Jenna Mattison (b. 1976)
Alias:
Jenna Mattison Mirza
Birthplace:
India
Born:
August 7, 1976
Originally from India, Jenna Mattison moved to Chicago at 7 years old. She started her career in Chicago at 14 appearing in theatre productions, writing short stories and modeling. Upon her move to Los Angeles Mattison wrote her first screenplay titled Fish Without A Bicycle. The movie went into production in 2003 and was released at the Cannes Marketplace with a screening at the Palais theatre and a limited US theatrical release. And thus began Mattison's career as a writer, producer and actress. In 2007 her acting career was cut short, after signing on to play Brenda Starr Reporter in a TV series based on the iconic Lee Messick comic strip character with Warner Horizon & Tribune Entertainment producing alongside Constance Burge creator of Charmed, Mattison sustained an injury that would force her into 5 years of surgeries and rehabilitation. Her first project back, For The Love Of Money, a Jewish Gangster Bio Pic which she wrote & produced was released through Lionsgate limited theatrical for which she was honored by The Academy Of Motion Pictures to have her screenplay included in their Core Collection Library . Her subsequent films received theatrical or television releases and are available worldwide. Her most recent film The Sound was released by MGM's Orion and Samuel Goldwyn in select theaters to critical acclaim and through Sony on Home Video, the screenplay was also selected for induction into the Academy Of Motion Pictures Core Collection Library. Mattison is currently writing for television and releasing her 4th installment of her best selling mystery novel series.