Jennie Eisenhower

In the greater Philadelphia region, Eisenhower directed 1776 in 2016 and Falsettos in 2019, among other works.

Jennie Elizabeth Eisenhower (born August 15, 1978) is an American actress, director, and realtor.

She has performed in theater productions Off-Broadway and in regional theatre, being nominated for seven Barrymore Awards and winning two of them.

She has played minor roles in several feature films.

She is a great-granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower and granddaughter of Richard Nixon, both presidents of the United States.

Eisenhower was born in San Clemente, California, to Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David Eisenhower.

Her maternal grandparents were U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, while her paternal great-grandparents were U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.

She grew up near Philadelphia and graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

She has a brother, Alex Richard Eisenhower (b. 1980), and a sister, Melanie Catherine Eisenhower (b. 1984).

In 1996 Jennie Eisenhower was presented as a debutante to high society at the International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Eisenhower has performed in Off-Broadway productions and at regional theaters across the United States.

Eisenhower has appeared in small roles in the films Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Arthur (2011), and The Suspect (2013).

She taught theater as an adjunct faculty member at Temple University.

Eisenhower narrated the audiobook version of her mother’s 2007 book about her grandmother, Pat Nixon: The Untold Story.

For her performances in Philadelphia she has won two Barrymore Awards: Best Actress in a Musical (2009) for Forbidden Broadway's Greatest Hits, and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical (2004) for The Wild Party.

She was also nominated for Barrymore Awards for her work in Show Boat at the Media Theatre (2010), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Theatre Horizon in Norristown (2011), Little Women at Bristol Riverside Theatre (2011), A Grand Night for Singing at the Walnut Street Theatre (2012), Parade at the Arden Theatre (2013), and Bullets Over Broadway (2018).

In 2011, Eisenhower married Anthony (Tony) Cheslock and they have one child.

She is a Democrat and voted for Barack Obama in 2012.

Other appearances have included Passion at the Arden Theatre Company (2015), Kiss Me, Kate at the Act II Playhouse (2016), and Arsenic and Old Lace (2014), The Humans (2018) and The Best Man (2020) at the Walnut Street Theatre, where she has also directed several productions; Off-Broadway appearances include "Suburb" at York Theatre.

They divorced in 2017.