher at the Lesly Kahn Acting School in Los Angeles.