Jenna Boyd
Jenna Michelle Boyd is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the feature films The Missing and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and the Netflix series Atypical.
Early life, education and family
Jenna Boyd was born in Bedford, Texas. She was discovered at age two in a modeling search. She and her parents and younger brother Cayden relocated to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. In September 2019, she moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma as part of the Tulsa Remote program.She is a graduate of Pepperdine University, where she earned a business degree.
Career
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 plays the daughter of a family hired by the titular character 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. Boyd's performance was praised in critical reviews of this film, although the film itself was not particularly well received.In 2005 Boyd played the leukemia-suffering Bailey Graffman in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Other roles include the Lifetime miniseries The Gathering in which she played the daughter of a doctor searching for his wife and in the Ghost Whisperer episode "Children of Ghosts", playing a troubled teenager living in a foster home. In 2017, she played Paige Hardaway, the girlfriend of the autistic main character, Sam Gardner, in the Netflix series Atypical.
Boyd is also a skincare consultant for Rodan and Fields, having been inspired by acne problems during her teenage years.
Filmography
| 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 | 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" |
| 2017-present | Atypical | Paige Hardaway | Recurring role |