Kennedy Jackson is a 22 year old actress & singer from Trenton, South Carolina. She is a fourth year drama major with the class of 2024. She has enjoyed theater since a little girl. Her artistic history reflects that she went to South Carolina’s Governor's School of the Arts & Humanities to study drama for her last two years of high school. In her senior year, she became the 2019 YoungArts National Winner. Now she will be seen in “As You Like It: the Musical Adaptation” by Shania Taub as Phoebe & “Barbecue” by Robert O’Hara as Barbara.
In her free time, she loves makeup, making music, watching movies & shows, swimming, going on walks, spending time with her dog Christian Nugget & playing Sims 4.
Her acting credits (Theater & Film) at UNCSA include Bunny in “Detroit ‘67,” Sudabey, Marianna & Edwina in “Passing Strange,” Josie in "Born Again," directed by Will Henderson, Queen Beeatrice in ”Hive,” directed by Vianelli DeLeon and Jamila in "Jazmin," directed by Jo Hatcher.