Jenise Blanc was born in New York and lived in New York City most of her life. After many trips between the two coasts, she has called Los Angeles her home since 1991.
Jenise's daughter Jennifer, is an actress who lives in Los Angeles as well. Randy, Jenise's husband is a musician composer and media artist who she met in Los Angeles. Randy's newest CD "Set Me Free" is now available.
Jenise attended "People's Choice" awards with Jennifer, where Jennifer's show "Dark Angel" won the award for Best New Drama!
Jenise has traveled all over the world with her daughter Jennifer, such as France, England, Mexico and all over the US and Canada
At one time Jenise's work centered around the fact that she is her daughter's business adviser. This kept her very active. Jennifer had a major role in the Fox television series, "Dark Angel". The sci-fi thriller was written by James Cameron, Charles H. Eglee and produced by James Cameron, Charles H. Eglee and Rae Sanchini.
Jenise has worked from the beginning of Jennifer's career as her business adviser and stage mother going on auditions, acting as a liaison to managers and agents and accompanying Jennifer on tours. Jenise has been busy taking care of Jennifer's business affairs, acting as liaison between the star and her representatives in the film world, including managers, agents and publicity people.
Jenise and Jennifer spent one summer at Stage Door Manor where Jenise taught modeling and put on fashion shows while Jennifer won several awards and signed with Jean Fox as her manager.
Jenise is currently putting all her efforts into her latest brainstorm, "Canyon Car Service" which is a car service that gives people rides to and from airports, takes people for rides on "Nite on the Town or Girls Night Out," takes clients to restaurants, picks up children from school or after school, takes clients to medical appointments or picks up their cars in the shop as well as party shuttles. The party shuttling is also used for personal parties - getting guests from designated places to their parties. Her lastest endeavor is "Shopping Safaris" where she offer 5 & 8 hour packages to take clients and or guests all over town to shop and eat without any worries about traffic, gas, parking, carrying bag, exhausting walks etc. Clients have a great time! She can also be hired as a personal shopper.
Jenise and Randy received the award for the "Best Home Based Business in Topanga in 2004," given by the Topanga Chamber of Commerce. They received certificates and plaques from the State Senate, State Assembly and Lost Hills Police Department. Jenise is currently a board member for the Topanga Chamber of Commerce.
Jenise also advises and performs weddings with her husband, Randy. They both
assist with every aspect of the wedding experience from hiring caterers, florists
and musicians to writing the ceremony or acting as master of ceremonies. They
often actually officiate the ceremony itself, since they both have credentials
to perform wedding ceremonies.
Jenise went to many schools and took business courses, drawing, acting and dance. Her education included attendances at Oswego State in NY, Boston University, Marymount College, Hunter, Fashion Institute of Technology and the New School. She received a certificate from New York Interior Design School to practice Interior Design. In Los Angeles, Jenise took film courses from UCLA and received a business certificate for Small Business Management and Marketing at the Allied Business School.
She's taken voice for voice overs in New York at Bob Colliers School and Improvisation with Kathy Kinney of the Drew Carey show, as well as commercial courses with Lisa Pantone and Improvisation with Tim Colsieri in LA, among others. Jenise also finished a Production for TV and Film course with Robert Kester at the UCLA Extension.
Jenise is a former model who has appeared in two fashion shows of world famous clothing designer, Monah Li. 
Jenise started doing commercials for her dad's ad agency as a teen-ager. She eventually did print ads, fashion shows, coliseum shows, lots of in-store modeling and fittings as well. She later got interested in Make-up and cosmetics - She was a make-up artist - worked for the Make-up Union as well as Cosmetic companies like Estee Lauder and Prescriptives. She carried her own cosmetic label and owned a franchise called "The New York Make-Up Center."
Since Jenise loves clothing, she has a natural flair for putting together outfits and styles. She has shopped with quite a few clients who swear that they couldn't have done it alone. She can be, and frequently is hired to shop and help put an outfit or wardrobe together and familiarize clients with just the appropriate places to go to and what to buy when they get there. (see "Shopping Safaris")
When Jennifer was starting to gain experience in acting, she and her mother traveled together on a national tour of Neil Simon's Brighten Beach Memoirs: When that show ended, Jennifer continued on Broadway on 46th St playing the role of Laurie. Brighten Beach Memoirs was directed by Gene Saks and written by Neil Simon. Jennifer continued to be in quite a number of off Broadway Plays.
Jennifer appeared in the first 13 episodes of "Party of Five," then went on to "Grace Under Fire," "Providence," "Early Edition," She spent three years with the "The Mommies," Films and movies were "The Ride" co-starring with Michael Biehn, " Dead Men Can't Dance" with Michael Biehn and good friend Adrian Paul, "The Cool and The Crazy" co-starring with Alicia Silverstone, a made for TV movie "Friends ŒTil The End" co-starring with Shannon Doherty, "Dead at 21," 
"Lifetime" specials etc. Jennifer also does commercials and has performed many voice over roles, some of which are for films like "The Crow." Jenise and Jennifer took a private jet to Cannes to attend a screening of the film, "Fish Without A Bicycle," a film which Jennifer starred in. Jennifer has starred in other independent films, including "Three Wishes," and a recent episode of "CSI."
Jenise has been an extra on lots of TV and film sets. She was called to play Mona Lisa for "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch". She occasionally did stand-in work, sometimes for her daughter. She's worked for "The Pretender," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "The Mommies," "Cousin Skeeter," "Providence," "Rocky and Bulwinkle," "Show Girls," "Seven," "Fish Without A Bicycle," "Dark Angel," "Three Wishes," "West of Brooklyn," "Space Cowboys," "What Planet Are You From?," "Hanging Up" and others. She was a stand-in for the character of Tara in the Movie of the Week for FOX directed by and starring Jason Priestley and Jenise's daughter Jennifer, which also featured Nicolas Leas from the "XFILES" and Holt McCaloney (who was in the film "Jade" with Michael Biehn).
Jenise is best friends with both her daughter Jennifer and with her husband Randy. She loves living in Topanga Canyon. Her mother lives in Florida. She lost her beloved father who she was very close to and was her biggest amirer March 12, 2008. Her sister lives in Virginia and her brother lives in New York with his family. Jenise and Randy have a 2 bichon poodles named Collette & Piaf, they are crazy about them.
Jenise loves to shop, eat out, travel and go to fine hotels. Every year she spends her birthday at Big Sur, a place that she loves very much. They have recently taken to going to either Hawaii or the south of France for their anniversary.
Jenise loves music (especially oldies) and got smitten with her husband when he was in the Lovin'Spoonful. He has just finished working on a CD of original songs and has a recording studio and multi media company called "Nano Muse." Randy teaches private music lessons to all ages and has quite a following.
Jenise and Jennifer had a clothing store in Hollywood named Blancs. They decorated the store to the hilt, carried shoes, pants, jeans, tee-shirts, tops, hats, jewelry, boots, dresses, accessories, etc. It was fun and tastefully done. They also had a second level for vintage and even cosmetics with an artist there at all times. Jenise and Jennifer had promotions and trunk shows and carried lots of designer and trendy clothes including Monah Li and Deborah Lindquist. They had Dave Edwards come in quite regularly to take pictures and post them on Daily Celeb on the web.
Now Jenise is focused only on her company Canyon Car Service, which caters to hundreds of clients, mostly from Topanga and also from Malibu, Calabasas, Pacific Palisade and surrounding areas.
Jenise has exercised her whole life. Her regular exercise for years has been weight training with her trainer Karen Simer. She loves swimming and does hatha yoga at Yoga Desa. She meditates twice a day without fail. Accomplishment Coaching by Norah Edelstein, her monthly massage from Sarah Wadsworth of Massage Express and work from Claire Davis keeps her in balance.
Jenise, Jennifer and Randy all believe in alternative healing.
Phone: (310) 455-1924
1 800 Number: 1 (800) 545-9866
email: jenise@jeniseblanc.com
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