Biography
Jana Allen is an American actress. She grew up in the mountains of Southwest Virginia and attended the William Esper Studio in Manhattan while beginning her professional acting career. She holds a B.S. in video broadcasting from Liberty University and previously worked as a radio host and television reporter.
Allen is known for roles including TV Reporter #1 in Fear Street: 1994 (2021), Reporter 1 in The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014), Heidi Shumway in Manhunt (2017), Reporter Dean Delaney in Mr. Mercedes (2017), Barb in Creepshow (2019), and Kelly Seasons in The Righteous Gemstones (2019). She has also appeared in The Shunning (2011) as Amanda and Genius (2017) as Second Journalist.
Her mother, Cherie Davis Allen, was Miss Virginia in 1968. Her father, Ray Allen, is an award-winning poet and founder of the non-profit Appalfolks of America. Allen is an honorary board member and spokesperson for the organisation, and became an official member of The Virginia Opry in 2019. She is a Marine Corps spouse.
