Jennifer Åkerman

Jennifer Åkerman
Jennifer Akerman, Los Angeles 2023
Born
Jennifer Johanna Åkerman

(1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 (age 35)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupations
  • Model
  • singer
  • songwriter
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse
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(m. 2020)​
Children3[1]
Parents
  • Magnus Åkerman (father)
  • Vera Stevens (mother)
RelativesMalin Åkerman (half-sister)
Mikaela Åkerman (sister)

Jennifer Johanna Åkerman (born 10 July 1989) is a Swedish model, songwriter and singer. She is the younger half-sister of actress Malin Åkerman.[2]

Biography

Åkerman grew up in Stockholm and Skåne. At the age of 18, Jennifer Åkerman moved to Los Angeles and attended college. In the US, she tried acting but was discovered as a model and appeared in magazines and advertising campaigns for various brands. Modeling brought her to New York and increasingly larger modeling jobs.[3]

Alongside modeling, her interest in music took more time and she started singing in the band Bella Tech. Since then, music has played an increasingly important role and she now spends much of her time with her band Bloke & Bird.[4]

At the age of eighteen Jennifer Åkerman moved to Los Angeles and studied at college.[5] She tried acting but was discovered by a modeling agency and has modelled for several brands and commercials.[6] The modeling brought her to New York City and more modeling work.[6][7] At the same time, she started singing for the band Bella Tech, before forming the duo Bloke & Bird with Lorenzo Jansson Kilman.[4][8] In 2022, she released her solo album Monster under the name Final Child.[9][10][11]

Åkerman participated as a celebrity dancer in the celebrity dancing show Let's Dance 2013 which was broadcast on TV4.[12] She has blogged for Veckorevyn, Chic and now Metro Mode.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Walking Dead Star Tom Payne and Wife Jennifer Akerman Welcome a Baby Boy: 'Love You Immeasurably'". People. Archived from the original on 2023-09-09. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  2. ^ "Jennifer Åkerman saknar Malins ex-man". Expressen. 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Bloke & Bird". blokeandbirdsounds.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b Hannah Sjöström (9 October 2014). "Jennifer Åkerman Till Metro Mode". Metro Mode. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  5. ^ Jennifer Åkerman om mötet med Tom Cruise Archived 2015-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Expressen Retrieved 18 May 2015
  6. ^ a b "Åkerman om sin avsky för modellbranschen". Expressen. 5 April 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Bio". Bloke & Bird. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Jennifer Åkerman on stage!". Veckorevyn. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Final Child Releases New Single 'Dark Side of the Moon' + Music Video". 18 February 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Who Is Jennifer Akerman? Her Married Life With The Walking Dead Actor Tom Payne". Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Final Child Announces New Album 'Monster' Release Date and Live Show". 11 September 2022. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Jennifer Åkerman först att lämna Let's dance". TV4 Play. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Resumé: Jennifer Åkerman till Metro Mode". Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

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