JoNell Kennedy

Actress
Producer
Writer

"Una Great Movie" theatrical trailer. As a screenwriter tries to sell her movie to Hollywood executives, her script slowly transforms from a beautiful movie about a black woman traveling in Mexico, to an all white romantic comedy. The absurd reality of chasing a dream.

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Una Great Movie (2022)

JoNell Kennedy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father is a retired government employee (of the federal Department of Labor) and her mother was a vocalist with the 1960s pop music girl group The Dixie Cups. She is a graduate of Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas, where she majored in theatre.

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JoNell Kennedy in The Wayans Bros. (1995)

JoNell Kennedy and Arnetia Walker in Malcolm & Eddie (1996)

Simon Baker, JoNell Kennedy, Tim Kang, Amanda Righetti, and Owain Yeoman in The Mentalist (2008)

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and JoNell Kennedy in Friends (1994)

Hector Elias, John Hawkes, Miranda July, JoNell Kennedy, Natasha Slayton, Carlie Westerman, Brandon Ratcliff, and Najarra Townsend in Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)

John Hawkes, Miranda July, JoNell Kennedy, Jonathan Sehring, Natasha Slayton, Carlie Westerman, and Brandon Ratcliff at an event for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)

JoNell Kennedy at an event for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)

Known for:

Dreamgirls

6.6

Joann

2006

Guess Who

5.9

Winnie(as Jonell Kennedy)

2005

Collateral

7.5

Waitress(as Jonell Kennedy)

2004

Me and You and Everyone We Know

7.2

2005

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Actress

The Rookie: Feds
- Renee
- TV Series
- 2022
From Scratch
- Barbara
- TV Mini Series
- 2022
The Ms. Pat Show
- Cheryl
- TV Series
- 2021–2022
Una Great Movie
- Zoe
- 2022
9-1-1
- Dr. Thompson
- TV Series
- 2022
Grey's Anatomy
- Duda Kyat
- TV Series
- 2022
FBI
- Ann Tasker
- TV Series
- 2022
All Things Undone
- Tilly (voice)
- Podcast Series
- 2020–2021
Nocturne
- Gordon
- 2020
NCIS: Los Angeles
- Navy Commander Susan Yelton
- TV Series
- 2016–2019
Bolden
- Ida Bass
- 2019
Proven Innocent
- Amina Jackson
- TV Series
- 2019
Chicago Fire
- Jasmine Lacey
- TV Series
- 2019
You're the Worst
- Yvette
- TV Series
- 2019
The Affair
- Kristina
- TV Series
- 2018

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Alternative names
- Jo Nell Kennedy
Height
- 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Spouse
- Morocco OmariOctober 7, 2001 - December 5, 2006 (divorced)
Other works
Stage: Appeared in the revue, "Spunk-Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston," at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, IL, with Shari A. Seals and Ellis Foster also in the cast. The director was Donald Douglass. NOTE: She received the 1992 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Revue.