Jenny McManus

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Jenny McManus

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Dandelion
1h 53m
Movie 2024

Dandelion

It follows a singer-songwriter in a downward spiral as she takes a last effort gig at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota where she meets Casey, a guitarist who walked away from his dream long ago.

Monica
1h 53m
Movie 2023

Monica

After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.

Bones and All
2h 10m
Movie 2022

Bones and All

Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.

The Pope Drops In
1h 32m
Movie 2022

The Pope Drops In

What would you do if your business partner stole your business and your wife, and then told you he wouldn’t become a Christian unless the Pope showed up at his house and asked him? You kidnap the Pope and take him on a road trip to end all road trips, to save him and your wife.

Wrong Turn
1h 50m
Movie 2021

Wrong Turn

Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life.

Biography

Jenny McManus is an American actress known for her background performances in film, television and stage. Her first role was in the film Dark Waters (2019), followed by films including Wrong Turn (2021), Bones and All (2022), The Bikeriders (2023), and Nutcrackers (2024). She has also applied her acting experience as a stand-in on Alto Knights (2025). Jenny has also appeared on multiple television episodes of Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago PD, as well as the streaming docudrama The Big Conn (2022). Her on-stage work with the Cincinnati Opera includes as a supernumerary in Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio (2024) and as a lightwalker for Marriage of Figaro (2019).