JaNae was born in Toronto, Ontario on May 23, to an American mother and Guyanese/Canadian father, giving her dual citizenship. During high school, she joined the Improv team, as well as landing the lead role in the school production of "Cabaret". She entered the International Modeling and Talent Associations (IMTA) competition in L.A in 2004 and took home four award s, including "Actress of the year". Her career started when wanting to be a track athlete, but after permanently hurting her leg, her life went a different direction, she always had a thing for the Arts but it did not really take effect until watching a film with Jada Pinkett Smith called "A Low Down Dirty Shame" It was the boldness and attitude of the female character that grabbed her interest in both her acting abilities and real life. From that point on she decided to focus in building her career, doing auditions for plays such as "The Kink in my Hair" and "The Lion King" winning call backs for both plays. She was discovered during a workshop by an agent while doing a monologue piece from the hit T.V. show "The Kink in my hair" This workshop discovery is now leading JaNae to becoming the strong bold female character that is launching her to stardom

Worked with legendary Actor Michael Madsen in the TV series "Tilt".Was discovered by an agent doing a Monologue piece for the hit play "Da Kink in my hair".In 2004 she entered the IMTA competition (International Modeling, Talent Association) where actor Ashton Kutcher was discovered, and won every award including Actress of the year.Is good friends with Actor Shomari Downer from the Canadian play "Secrets of a Black Boy" they also worked together in the hit film "Four Brothers".