Janna Fassaert
- Actress
- Sound Department
- Additional Crew
Janna Fassaert was born in Naarden, The Netherlands . When she was 8
years old she moved to South Africa, together with her parents, older
brother, director Tom Fassaert and younger
sister, actress Noortje Fassaert. Janna
lived there until she turned 14, then she and her family moved back to
The Netherlands. She was trained at the prestigious Dutch Theatre
School in Maastricht for four years and after her lead in the Golden
Globe awarded Bitches and numerous other shows, as Ugly Betty, was
invited in by famous acting coach
Ivana Chubbuck to come to Los Angeles to
participate in her masterclass. Janna has also studied with
Joyce Hiller Piven,
Jeremy Piven's mother. Her international
break came when she got a cast in the feature
Couples Retreat (2009), directed
by Peter Billingsley. She plays the
role of masseuse Gert in a couple of hilarious scenes with
Jon Favreau.
Couples Retreat (2009) premiered
in the Mann Village Theatre in Los Angeles October 5th, 2009. In the
summer of 2009 Janna landed herself the lead of marine biologist Skylar
Shane in the new international action-packed adventure film
Amphibious Creature of the Deep (2010) from director
Brian Yuzna. Working and shooting a
documentary during Summer 2010, in South-Africa, called Never
Neverland, for the production company Liquid World Wide. recently
working on the hit comedy show Easy to Assemble, together with Justine
Bateman and Craig Bierko, created by Ileana Douglas, directed by
Micheal Kang.