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‘American Sports Story’: Jaylen Barron Cast As Aaron Hernandez’s Fiancée Shayanna Jenkins


EXCLUSIVE: Jaylen Barron (Blindspotting) is set for a series regular role in Ryan Murphy’s American Sports Story, the FX anthology limited series whose first season is based on the podcast Gl…

From writer Stu Zicherman, the first installment charts the rise and fall of NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez, played by Josh Andrés Rivera, and explores the connections of the disparate strands of his identity, his family, his career, his suicide and their legacy in sports and American culture. She made her small screen debut in 2012 on an episode of Fox’s Bones followed by an appearance on the Disney Channel series Shake It Up! Additional credits include See Dad Run for Nick at Night, Disney Channel’s Good Luck Charlie and Showtime’s Shameless.

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