Gordana Jenell

Tall (5' 10"), lovely and slender blonde actress Gordana Jenell was born on December 20, 1982 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Gordana took first place in the National Judo Competion for girls 16 and older. Jenell was a member of the Young Poets and Writers Club; she wrote her first short story at age 13 which was awarded Best Short Story of the Year by the Monetegrin Ministry of Culture. At the end of her elementary school education Gordana became an active member of the children's care organization Children's Union; she was not only an instructor and active member of this particular organization for over six years, but was also named Best Activist and Children's Union Instructor of the Year in 2000. At age 17 Jenell was accepted to the Academy of Dramatic Arts at the University of Montenegro, where she studied with noted Yugoslavian actor Boro Stjepanovic. In 2005 Gordana both starred in and wrote the script for the short feature "Taxi Drive;" her script for this movie was awarded the Best Screenplay of the Year for 2005 by the Montenegrin government. She also had lead roles in the short films "The Hint" and "The Color of Love." Jenell gave an especially impressive performance as the evil, yet alluring Frieda in the excellent Nazisploitation winner "Blitzkrieg: Escape from Stalag 69." In addition, Gordana has acted in stage productions of such plays as "Sexual Perversity in Chicago," "The Comedy of Errors," "Die If You're a Man," "The Cherry Orchard," "The Way One's Born," and "In the Agony." Jenell was the host of the live national morning TV show "Balkan Net" from September, 2004 to December, 2005. Gordana Jenell now lives in New York City.