Jennifer Grey Elise born 26 1960, is an
American actress. She is best known for playing
Frances "Baby" Houseman in the hit
movie Dirty Dancing and
Jeanie Bueller in
Ferris Bueller's Day Institute. Her
commercial debut was at
age 19, in an ad for
Dr Pepper. After other
small roles, she played the role of the
jealous sister Jeanie in the hit
1986 movie
Ferris Bueller's Day Off. She is an
alumni of
Dalton School, a private
school in Manhattan, and
studied both dance and acting.
Grey also appeared with Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, and Kathy Bates on the CBS television movie The West Side Waltz, adapted by Ernest Thompson from his play, an episode of Friends as Mindy, and she had a small role in the 2000 film Bounce with Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck.
Her only Broadway theater credits include The Twilight of gold.Grey has recently appeared as Daphne, Meyer's fiancee, will, in HBO series John from Cincinnati. She become partners with professional dancer Derek Hough, who won Season 7 and Season 10 of the show.